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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: ‘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.
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—9th August 2010
Posted: 9 August 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, Aisha, Albert Hunt, arms trading, atheism, Boeing, Damin Vrabel, David Petraeus, David Stockman, domestic surveillance, DPRK, Ethan Huff, Federal Reserve, fiat money, global currency, Gold standard, Goldman Sachs, Guantanamo Bay, Harakat-ul Jihad al-Islami, Hugo Chavez, HUJI, IMF, India, Iran, Islam, Israel, Justin Raimondo, Kibbutzim, Kunduz, Max Keiser, military industrial complex, North Korea, NPT, nuclear proliferation, OTC derivatives, privacy rights, protectionism, Ranjit Devraj, Saudi Arabia, SCOTUS, South Korea, Spencer Ackerman, Stefan Molyneux, Stoning, Taliban, UN, US, Venezuela, Vietnam, war games
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Ameri-Paki-Talistan (Video)
Posted: 1 August 2010 by Editors in Af-Pak War, India-Pakistan; 26/11, Political ScienceTags: Af-Pak War, Afghan Taliban, Afghanistan, Afghanistan motherlode, Afghanistan War Logs, Ahmed Shah Massoud, airstrikes, al-Qaeda, Ashfaq Pervez Kayani, Asif Ali Zardari, Babrak Kamul, China, CIA, COIN, Cold War, counterinsurgency, democracy, drones, Durand Line, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Hafizullah Amin, Hamid Gul, Hamid Karzani, Haqqani Network, history, Husain Haqqani, India, ISI, Islamic terrorism, Jalaluddin Haqqani, Kashmir, Leonid Brezhnev, Mullah Omar, North Waziristan, NY Times, Obama Administration, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, Pashtuns, Predator drones, Quetta Shura, realpolitik, Robert Gates, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sirajuddin Haqqani, Sistan-Baluchistan, Soviets, Taliban, terrorism, TTP, Wikileaks, Yousaf Raza Gilani, Zbigniew Brzezinski
Paul Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Gould, the husband-wife couple behind Invisible History: Afghanistan’s Untold Story (2009) and Crossing Zero: The AfPak War at the Turning Point of American Empire (2010), recently discussed the C.I.A connections with Afghan militant networks through Pakistani intelligence agencies with Paul Jay at The Real News Network.
Part One – WikiLeaks—The Pakistan Connection (13:15):
Optimistically, 15-20 Years Before Tapping Afghanistan ‘Motherlode’… So What?
Posted: 17 June 2010 by Editors in Af-Pak WarTags: Af-Pak War, Afghan Mines Ministry, Afghanistan, Ann Marlowe, cobalt, copper, corporatism, fascism, gold, Hamid Karzai, human rights, iron, libertarian, lithium, natural resources, Newspeak, Obama Administration, Saudi Arabia, US, War on Terror, World Bank
Ann Marlowe, Afghanistan expert at the Hudson Institute, told Russia Today that it would take at least a couple of decades before Afghanistan’s untapped minerals are significantly accessed, under optimal conditions (5:15):
Daily Briefing—15th June 2010
Posted: 15 June 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: 1953 Iran coup, Afghan Taliban, Afghanistan, Ahmed Wali Karzai, Amity Shlaes, Andy Worthington, Antoaneta Becker, austerity measures, Bill O'Reilly, Blackstone Group, BP, Canada, China, CIA, Coal India, currency manipulation, Daniel Tencer, death row, deportation, drug war, Dubai assassination, E, Eric Ruder, euro, European Union, extrajudicial assassinations, fiber optics, GCC, general strike, Gitmo, Glenn Greenwald, global debt, Goldman Sachs, Gregory White, Guantanamo Bay, habeas corpus, Haqqani Network, healthcare, Hindustan Copper, Honda, immigration, indefinite detention, India, inflation, Iran, Iraq, ISI, Israel, James Risen, Jan Brewer, Kyrgyzstan, labor unions, Latin America, Maher Arar, Matthew Berger, Maxim Bakiyev, Michael Gould-Wartofsky, mineral deposits, Mossad, Nigeria, Obama Administration, Pakistan, Pentagon, Persian Gulf, private military contractors, Quetta Shura, RCMP, renminbi, renminbi yuan, Robert Gibbs, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, SCOTUS, secret prisons, Singapore, Spain, Taliban, torture, treasury bonds, TTP, UN, UNHRC, USD, Vincent Fernando, War on Terror, yuan
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Daily Briefing—8th June 2010
Posted: 8 June 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, Alan Fisher, Anastasio Hernandez, AntiWar Radi, AntiWar radio, Arab League, Ben Smith, Bhopal, Blackwater, BP, Bradley Manning, Brian Ross, Chicago Public Schools, China, Chris Hedges, Christofascists, CIA, Collateral Murder, Congo, Costa Rica, CPS, David Friedman, DPRK, DRC, economic sanctions, Egypt, Erik Prince, eurozone, Farah Massacre, Felipe Calderon, free market, Garani Massacre, Gaza blackade, gold, Granai Massacre, Guatemala, healthcare, Honda, IAEA, immigration, Iran, Iraq War, Jeff Stein, Kevin Carson, Kurdistan, labor unions, Maggie Hberman, Mexico, Mexico drug war, national debt, NATO, Noah Shachtman, North Korea, PTSD, Red Crescent, Saudi Arabia, Scott Horton, Somalia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, stem cell research, tasers, terrorism, The Machinery of Freedom, UN Security Council, war crimes, Wikileaks, Xe
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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—6th May 2010
Posted: 6 May 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: airstrikes, California, CIA, CIA drones, drones, EU, Exxon Valdez, Freedie Mac, GCC, Gitmo, Guantanamo Bay, Gulf oil spill, Hezbollah, Hizbollah, IAEA, Iraq election, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, mortgage crisis, Noah Shachtman, NPT, nuclear weapons, oil, Omar Khadr, Pakistan, Philip Giraldi, Saudi Arabia, scud missiles, settlements, Syria, Taliban, torture, UN, unfunded entitlements, West Bank, Yukiya Amano
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New Russia-Backed Kyrgyz Regime ‘Should’ Shut Down Key U.S. Military Base
Posted: 8 April 2010 by Little Alex in International Affairs, Political ScienceTags: Abkhazia, Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, American Empire, anti-Statism, Brazil, BRIC, China, corporatism, Federal Reserve, fiat money, Five-Day War, Georgia, gold, Gulf Cooperation Council, Gulf Monetary Union, IMF, India, Iran, Kurmanbek Bakiyev, Kyrgyzstan, libertarian, liberty, Manas Air Base, market-anarchism, Obama Administration, Russia, Russo-Georgia War, Saudi Arabia, Scott Horton, South Ossetia, Sucre, Tulip Revolution, US, Vladmir Putin, World Bank
Russia plus its aid demands a base vital to the U.S. occupation of Afghanistan and imperial mobilization in Central Asia be shut down.
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