Monday morning, planned settlement expansion began execution.
Posts Tagged ‘Middle East’
Report: Bulldozers Do Work in West Bank Hours After ‘Settlement Freeze’ Expires
Posted: 27 September 2010 by Sayyid in Palestine-IsraelTags: arms trading, Benjamin Netanyahu, Hillary Clinton, Israel, Likudniks, Mahmoud Abbas, Middle East, Middle East peace process, military industrial complex, Obama Administration, settlement expansion, West Bank, Yesha Council, Zionism
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Poll: Majority of Americans Oppose U.S. Intervention in Hypothetical Israel-Iran War
Posted: 27 September 2010 by Little Alex in International Affairs, Political ScienceTags: Chicago Council on Global Affairs, IAEA, Iran, Israel, Middle East, NPT, Scott Horton, US, Warfare and Conflict
Were Iran to retaliate to a hypothetical military strike by Israel, Americans oppose U.S. military involvement.
Daily Briefing—21st Sept 2010
Posted: 21 September 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Abdu Rahman, ACLU, Af-Pak War, airstrikes, Andy Worthington, antiwar activism, arms trading, Brazil, C.J. Chivers, Carol Rosenberg, China, Chris Hedges, Dahr Jamail, Death Penalty, domestic surveillance, domestic terrorism, drones, electoral politics, Eric Garris, false flag operation, FBI, Federal Reserve, fiat money, FOREX, Glenn Greenwald, gold, Great Recesseion, Guantanamo Bay, Iran, Israel, Jason Ditz, Kaveh L. Afrasiabi, Kyrgyzstan, Lockheed MArtin, Middle East, Middle East peace process, military industrial complex, NAM, Noah Shachtman, Obama Administration, Omar Khadr, Pakistan, Paul O'Mahoney, Peace Now, Pittsburgh G-20 Summit, privacy rights, racism, Saudi Arabia, Scott Horton, settlement expansion, Sheldon Richman, Somalia, Stephen Walt, Sweden, Tom Engelhardt, UAE, Wall Street, war games, Warfare and Conflict, West Bank, William Fisher
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Report: $2.75bn U.S. Fighter Jet Welfare to Israel Approved While One in Seven Americans Live in Poverty
Posted: 16 September 2010 by Sayyid in National News, Palestine-IsraelTags: Barak Ravid, Benjamin Netanyahu, Ehud Barak, IAF, Israel, Middle East, military aid, military industrial complex, Obama Administration, poverty, US
Report: U.S. Troops ‘Still Killing Civilians’ in Iraq
Posted: 15 September 2010 by Little Alex in International AffairsTags: Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia, civilian casualties, counterterrorism, CT, Iraq, Iraq War, Middle East, Newspeak, Nouri al-Maliki, Obama Administration, Operation New Dawn, US, War
A U.S.-Iraqi night raid results in the deaths of eight civilians weeks after U.S. combat operations were announced as over.
Report: ‘Largest Military Deal Ever’ Between U.S.-Saudis Could Reach $90bn
Posted: 13 September 2010 by Sayyid in International Affairs, National News, Political ScienceTags: arms race, arms trading, Boeing, corporatism, Iran, Israel, Lockheed MArtin, Middle East, military industrial complex, missile defense, Obama Administration, Raytheon, Saudi Arabia, THAAD, unemployment, United Arab Emirates, US Congress
The Saudi royal family is reportedly being helped by the Obama Administration to push a $90bn deal with big players in the military-industrial complex for arms and military technology upgrades through political approval in Washington.
Report: U.S. Troops See Combat in Iraq… Again
Posted: 13 September 2010 by Little Alex in International AffairsTags: Abd al-Qadr Muhammed Jassim al-Obaidi, Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia, AQI, Bush Administration, COIN, Hudaiay, Iraq, Iraq War, Iraq withdrawal, Iraqi security forces, Isam Shakar Mizher, Jason Ditz, Middle East, Obama Administration, SOFA, Timothy Williams, War on Terror
Weeks after Obama announced the end of combat operations in the Iraq War, ‘residual troops’ engaged in lethal combat reportedly for the second time over the weekend.
Daily Briefing—6th Sept 2010
Posted: 6 September 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, airstrikes, Alcoholic beverage control states, ANSF, Avigdor Lieberman, DPRK, drones, drug war, election fraud, EU, general strike, housing crisis, ICC, IMF, India, infrastructure, Iran, Iraq, Islamophobia, Israel, Kabul Bank, Kashmir, Kenya, marijuana, Mexico, Mexico City, Middle East, NATO, NPT, nuclear proliferation, nuclear weapons, NWFP, Obama, Obama Administration, Pakistan, Russ Wellen, settlement expansion, South Africa, suicide bombing, Taliabn, Taliban, UIDAI, US, Warfare and Conflict
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Likud Lobbies for Settlement Expansion Consent From U.S. as Netanyahu-Abbas ‘Ceremonial Peace Talks’ Begin
Posted: 31 August 2010 by Little Alex in Palestine-Israel, Political ScienceTags: Alan Dershowitz, Ali Abunimah, Barack Obama, Benjamin Netanyahu, Danny Dayan, international law, Israel, Likud, Mahmoud Abbas, Middle East, Middle East peace process, Newspeak, Obama Administration, Occupied Palestinian Territories, Palestinian Authority, Saeb Erekat, settlement expansion, two-state solution, United States, US, West Bank, Zionism
Likudniks’ rejection of conceding its occupation of Palestine confirms reports in the Israeli media that this week’s meetings between regional authorities are “ceremonial and not substantive”.
Daily Briefing—31st Aug 2010
Posted: 31 August 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: 1964 Civil Rights Act, ACLU, Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, airstrikes, Ali Abunimah, anarchism, AntiWar radio, banking, biometrics, CCR, Charles johnson, China, Colorado, Cuba, David Brooks, DPRK, drones, espionage, Fidel Castro, Gareth Porter, George Soros, gold, gold audit, Ground Zero Mosque, Hamas, Haneen Zuabi, Hebron, India, Iran, Iraq War, Iraq withdrawal, Iraqi Kurdistan, Jesse Walker, JPMorgan Chase, Julian Assange, Kelley Vlahos, Kochtopus, Libertarian Party, Likudniks, Michael Corcoran, Middle East, Mohammad Bazzi, Mossad, Muqtada al-sadr, Netanyahu, North Korea, Pakistan, Palestine-Israel, Patrick Cockburn, Paul Wolfowitz, Philip Giraldi, police state, Rand Paul, Ron Paul, Rwanda genocide, Salam Fayyad, Scott Horton, Stefan Molyneux, Stephen Walt, Taliban, torture, Volcker Rule, Wall Street, Warfare and Conflict, Wikileaks, William Fisher
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Media Manipulates ‘End’ of Iraq War
Posted: 31 August 2010 by Editors in International Affairs, Political ScienceTags: Barack Obama, Blackwater, Bush Administration, CNN, combat troops, corporatism, Dick Cheney, FAIR, FOX News, Halliburton, Iraq, Iraq War, Iraqi oil, Jeremy Scahill, media, mercenary firms, Michael Corcoran, Middle East, military industrial complex, MSNBC, New York Times, Newspeak, Obama Administration, oil, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation New Dawn, PSCs, Rachel Maddow, residual forces, War, War on Terror, Washington Post, Xe
Michael Corcoran: Just as the media lied to help us get into a war, they are now lying us out of one.
Worst U.S. Enemy Turned ‘Kingmaker’ as Leader of ‘Only Grassoots Movement in Iraq’ (mp3)
Posted: 30 August 2010 by Editors in International Affairs, Political ScienceTags: al-Qaeda, AntiWar radio, AQI, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Baghdad International Zone, Dawa Party, Green Zone, Iraq, Iraq War, Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraqi National Alliance, Islamic State of Iraq, Iyad Allawi, Middle East, Muqtada al-sadr, Nouri al-Maliki, Osama bin Laden, Patrick Cockburn, Sadrist Movement, Scott Horton, SOFA, Sons of Iraq, State of Law bloc, Sunni Awakening
At AntiWar Radio, Patrick Cockburn discusses the power Muqtada al-Sadr holds in still unresolved March election in Iraq, ‘Al Qaeda in Iraq’ and its distinction from Osama bin Laden’s network, the violent sectarian conditions that remain in post-Surge Iraq, the improbability of a military coup in Baghdad or another full-scale civil war and the devil’s playground of foreign powers created by the cynical political squabbles (16:56):
‘Mossad in America’ (mp3)
Posted: 30 August 2010 by Editors in International Affairs, National News, Palestine-Israel, Political ScienceTags: 9/11, AIPAC, AntiWar radio, Ben-Ami Kadish, CIA, electoral politics, espionage, Iran, Israel, Israel lobby, Israeli Arabs, Keith Weissman, Mark Glenn, Middle East, Mohammed Atta, Mossad, Newspeak, NPT, Obama Administration, Phil Tourney, Philip Giraldi, Ramzi bin al-Shibh, Scott Horton, settlement expansion, Steve Rosen, Stewart Nozette, US, USS Liberty, West Bank
At AntiWar Radio, Philip Giraldi discussed his recent article about the Israeli spy agency operating from New York to D.C.—‘disinformation operations’ about Palestine and Iran’s civilian nuclear program—as well as its agents and assets committing espionage against the U.S. government with impunity (26:08):
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