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Daily Briefing—8th Sept 2010
Posted: 8 September 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, Africa, airport body scanners, airstrikes, al-Qaeda, Aleksander Kwasniewski, AMISOM, banking, black sites, Blake Hounshell, BP, Bush tax cuts, Charles Hugh Smith, China, CIA, cognitive science, counterterrorism, credit unions, Deepwater Horizon, DR Congo, drones, drug war, experimental philosophy, extrajudicial assassination, for-profit universities, France, free press, Gareth Porter, general strike, gold, Goldman Sachs, Gulf oil spill, Halliburton, Hillary Clinton, IDF, IFEX, India, Iran, Iraq War, ISAF, Israel, Israel-Lebanon War, Joe Biden, Kabul Bank, Kandahar Surge, Kashmir, Kevin Carson, land grabbing, Lebanon, Liz Pulliam Weston, Macondo oil spill, Mahmood Karzai, Mexico, military industrial complex, missile defense, Mullah Omar, NATO, neoliberalism, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Philosophy, Poland, PTSD, Robert Fisk, Rwanda, secret prisons, Somalia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Stephen Walt, student loans, Sudan, suicide bombings, Taiwan, Taliban, Transocean, TSA, Uganda, UN, Yemen
Weekend Briefing—30th July-1st Aug 2010
Posted: 1 August 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Aegis System, Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, arms trading, ballistic missiles, BP, Charlie Rangel, China, Congo, counterterrorism, CT, Death Penalty, DRC, drug war, economic sanctions, EU, extrajudicial assassinations, Guantanamo Bay, Gulf oil spill, Hamid Karzai, human rights, Iran, Iraq War, Israel, Justin Raimondo, media, Mike Mullen, missile defense, NATO, oil, Pakistan, parenting, Robert Fisk, Romania, Spain, Spencer Ackerman, Stefan Molyneux, Taliban, UN, UN Security Council, universal jurisdiction, UNSC, war games, Wikileaks
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Daily Briefing—17th June 2010
Posted: 17 June 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: AIG, Andy Worthington, Arizona, BP, BP Gulf oil spill, Carol Rosenberg, Chicago Police, child soldiers, Colonial Bank, Democrats, Ezra Klein, Fannie Mae, Federal Reserve, Freddie Mac, Freedom Flotilla, Garani Massacre, Gitmo, Goldman Sachs, Granai Massacre, Guantanamo Bay, IMF, immigrant jails, indefinite detention, Israel, Jon Burge, Joshua Claus, Michelle Shephard, no-fly list, Omar Khadr, Orrin Hatch, police brutality, public opinion, secret prisons, Somalia, Spain, TARP, Turkey, UN, UN Secret Detention Report, UNHRC, Wikileaks, Yemen, yuan renminbi
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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—11th June 2010
Posted: 11 June 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: ACLU, Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, AIG, airstrikes, Anastasio Rojas, Andy Worthington, Bagram Air Base, Bolivia, BP, China, CIA, debtor prisons, drones, Egypt, EU, European Union, Federal Reserve, Frank Chavez, Goldman Sachs, Google, Green Revolution, Guantanamo Bay, Gulf oil spill, Hamid Karzai, Hugo Chavez, IAEA, INA, indigenous people, Iran, Iran elections, Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraqi National Alliance, John Byrne, labor unions, Latin America, Pakistan, renminbi, Russia, Shahram Amiri, smoking bans, South America, Spain, Taliban, TARP, terrorism, Turkey, UNSC, US, Venezuela, Vincent Fernando, War on Terror, William Fisher
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Israel Attacks Humanitarian Aid Convoy to Gaza, Killing 19
Posted: 31 May 2010 by Sayyid in Palestine-IsraelTags: agorism, Al Jazeera, Amnesty International, Bernard Kouchner, EU, European Union, France, Franco Frattini, Free Gaza Movement, Freedom Flotilla, Gaza, Gaza blackade, Gaza Massacre, Greece, human rights, humanitarian aid, IDF, international law, Isabel Kershner, Israel, Lebanon, Mairead Maguire, Mel Frykberg, Middle East, NATO, Netanyahu, Newspeak, Obama, Obama Administration, Pakistan, propganda, Russia Today, Spain, Turkey, UN, UN Security Council, UNSC, USAID, West Bank, Zionism
A flotilla of activists and politicians carrying humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, in defiance of the U.S.-Israel-Egypt unlawful blockade, were attacked by the Israeli Navy. Israel Army Radio reports up to 16 have been killed. Others report up to 20.
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Daily Briefing—28th April 2010
Posted: 28 April 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Abu Zubaydah, Afghanistan, anarcho-capitalism, Arizona, AstraZeneca, Ayad Allawi, Bush Administration, CCR, fair use, Gaza, Guantanamo, Hamas, immigration, Israel, Lew Rockwell, Middle East, Noam Chomsky, Omar Khadr, Peru, political prisoners, racism, Red Shirts, SB 1070, secret immigrant prisons, Skunk Truck, Somalia, Spain, Taliban, TARP, terrorist, Thailand, universal jurisdiction, voluntaryism
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Taliban: Attacking West ‘Not on Agenda’, Only ‘Braced for Prolonged War Against Colonization’ in Afghanistan
Posted: 7 October 2009 by Editors in Af-Pak WarTags: Af-Pak War, Afghan surge, Afghanistan, Europe, Ghazni, ISAF, NATO, Northern Alliance, Obama, Qarabagh, Regina Gillis, SITE Institute, Spain, Stanley McChrystal, Taliban, terrorism, Todd Pittman, UN, US, War, War on Terror, Wardak, Zabul
Todd Pittman at The Associated Press (AP) reports: Eight years after the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, an internet statement by the Taliban states it has no will to attack any countries, but “if you want to turn the country of the proud and pious Afghans into a colony, then know that we have an unwavering determination and have braced for a prolonged war” within Afghanistan. (more…)
Jeremy Scahill: Obama’s ‘Thug Squad’ at Guantánamo Bay — Part II (Audio)
Posted: 21 May 2009 by Editors in International Affairs, Political ScienceTags: ACLU, AntiWar radio, AntiWar.com, Binyam Mohamed, Black Shirts, CCR, Clinton, Cuba, ERF, fascism, George Bush, Gitmo, Guantanamo Bay, human rights, Immediate Reaction Force, international law, Iraq War, IRF, Jeremy Scahill, KSM, law, libertarian, liberty, Michael Ratner, Middle East, NeoCons, Newspeak, Obama, Omar Deghayes, Scott Horton, Sean Baker, Spain, terrorism, torture, US, Wall Street Journal, War, War on Terror
Jeremy Scahill discusses his must-read article from last week — “Obama Thug Squad Brutalizing Prisoners at Gitmo” — with Scott Horton on AntiWar Radio. The Immediate Reaction Force (IRF) is one of the many, and most shocking, disgusting realities within the War of Terror.
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Detainees Tortured to Link Saddam to al-Qa’ida (mp3)
Posted: 6 May 2009 by Editors in Af-Pak War, International Affairs, National News, Political ScienceTags: Abu Zubaydah, Bagram, Cheney, Condi Rice, Convention Against Torture, fascism, Geneva Conventions, George Bush, Gitmo, Holder, human rights, international law, Iraq War, Israel, KSM, libertarian, liberty, Middle East, Newspeak, Obama, Rumsfeld, Saddam Hussein, Spain, terrorism, torture memos, UN, UN Charter, US, War, war crimes, waterboarding
AntiWar Radio host Scott Horton interviews Marjorie Cohn on the recent revelation that torture was not used to thwart attacks and gather intel, but to manufacture connections between Saddam Hussein and al-Qa’ida to justify the consciously illegal Iraq War. (more…)