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Daily Briefing—11th Aug 2010
Posted: 11 August 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: 14th Amendment, Afghanistan, Ahmadinejad, ANC, ANP, Blackwater, Bush tax cuts, Calfornia, China, civil liberties, climate change, COIN, Colombia, counterinsurgency, Czech Republic, DPRK, economic crisis, FARC, fascism, Federal Reserve, fiat money, Flynt Leverett, free press, Freedom Flotilla, Gareth Porter, Gaza, Gaza blockade, global warming, Greenland, Guantanamo Bay, Hillary Mann Leverett, home foreclosures, HUD, humanitarian aid, IDF, illegal immigration, imperialism, India, Iran, Iraq, Iraq War, Israel, Ivan Eland, Japan, Jeff Stein, Jeffrey Goldberg, journalism, Justice Department, Kashmir, labor unions, Lebanon, Lew Rockwell, Manmohan Singh, Mavi Marmara, Mehdi Karroubi, national debt, North Korea, Obama Administration, Omar Khadr, Pakistan, PCHR, private military contractors, right to strike, Ron Paul, solar energy, South Africa, State Department, Tim Arango, trade deficit, US citizenship, USD, Venezuela, War, War on Terror, West Bank, yen
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Jeremy Scahill on Obama’s Iraq Withdrawal That Isn’t (Video)
Posted: 3 August 2010 by Little Alex in International AffairsTags: Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, Afghanistan War Diary, Amy Goodman, Baghdad, Blackwater, Bush Administration, corporatism, covert operations, Dyncorp, economic sanctions, EPPs, fascism, Gareth Porter, Hillary Clinton, Horn of Africa, human rights, imperialism, Iraq War, Iraq withdrawal, Jeremy Scahill, JPEL, JSOC, Julian Assange, libertarian, Middle East, military industrial complex, Newspeak, Nuri al-Maliki, Obama, Obama Administration, oil, Saddam Hussein, SOF, SOFA, Special Operations Forces, State Department, Status of Forces Agreement, Take Force 714, Task Force 373, TF 373, TF 714, Triple Canopy, US, US military, War, War on Terror, war spending, Wikileaks, Xe
With 70,000 U.S. troops in Iraq, President Obama yesterday dropped his 2009 pledge to remove all combat troops before September, extending the target date 15 months, Gareth Porter reported today at Inter Press Services. The drawdown is intended by the Administration to leave 50,000 ‘residual troops’ indefinitely, but investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill notes the so-called “withdrawal” is a replacement of combat troops with ‘private’ mercenary firms. Earlier today, he spoke with Amy Goodman at Democracy Now! (11:48):
WikiLeaks Current Project Reveals ‘Abusive Mass Spying’
Posted: 22 June 2010 by Little Alex in International Affairs, Political ScienceTags: ABC, Adrian Lamo, Afghanistan, anarchism, Andrew Fowler, anti-Statism, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, BBC, CIA, CID, Collateral Murder, Echelon, Ellen Nakashima, espionage, Farah Massacre, Garani Massacre, Glenn Greenwald, Grenai Massacre, human rights, Julian Assange, libertarian, MI6, Mike Gogulski, Newspeak, State Department, US, War, War on Terror, West Baghdad Massacre, whistleblowers, Wikileaks
WikiLeaks founder recently hinted at ‘anarchistic’ leaking of documents relating to a deadly 2009 U.S. airstrike in Afghanistan and the future leaking of wide-reaching detailed spying ‘affecting many people and organizations.
U.S.-Backed Faction ‘Claims Responsibility’ for Attack in Iran, Killing Dozens
Posted: 18 October 2009 by Little Alex in International Affairs, Political ScienceTags: Abdolhamid Rigi, Abdolmalek Rigi, Ahmadinejad, Britain, fascism, Haaretz, human rights, Ian Kelly, international law, Iran, IRGC, Islam, Jundallah, Jundullah, law, libertarian, MEK, Michael Slackman, Middle East, Newspeak, NY Times, Obama, Pakistan, Pisheen, Press TV, Seymour Hersh, Sistan-Baluchistan, State Department, Sunni-Shia conflict, terrorism, tribal leaders, UK, UN, US, War, War on Terror
Jundallah has claimed responsibility for attacking a “unity gathering between Sunni and Shia tribal leaders”. The rising death toll was last reported at 49.
Murder, Child Prostitution, Arms Smuggling on the American Dime in the Name of God Continues Under Obama
Posted: 7 August 2009 by Little Alex in International Affairs, National News, Political ScienceTags: Afghanistan, arms smuggling, Bagram, Beau Phillips, Blackwater, Brad Elmer, Bush Administration, Carol Confers, child prostitution, corporate personhood, corporate privilege, corporations, corporatism, Eric Holder, Erik Prince, fascism, Gary Jackson, George Bush, Hillary Clinton, human rights, Iraq, Iraq War, Jeremy Scahill, Keith Olbermann, law, libertarian, Luke Doak, Middle East, military industrial complex, murder, Newspeak, Obama, obstruction of justice, Prince Companies, religion, State Department, T.S. Ellis, US, War, Xe
Jeremy Scahill, leading journalist on Blackwater, broke the story at The Nation of two Blackwater employees’ sworn statements, under the penalty of perjury, alleging the founder of Blackwater — now known as “Xe” (pronounced “zee”) — committed some of the highest of high crimes as the Bush Administration’s private mercenary firm in the Middle East.
An analysis of the affidavits filed by John Doe #1 [.pdf] and John Doe #2 [.pdf]. (h/t: Democracy Now!)
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