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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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The ‘Failed State’ Boogeyman
Posted: 19 July 2010 by Editors in Political Science, SomaliaTags: AFRICOM, Ahmed Hassan, Al Shabaab, AMISOM, anarchism, anarchy, AQN ExOrd, Awil Salah Osman, Bush Administration, CENTCOM, child soldiers, CIA, civilian casualties, Clinton Administration, covert operations, Defense Department, Donald Rumsfeld, Ethiopia, failed state, failed states index, Fareed Zakaria, fascism, Greg Jaffe, Horn of Africa, human rights, humanitarian aid, humanitarian crisis, Jeffrey Gettleman, Jeremy Scahill, Kampala, Karen DeYoung, Lord’s Resistance Army, Mark Fineman, military welfare, Mogadishu, Mohamed Abdi Godane, Mohamed Siad Barre, Newspeak, oil, Paul Wolfowitz, Pentagon, SOF, Somalia, Special Ops, Stefan Molyneux, Stephen Cambone, Suzanne Goldberg, terrorism, Uganda, UN, UN Security Council, UNSC, USAID, War, War on Terror, Xan Rice
Highlighting U.S. intervention in the further destruction of Somalia and as Ugandans mourn a terrorist attack from Somali militants and Fareed Zakaria noting the non-threat of ‘failed states’ and the imminent blowback induced by the failed missions of nation building.
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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Daily Briefing—10th June 2010
Posted: 10 June 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Argentina, Bank of America, banking, BP, Brazil, campaign contributions, Charles Schumer, Chicago, Chicago Police, corporate personhood, Customs and Border Patrol, Der Spiegel, diamonds, economic sanctions, eminent domain, Freedom Flotilla, Gaza blockade, Great Lakes, Gulags, Gulf oil spill, gun control, Iran, Jeremy Scahill, Jim Lobe, journalism, JPMorgan Chase, labor unions, Marja, media, mortgage crisis, national debt, neoconservatives, NY Times, Palestine-Israel, Pentagon, Russia, SCOTUS, Stalin, Stephen Walt, terrorism, Treasury Department, Turkey, UN Security Council, UNSC, USSR, Wall Street, Wells Fargo, WSJ, Zimbabwe
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Daily Briefing—9th June 2010
Posted: 9 June 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Afghanistan, Agent Orange, al-Qaeda, al-Qaida, Alan Grayson, Andy Worthington, Bagram Air Base, border patrol, BP Gulf oil spill, Bradley Manning, Brazil, Britain, Chicago Police, China, civilian surge, Darfur, Dennis Kucinich, DPRK, economic sanctions, EU, European Union, Foxconn, France, Freedom Flotilla, Gaza blockade, Gitmo, gold, Guantanamo Bay, Honda, immigration, India, Iran, Iran elections, IRGC, Israel, Japan, Jundallah, Kandahar Surge, MEK, Mir Housein Mousavi, national debt, Noam Chomsky, North Korea, NPT, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, peace jirga, public opinion, Shahram Amiri, South Korea, Sudan, Taliban, tariffs, terrorism, TORDAN, Turkey, UK, UN Security Council, UNSC, Vietnam War, War, War of Terror, Yemen
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Report: U.S.-Backed Shah’ist ‘Terror Group’ in Iran
Posted: 8 June 2010 by Sayyid in International Affairs, Political ScienceTags: Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi, Ali Motlaq, Asso Ahmed, covert operations, economic sanctions, Forud Fuladwand, Gaza blockade, Iran, Iraq War, Iraqi Kurdistan, Israel, Jason Ditz, Junallah, Masoud Ali-Mohammadi, Mehdi Eslamian, MEK, Middle East, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi], Mohsen Eslamian, Mujahedin-e-Khalq, PJAK, Press TV, Radio Farda, Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, terrorism, TORDAN, UNSC, US, War, War on Terror
A TONDAR member in Iranian custody tells the State-run media his connection to the group originated through a U.S.-run media corporation.
Sri Lanka ‘Will Hang’ Former Army Chief for War Crimes Investigation Participation
Posted: 7 June 2010 by Little Alex in International Affairs, Political ScienceTags: Anna Neistat, Arundhati Roy, BBC, China, corporatism, Cuba, detention camps, Geneva Conventions, Gotabhaya Rajapakse, HardTalk, human rights, Human Rights Watch, IHL, India, international humanitarian law, international law, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, LTTE, Mahinda Rajapakse, Manmohan Singh, Pakistan, Pratibha Patil, Rajavarothayam Sambanthan, Rajiv Gandhi assassination, Russia, Sarath Fonseka, SLAF, Sonia Gandhi, Sri Lanka, Stephen Sackur, Sutirtho Patranobis, Tajikistan, Tamil Tigers, UN, UN Security Council, UNHRC, UNSC, Uzbekistan, Venezuela
The Sri Lankan defense minister has threatened to hang a parliament member, recently resigned from the S.L.A.F., if he exposes the country’s war crimes against the Tamils. The suppression of the war crimes during the country’s quarter-century civil war and the government’s forging alliances have dangerous potential.
Daily Briefing—6th-7th June 2010
Posted: 7 June 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Afghanistan, Andy Worthington, ATT, Bagram Air Base, BP, BP Gulf oil spill, Britain, caste system, China, EU, European Union, FDA, Freedom Flotilla, G20, Gaza blockade, Gitmo, global bank tax, Guantanamo Bay, Gulf oil spill, habeas corpus, Hamid Karzai, Hugo Chavez, human rights, IDF, international law, Iran, IRGC, Israel, labor unions, law, Mike Adams, Pakistan, peace jirgas, Reliance of India, Sapin, Taliban, torture, Turkey, UN, UN Security Council, UNHRC, UNSC, Venezuela, Wikileaks, Yemen
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Daily Briefing—31st May-1st June 2010
Posted: 1 June 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, al-Qaeda, al-Qaida, Amnesty International, Bagram Air Base, David Sanger, diplomatic immunity, Freedom Flotilla, Gaza, Gaza blackade, Gaza blockade, gold, Haiti, IAEA, IDF, IMF, international law, Iran, Israel, jirga, Julian Assange, law, miranda rights, Mossad, NPT, NY Times, Raffi Khatchadourian, Red Shirts, Russia, SCOTUS, Thai protests, Thailand, UN, UNSC, US Navy, USS Liberty, Wilikeaks, William Broad
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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):
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.
The BBC reports (7:54):
Weekend Briefing—21st-22nd May 2010
Posted: 22 May 2010 by Editors in Daily BriefingTags: Af-Pak War, Afghanistan, agorism, Bagram Air Base, BP, Chicago, Chicago Police, China, Coach, constitutional rights, DPRK, drug war, economic sanctions, Felipe Calderon, foreign aid, Freedom Flotilla, Gaza, Gaza blockade, Gulf oil spill, habeas corpus, indefinite detention, intellectual property, Iran, Iraq, Iraq War, Jason Ditz, Jon Burge, Kandahar Surge, Liliana Segura, Mexico, military industrial complex, missile defense, NATO, North Korea, Patrick Buchanan, South Korea, Taliban, UN Security Council, UNASUR, UNSC
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