Here’s an eye-popping number: A blogger and writer claims American military casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan now exceed 500,000. That’s if you count certain injuries and diseases including mental illness that he alleges the Department of Defense doesn’t include in its official combat-related casualty toll in an effort to soften […]
Geopolitics
Dan Oakes and Dylan Welch June 29, 2010 – 3:00AM A FORMER Australian ambassador to Israel has accused Prime Minister Julia Gillard of being silent on the “excesses” of Israel, and has questioned why her partner has been given a job by a prominent Israel lobbyist. In a letter to […]
Michel Collon, a Belgian journalist and author, in his book “Israel, let’s talk about it,” has slammed European media over decades of “lying” to people in order to support Israel. Collon, in his book, has recounted “10 big lies” spread by Western media in order to “justify the existence and […]
Russia Alarmed By CIA View Of Iran’s Weapons Central Intelligence Agency Director Leon Panetta told ABC’s “This Week” television program that the agency thinks Iran has enough low-enriched uranium now for two weapons, but that Tehran would have to further enrich the material first. “As to this information — it […]
[ it’s all like some hideous geopolitical ‘Weekend At Bernies’, or something ] It has been years since the United States has had good intelligence on the whereabouts of al Qaeda leader Osama bin laden, although he is thought to be in Pakistan, CIA director Leon Panetta said on Sunday. […]
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[ What the -fuck- is an FSB ? ] Prosecutors may get to shut down web sites over extremism charges for an unlimited time if the State Duma passes new legislation drafted by the Federal Security Service, Vedomosti reported Friday. Internet service providers will be obliged to shut down web […]
Our situation is admittedly dire. Oligarchs are seizing more overt control in most countries in the world, the worldwide economy is on course for another – even bigger – train wreck, countries are cracking down on freedom and becoming more tyrannical, we are in a permanent state of war (and […]
Hundreds of Israeli, Palestinians and international activists marched through the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan on Friday afternoon protesting increased Israeli settlement activity in the disputed area. The march was peaceful with only small occurrences of Israeli settler rock throwing reported. However, the march saw the addition of many new […]
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