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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
Daily Briefing—17th Aug 2010
Posted: 17 August 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Afghanistan, arms trading, Blackwater, Bob Herbert, BP, Bretigne Shaffer, China, Chris Hayes, CNN, Cordoba House, David Finkel, David Paterson, David Petraeus, economic crisis, electoral politics, Ethan McCord, Ethiopia, Federal Reserve, Gareth Porter, gay marriage, GOP, Ground Zero Mosque, Guantanamo Bay, Gulf oil spill, healthcare, Horn of Africa, India, Iran, Iraq, Iraq elections, Iraqiya, ISI, Israel, John Bolton, media, Middle East, military contractors, military industrial complex, MP Nunan, News Corp, Nick Clegg, Norman Solomon, nuclear weapons, Obama, Pakistan, Pakistani Taliban, PSCs, Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Ramzi Binalshibh, Republican Party, Republicans, Scott Horton, Somalia, State of Law, Taiwan, three strike statutes, TTP, UK, UN, Wikileaks, Xe
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Chomsky’s Lectern: U.S.-Israel ‘Prefer Expansion Over Security’ (mp3)
Posted: 16 August 2010 by Noam Chomsky in Chomsky's Lectern, Palestine-IsraelTags: al-Quds, Arab nationalism, Black September, Bush Administration, Christian Zionism, Cuba, democracy, Democrats, Diego Garcia, East Jerusalem, electoral politics, Gaza, GOP, Guatemala, Hamas, Hezbollah, India, international law, Iran, Iran-Iraq War, Iraq, Israel, Israel lobby, Jordan, journalism, Kathleen Wells, Latin America, Lebanon, media, Middle East, Muslim Brotherhood, neoconservatism, Newspeak, Nixon Doctrine, NPT, nuclear proliferation, nuclear weapons, NWFZs, Obama Administration, Pakistan, Palestine-Israel, Palestinians, Reagan Administration, Republicans, Saddam Hussein, Saudi Arabia, settlement expansion, Shah of Iran, Syria, terrorism, UK, US, Wall Street Journal, War on Terror, West Bank, Zionism
Prof. Noam Chomsky discussed the history of the ‘special relationship’ between the U.S. and Israel, how the mainstream media manufactures consent for it, how it relates to the manipulation of language regarding factions like Hamas and Hezbollah, the U.S.-Israel ‘preference for expansion over security’, and the history of U.S.-Israel active rejection of establishing the Middle East as a Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone with Kathleen Wells at Race-Talk (38:19):
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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Weekend Briefing—23rd-25th July 2010
Posted: 25 July 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Abkhazia, Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, airstrikes, AMISOM, AU, Ben Bernanke, BP, CIA, Colombia, Der Spiegel, DPRK, drones, Federal Reserve, Gaza blockade, Ground Zero Mosque, Guardian, Gulf oil spill, Hillary Clinton, Hugo Chavez, illegal immigration, India, inflation, Iran, Israel, Justin Raimondo, Lebanon, Michael Hayden, Myanmar, North Korea, nuclear weapons, NY Times, Pakistan, prison labor, Ron Paul, Sarah Irving, Somalia, South Korea, South Ossetia, Transocean, unemployment, Venezuela, War on Terror, war spending, Wikileaks
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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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Weekend Briefing—9th-10th July 2010
Posted: 10 July 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Allison Kilkenny, BP, Carol Rosenberg, espionage, Gitmo, Guantanamo Bay, Gulf oil spill, Iraq War, Israel, John Mearsheimer, mortgage crisis, mortgage fraud, NPT, nuclear weapons, Obama Administration, Oscar Grant, police brutality, Robert Cavnar, Russia, Somalia, war crimes
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Obama Again Confirms ‘Unbreakable, Special Bond’ With Israel
Posted: 7 July 2010 by Little Alex in Palestine-Israel, Political ScienceTags: Avigdor Lieberman, B'Tselem, Dov Weisglass, economic sanctions, Ehud Olmert, Eli Lake, fascism, Freedom Flotilla, Gaza, Gaza blockade, Gaza Massacre, Goldstone Report, human rights, ICRC, Indonesia, international law, Iran, Israel, Johnathan Lis, Middle East, Netanyahu, Newspeak, Noam Chomsky, Norman Finkelstein, NPT, nuclear weapons, Obama, Obama Administration, Operation Cast lead, Palestine, Palestine-Israel, peace process, Red Cross, Seymour Hersh, Susan Rice, two-state solution, UN Security Council, US, War, West Bank, Zionism
The U.S. and Israeli presidents publicly affirmed their ‘special, unbreakable bond’ and sought to justify Israel’s nuclear proliferation, Patty Culhane reported today at Al Jazeera English (2:41):
Finkelstein on Flotilla Attack and the Gaza Blockade by ‘Lunatic State’ of Israel (Video)
Posted: 1 June 2010 by Little Alex in International Affairs, Palestine-Israel, Political ScienceTags: Abdul Karim, Ahmet Davutoglu, Al Jazeera, anti-Statism, bunker busters, Diego Gargia, fascism, Financial Times, Free Gaza Movement, Freedom Flotilla, Gaza, Gaza blockade, Goldstone Report, Hezbollah, Hizbollah, human rights, IDF, international law, Israel, Jiddu Krishnamurti, Lebanon, Middle East, MOP, Netanyahu, Newspeak, Norman Finkelstein, NPT, nuclear weapons, Obama, Obama Administration, Palestine-Israel, piracy, propaganda, Ra'anan Gissin, Roderick Long, Russia Today, scud missiles, Syria, terrorism, UN, UN 242, UN Security Council, UNSC, Uzi Mahnaimi, War, Washington Post, Zionism
Norman Finkelstein comments on the State of Israel’s unlawful blockade of Gaza, leading to its Navy’s aggressive invasion of a humanitarian aid convoy (5:23):
Weekend Briefing 29th-30th May 2010
Posted: 30 May 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Afghanistan, airstrikes, al-Qaeda, al-Qaida, Alyce Santoro, AP, Argentina, banking, Bush Administration, Dean Baker, DIY, DJP, DPRK, drones, Freedom Flotilla, George Bush, Gitmo, Guantanamo Bay, ICC, ICJ, indefinite detention, international law, Iran, Japan, Libya, North Korea, NPT, nuclear weapons, Saudi Arabia, SDP, terrorism, The Hague, War on Terror
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Daily Briefing—27th May 2010
Posted: 27 May 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Af-Pak War, airstrikes, Amnesty International, black jails, Britain, Canada, Catholicism, Charles Davis, China, CIA, Colombia, DoD, drones, Dyncorp, Freedom Flotilla, Futenma, Gaza, Gaza blockade, Gitmo, Guantanamo, habeas corpus, Hezbollah, IDF, IMF, India, Iran, Israel, Japan, Jeremy Scahill, Jonathan Cook, Kashmir, Kurt Nimmo, Middle East, military industrial complex, Nathan Hodge, NPT, nuclear weapons, Obama Administration, Okinawa, Pakistan, Paul Joseph Watson, Pentagon, Philip Giraldi, POWs, PSYOPS, SDRs, Somalia, Syria, Thomas Friedman, torture, TTP, UK, USAF, USD, Vietnam War, William Pfaff
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Uranium Deal Further Ridicules Arguments for Sanctioning Iran
Posted: 17 May 2010 by Editors in International Affairs, Political ScienceTags: Brazil, Britain, China, economic sanctions, EU, European Union, FOIA, France, GAO, Glenn Kessler, Grant Smith, IAEA, India, international law, Iran, Israel, Jason Ditz, law, LEU, Michael Slackman, Middle East, Nathan Hodge, Newspeak, nuclear proliferation, nuclear weapons, Obama, Obama Administration, Pakistan, Russia, TRR, Turkey, US, Vienna Group, War
Turkey and Brazil have accepted Iran’s offer to swap uranium and enhance transparency beyond the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.