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Weekend Briefing—4th-5th June 2010
Posted: 5 June 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Afghanistan, Anene Ejikeme, Bagram Air Base, BP, BP Gulf oil spill, corporate personhood, Dahr Jamail, David Uhlmann, DEA, DPRK, Egypt, financial crisis, Free Gaza Movement, Freedom Flotilla, Gaza, Gaza blockade, Gulf oil spill, Gustavo Cadevila, illegal immigration, indefinite detention, Iraq, Iraq War, Israel, Issandr El Amrani, Japan, Jeremy Scahill, JSOC, KBR, law, limited liability, military industrial complex, MJ Rosenberg, MV Rachel Corrie, Naoto Kan, Niger Delta, Nigeria, Noah Shachtman, North Korea, Obama Administration, oil spills, Pat Buchanan, PTSD, Recep Erdgoan, South Korea, Thomas Knapp, Turkey, Wall Street, Washington lobbyists, West Africa, Will Grigg
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Daily Briefing—8th April 2010
Posted: 8 April 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, Alan Grayson, anarchism, Asif Ali Zardari, banking, corporatism, culture, Dahr Jamail, economy, Federal Reserve, Freedomain Radio, Gaza, Goldman Sachs, Hamas, human rights, international law, Iran, Iraq War, KBR, Kyrgyzstan, libertarian, Middle East, Newspeak, Obama Administration, Pakistan, Roza Otunbayeva, state secrets privilege, Stefan Molyneux, Toronto G20 Summit, torture, US, War, War on Terror
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Daily Briefing—30th March 2010
Posted: 30 March 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Af-Pak War, Afghainstan, banking, Charles johnson, Christopher Hitchens, Daniel Ellsberg, Gareth Porter, immigration, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Iyad Allawi, KBR, Khan Acedemy, Nouri al-Maliki, Obama, Obama Administration, Palestine, Palestine-Israel, police brutality, Pope, Ralph Nader, tasers
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Suit Claims KBR May Have Poisoned 100,000 People in Iraq
Posted: 10 November 2009 by Editors in International Affairs, National NewsTags: Balad Airbase, biohazardous material, Bush Administration, Byron Dorgan, cancer-causing toxins, class action suit, Daniel Tencer, fascism, human rights, international law, Iraq, Iraq War, KBR, law, lawsuit, Middle East, military industrial complex, Raw Story, toxic waste, US, War, War on Terror
KBR, Inc.—a recently former subsidiary of Halliburton and profiteer of the Iraq War, which is the largest non-union construction company in the U.S.—faces a class-action lawsuit claiming burning waste exposed 100,000 Iraqis and foreign troops to cancer-causing toxins, Daniel Tencer reports at The Raw Story.
Obama’s Wars: Jeremy Scahill on Bill Moyers Journal (Video)
Posted: 10 June 2009 by Editors in Af-Pak War, International Affairs, Political ScienceTags: Afghanistan, air strikes, Bill Moyers, Blackwater, Cairo Speech, Cheney, Chris Chambliss, corporatism, detainees, drones, fascism, George Bush, Gitmo, habeas corpus, Halliburton, human rights, international law, Iraq, Jeremy Scahill, KBR, Lara Logan, law, Middle East, military industrial complex, Newspeak, Obama, private military contractors, Stanley McChrystal, terrorism, Triple Canopy, UN, US, War, Xe
Jeremy Scahill discusses international affairs with Bill Moyers on PBS last Friday night saying, “It’s time to take off our Obama T-shirts…. The fact is that this man is governing over a policy that is killing a tremendous number of civilians.” (more…)
The President vs. The Pentagon: Part IV — Iraq ‘Pullout’ Will Leave 50,000 Troops to ‘Protect US Interests’
Posted: 1 March 2009 by Sayyid in International Affairs, Political ScienceTags: Blackwater, Cheney, Clinton, fascism, George Bush, Halliburton, human rights, international law, Iraq, KBR, mercenary, Middle East, NGOs, Obama, oil, Porter, residual forces, SOFA, terrorism, US, War
The pre-election pledge of Pres. Obama to pull combat troops out of Iraq in 16 months without residual forces has changed to 19 months with 50,000 residual forces remaining — though Obama could remove all troops within a year if he wanted to. (more…)
