The report, by the Washington-based New America Foundation, will fuel growing criticism of the use of unmanned drones in the fight against al-Qaeda and Taliban militants, who use Pakistan as a base for attacks on Nato forces in Afghanistan. Critics say their use not only takes innocent lives, but amounts […]
Geopolitics
Pentagon shooting suspect in custody, second person suspected In the United States, the suspect in the Pentagon shooting has died from his wounds. The suspect, an American, opened fire on two police officers at the subway entrance to the Defense Department. He was critically wounded by the officers. Law enforcement […]
Universities in over 40 cities across the world have begun to observe Israeli Apartheid Week in condemnation of the Zionist regime’s suppression of the Palestinians. During Israeli Apartheid Week, which kicked off on Monday, the universities will hold protests and host related speeches, cultural performances, and movie screenings. The people […]
George Monbiot guardian.co.uk, Monday 1 March 2010 20.00 GMT https://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/mar/01/solar-panel-feed-in-tariff Plans for the grid feed-in tariff suggest we live in southern California. And at £8.6bn, this is a pricey conceit with little benefit Those who hate environmentalism have spent years looking for the definitive example of a great green rip-off. […]
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Paul Craig Roberts describes how disunity and bickering among Muslims have made it possible for Israel to dispossess the Palestinians, for the US to invade Iraq and for the US to rule much of the region and beyond through puppets. Muslims are numerous but powerless. Divisions among Muslims, especially between […]
Iran’s foreign minister says former US President George W. Bush’s so-called war on terror has actually served as a guise for training terrorists. “Does fighting terrorism mean supporting professional killers?” Manouchehr Mottaki asked at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, according to Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast who accompanied […]
Christopher King argues that “a situation exists in which it may be in the interests of the United States to seek a ‘cold war’ situation with Russia and China as a pretext for defaulting on its external debt, attacking Iran, taking direct control of all Middle Eastern oilfields and effective […]
“The morons in Washington are pushing the envelope of nuclear war. The insane drive for American hegemony threatens life on earth. The American people, by accepting the lies and deceptions of “their” government, are facilitating this outcome.” Read the rest here