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Iraq: A country whose Future was Stolen (Jamail)
Dahr Jamail writes at Tomdispatch.com Back then, everybody was writing about Iraq, but it’s surprising how few Americans, including reporters, paid much attention to the […]
Qaddafi’s Arms Flooding Middle East from Libya
The UN is concerned that unsecured weapons stockpiles from the depots of the late dictator Muammar Qaddafi are flooding into Africa and the Middle East […]
How Climate Change Disrupts Industry: Michael E. Mann Video Interview
Michael E. Mann on the impact of climate change on industry:
BBC Journalists accidentally Bombed by US Air Force during 2003 Invasion of Iraq (Video)
BBC crew accidentally bombed by US Air Force during 2003 invasion of Iraq: Video at Youtube:
Kerry Cajoles Afghanistan and Iraq, as Bush’s former colonies decline to Toe the Line
Secretary of State John Kerry just made trips to Afghanistan and Iraq, the Bush administration’s two trophy states, in an attempt to shore up rapidly […]
US Drone Campaign in Pakistan: Amazing Infographic (Serle)
Jack Serle writes at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism Pitch Interactive have visualised every CIA drone strike and every casualty in Pakistan. A new interactive […]
Viral Video on America’s Incredibly Skewed distribution of Wealth
A fascinating video on America’s incredibly skewed wealth distribution, with the top 1% owning 40% and the bottom 40% almost nothing: and it’s getting worse […]
Guantanamo Hunger Strike: Attorney: “Shocked at Conditions,” “Animal Cages”
Russia Today reports on the hunger strikes among Guantanamo prisoners, 166 of whom are said still to be living in small “animal cages” and to […]
Palestinians Alarmed at Obama’s New Christian Zionism, Failure to Push for Settlement Freeze
Aljazeera English reports on Obama’s failures and successes on his recent Mideast trip. Below, I quote translations from the Palestinian press showing for the most […]
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