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Daily Briefing—28th-29th July 2010
Posted: 29 July 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Af-Pak War, Afghan War Diary, Afghanistan, Afghanistan War Logs, AFRICOM, Al Shabaab, AMISOM, austerity measures, BP, Bush Administration, Charles Davis, Citigroup, civil liberties, crack cocaine, Death Penalty, Democrats, DPRK, drug war, ethnic cleansing, Greece, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf oil spill, Gulf War, Hans Blix, internet gambling, Iran, Iraq War, Israel, Jamal Abdi, Japan, Jeremy Scahill, Joe Biden, Kuwait, L-3, limited liability, Lockheed MArtin, marijuana, Matt Yglesias, medical marijuana, NATO, Norman Finkelstein, North Korea, Oakland, Obama Administration, Pakistan, Peter Orszag, privacy rights, Ron Paul, SB1070, Scott Horton, Somalia, South Korea, unemployment, US, US Congress, War on Terror, war spending, West Bank, Wikileaks
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Watered-Down ‘Regurgitated Pulitzer Campaign’ Called ‘Top Secret America’ and ‘Blowback’ in Somalia (mp3)
Posted: 27 July 2010 by Editors in International Affairs, National News, Political Science, SomaliaTags: 9/11, Al Shabaab, AMISOM, AntiWar radio, arms trading, blowback, CIA, corporatism, Costa Rica, domestic surveillance, drug war, extrajudicial assassination, Horn of Africa, human rights, humanitarian crisis, Islamic Courts Union, Israel, Jeremy Scahill, Latin America, libertarian, Mohammed Atta, National Surveillance State, Osama bin Laden, Palestine, Ramsey Yousef, Scott Horton, Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, Somalia, South America, TFG, think tanks, Top Secret America, Transitional Federal Government, Uganda, UN, UN food aid, US, WaPo, War, Washington Post
Jeremy Scahill, leading journalist on the Pentagon’s military contracting, discussed the “incredibly disappointing” Washington Post series on giant system of ‘top secret’ operations of the U.S. government with AntiWar Radio host Scott Horton at Pacifica. He discussed “preparing the battlefield” operations, the WaPo as a “dumping ground” for the C.I.A. and the ‘system intended to give cover to clandestine operators in the private sector acting on behalf of the government’.
Later, Mr. Horton discussed blowback in Somalia against foreign intervention in Somali society perpetuating the horror in the Horn of Africa, giving a great summary of the recent history that led to the current state of affairs in the territory from the Bush Administration’s invasion to the Obama Administration shipping in arms, but blocking food entry. He also discussed 9/11 as blowback for Washington’s enabling of Israel’s ‘war crimes’ (25:50):
Daily Briefing—27th July 2010
Posted: 27 July 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, Afghanistan War Logs, Al Shabaab, AMISOM, Andy Worthington, AU, BP, BP Gulf oil spill, Bradley Manning, capitalism, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dana Milibank, David Cameron, Dian Chu, DPRK, drug war, free association, Gareth Porter, Gaza blockade, GE, global trade, globalism, Goldman Sachs, Google, Guantanamo Bay, Gulf oil spill, habeas corpus, Honduras, illegal immigration, India, internet media, Iraq, Iraq War, Israel, Julian Assange, Jum Lobe, Kevin Carson, Kevin Poulsen, Kim Zetter, Latin America, libertarian, Lockheed MArtin, military industrial complex, Nike, North Korea, Obama, Obama Administration, oil, Pakistan, Palestine-Israel, parenting, Pentagon, Philip Giraldi, religion, Russia, SEC, settlements, Shahram Amiri, shame parades, Sheldon Richman, Somalia, South Korea, Thad Allen, Top Secret America, UK, Venezuela, war spending, West Bank, Wikileaks, women's rights
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Daily Briefing—26th July 2010
Posted: 26 July 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: ACLU, Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, African Union, AFRICOM, AIG, airstrikes, Al Shabaab, Amira Hass, AMISOM, Amnesty International, AU, Boeing, BP, Bradley Manning, Bronwyn Bruton, Charlie Rangel, China, Citigroup, civilian casualties, COIN, Conn Halliman, counterinsurgency, David Goldman, David Kramer, Dennis Kucinich, DHS, drones, Duch, economic sanctions, Egypt, EU, Ezra Klein, Fallujah, Fatah, FinReg, Gaza, Goldman Sachs, Hamas, Horn of Africa, Human Rights Watch, ICC, ICE, ICJ, illegal immigration, India, Iran, ISI, Japan, Johann Hari, Julian Assange, Kashmir, Khmer Rouge, Lehman Brothers, Libya, Lockerbie bomber, Lockheed MArtin, Mike mUlleen, military industrial complex, NATO, Northop Gruman, nuclear weapons, Obama Administration, Pakistan, Patrick Cockburn, payday loans, Rafah, renminbi, Ron Paul, Somalia, TFG, The Hague, Tony Blair, UK, USD, West Bank, Wikileaks, yuan
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The ‘Failed State’ Boogeyman
Posted: 19 July 2010 by Editors in Political Science, SomaliaTags: AFRICOM, Ahmed Hassan, Al Shabaab, AMISOM, anarchism, anarchy, AQN ExOrd, Awil Salah Osman, Bush Administration, CENTCOM, child soldiers, CIA, civilian casualties, Clinton Administration, covert operations, Defense Department, Donald Rumsfeld, Ethiopia, failed state, failed states index, Fareed Zakaria, fascism, Greg Jaffe, Horn of Africa, human rights, humanitarian aid, humanitarian crisis, Jeffrey Gettleman, Jeremy Scahill, Kampala, Karen DeYoung, Lord’s Resistance Army, Mark Fineman, military welfare, Mogadishu, Mohamed Abdi Godane, Mohamed Siad Barre, Newspeak, oil, Paul Wolfowitz, Pentagon, SOF, Somalia, Special Ops, Stefan Molyneux, Stephen Cambone, Suzanne Goldberg, terrorism, Uganda, UN, UN Security Council, UNSC, USAID, War, War on Terror, Xan Rice
Highlighting U.S. intervention in the further destruction of Somalia and as Ugandans mourn a terrorist attack from Somali militants and Fareed Zakaria noting the non-threat of ‘failed states’ and the imminent blowback induced by the failed missions of nation building.
Evening Briefing—15th July 2010
Posted: 15 July 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Afghan Taliban, airstrikes, Al Shabaab, anarchism, Argentina, BP, Cambodia, China, Clarence Thomas, Congo, corporate fraud, Cory Doctorow, debt default, Dian Chu, DIY, Doug Bandow, DRC, drones, economy, EUR, euro, Foxconn, Gareth Porter, gay marriage, GE, Goldman Sachs, Gregory White, Gulf oil spill, Haqqani Network, home foreclosures, Honda, ICC, Iceland, Illinois, India, Iran, Iraq, Islam, Israel, Jeffrey Immelt, John Pilger, JPY, Jundallah, Kashmir, labor unions, marijuana, Mark Frauenfelder, Netherlands, Pakistan, Panama, SEC, Sistan-Baluchistan, Somalia, Stefan Molyneux, tasers, terrorism, Tonkin Gulf, UAE, Uganda, UN, unemployment, USD, Vatican City, Vietnam War, Wall Street, war crimes, yen
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Daily Briefing—14th-15th July 2010
Posted: 14 July 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, Africa, Al Jazeera, Al Shabaab, banking, BDS, Boubacar Coris Diop, BP, Build America Bonds, censorship, China, CIA, corporatism, Darian Worden, David Petraeus, David Rose, Egypt, FCC, Federal Reserve, France, Gaza, Gaza blockade, Gulf of Tonkin Incident, Gulf oil spill, Horn of Africa, illegal immigration, Iran, ISI, ISIS, Israel, Israel-Lebanon War, Jeff Stein, Jeremy Sapienza, Jim Lobe, Johnny Rotton, Justin Raimondo, Kyrgyzstan, labor unions, Mumbai attacks, Newt Gingrich, NPT, nuclear weapons, Obama, Obama Administration, Pakistan, poverty, Robert Scheer, Saddam Hussein, Shahram Amiri, Somalia, South Korea, Stephen Walt, student loan, Tariq Aziz, Thalif Deen, Tonkin Gulf, Uganda, UN, unemployment, Uzbekistan, Vietnam War
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