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.
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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
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Evening Briefing—7th Sept 2010
Posted: 7 September 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: ACLU, Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, Andy Worthington, anti-depressants, bailouts, banking, BP, cancer, Charles Davis, CIA, cooperatives, Cuba, David Petraeus, Deepwater Horizon, Fannie Mae, FOREX, Fourth Amendment, France, Freddie Mac, general strike, Guantanamo Bay, Gulf oil spill, habeas corpus, healthcare, human rights, IAEA, infrastructure, Iran, Iraq, Jonathan Turley, London Underground, mortgage crisis, Mozambique, mushrooms, NATO, Obama Administration, Pakistan, police brutality, Russia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, tasers, torture, unemployment, US military, USDJPY, Walter Block, Walter Pincus, Warfare and Conflict
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Evening Briefing—19th Aug 2010
Posted: 19 August 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: ACTA, Afghanistan, Afghanistan War Logs, AIG, Baha'i, BP, China, CIA, Death Penalty, Dennis Kucinich, Eden Abergil, extrajudicial assassination, Federal Reserve, Gaza, Gaza blockade, general strike, Ground Zero Mosque, Guantanamo Bay, Gulf oil spill, IDF, India, Iran, Iraq, Iraq War, Islam, Islamophobia, Jason Ditz, John Robbins, Keith Olbermann, Monsanto, MSNBC, national debt, NBC, NY Times, Pakistan, Park 51, Phillipines, religion, Roderick Long, Sharia Law, South Africa, Taiwan, Task Force 373, terrorism, TF 373, unemployment, Warfare and Conflict, Wikileaks, Zionism
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Evening Briefing—17th Aug 2010
Posted: 17 August 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Afghanistan, Allison Kilkenny, BlackBerry, Carol Rosenberg, Chalmers Johnson, Colombia, Cordoba House, corporatism, David Petraeus, economic crisis, electoral politics, free press, Gaza, Ground Zero Mosque, Hezbollah, India, Israel, Jacob Hornberger, Kahmir, Lebanon, media censorship, Nick Gillespie, Obama, Pakistan, Palestinians, Peter Kropotkin, PSCs, PSYOPS, public education, Rafik Hariri, Republican Party, RIM, Sam Haraway, Somalia, Stephen Walt, unemployment, United States, Venezuela, Webster Tarpley
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Daily Briefing—28th-29th July 2010
Posted: 29 July 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Af-Pak War, Afghan War Diary, Afghanistan, Afghanistan War Logs, AFRICOM, Al Shabaab, AMISOM, austerity measures, BP, Bush Administration, Charles Davis, Citigroup, civil liberties, crack cocaine, Death Penalty, Democrats, DPRK, drug war, ethnic cleansing, Greece, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf oil spill, Gulf War, Hans Blix, internet gambling, Iran, Iraq War, Israel, Jamal Abdi, Japan, Jeremy Scahill, Joe Biden, Kuwait, L-3, limited liability, Lockheed MArtin, marijuana, Matt Yglesias, medical marijuana, NATO, Norman Finkelstein, North Korea, Oakland, Obama Administration, Pakistan, Peter Orszag, privacy rights, Ron Paul, SB1070, Scott Horton, Somalia, South Korea, unemployment, US, US Congress, War on Terror, war spending, West Bank, Wikileaks
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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—19th July 2010
Posted: 19 July 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, African Union, Alistair Harris, ANSF, AU, Bagram, Bagram Air Base, BP, Carol Leonnig, CIA, civilian casualties, Colombia, Communism, Cuba, economic sanctions, FARC, G-20, Guantanamo Bay, Gulf oil spill, HRW, human rights, Human Rights Watch, Ian Fletcher, illegal immigration, IMF, India, Iran, ISAF, Israel, Kashmir, Lockerbie bomber, military suicides, NATO, Netanyahu, Nick Schwellenbach, OAS, Omar Deghayes, Pakistan, Palestinian refugees, PTSD, right of return, settlements, Somalia, suicide bombing, Syria, Taliban, tax collectors, Taylor Long, TOEFL, Uganda, UN, unemployment, US Army, Venezuela, West Bank
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Evening Briefing—15th July 2010
Posted: 15 July 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Afghan Taliban, airstrikes, Al Shabaab, anarchism, Argentina, BP, Cambodia, China, Clarence Thomas, Congo, corporate fraud, Cory Doctorow, debt default, Dian Chu, DIY, Doug Bandow, DRC, drones, economy, EUR, euro, Foxconn, Gareth Porter, gay marriage, GE, Goldman Sachs, Gregory White, Gulf oil spill, Haqqani Network, home foreclosures, Honda, ICC, Iceland, Illinois, India, Iran, Iraq, Islam, Israel, Jeffrey Immelt, John Pilger, JPY, Jundallah, Kashmir, labor unions, marijuana, Mark Frauenfelder, Netherlands, Pakistan, Panama, SEC, Sistan-Baluchistan, Somalia, Stefan Molyneux, tasers, terrorism, Tonkin Gulf, UAE, Uganda, UN, unemployment, USD, Vatican City, Vietnam War, Wall Street, war crimes, yen
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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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Report: Perpetual War Machine Depression-Proof at Least ‘Until 2016′
Posted: 6 July 2010 by Sayyid in Af-Pak War, International Affairs, National News, Political ScienceTags: ACLU, Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, Alan Grayson, AntiWar radio, Barney Frank, Boeing, corporate welfare, corporatism, economic crisis, economy, Eric Garris, government spending, Great Recession, Iraq War, libertarian, Lockheed MArtin, military industrial complex, National Surveillance State, Northop Gruman, Obama Administration, Pentagon, Raytheon, Robert Hale, Ron Paul, Spencer Ackerman, Tony Capaccio, unemployment, US, War, War on Terror
The Pentagon has confirmed the weapons budget will grow at a rate past inflation for many years to come.
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