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Conversations with Armenians and Turks about the Genocide

2006-10-17T01:59:00.000+05:00

BY LINE ABRAHAMIANThe human rights organization PEN, an association of writers and supporters, defends freedom of expression and opposes censorship. PEN Canada works on behalf of writers at home and abroad “who have been forced into silence for writing the truth as they see it.” They lobby governments internationally; work for the release of persecuted writers and conduct awareness campaigns

My Journey from Hate to Hope

2006-10-17T01:45:00.000+05:00

The Armenian Genocide almost annihilated my ancestors. How could I not hate Turks?By Line Abrahamian When I heard in April that Turkey threatened economic sanctions against Canada and recalled its ambassador because Prime Minister Stephen Harper publicly recognized the Armenian Genocide, all the anger I’ve felt towards Turks came rushing back. Why do they use scare tactics on anyone who

Robert Fisk: Let me denounce genocide from the dock

2006-10-17T01:34:00.000+05:00

The Independent (London)October 14, 2006 SaturdayFirst EditionBy ROBERT FISKThis has been a bad week for Holocaust deniers. I'm talking about those who wilfully lie about the 1915 genocide of 1.5 million Armenian Christians by the Ottoman Turks. On Thursday, France's lower house of parliament approved a Bill making it a crime to deny that Armenians suffered genocide. And, within an hour,

The Dumbing Down of America

2006-10-15T19:06:00.000+05:00

By Manuel Valenzuela10/12/06 "Information Clearing House" - Something is amiss in the great nation called America. Ominous sirens warning this reality can be heard emanating loudly through invisible winds of change circulating our towns and cities. The American people are being strangulated; unbeknownst to the masses they are being transformed and conditioned, becoming the entity the elite have

Turkey's European Dagger

2006-10-15T00:11:00.000+05:00

GMT 10-13-2006 17:17:38Assyrian International News Agency(AINA) -- Nobel Prize in literature to Orhan Pamuk will strongly divide the public opinion in Turkey. His liberalism is more for public consumption to the west of Bosporus strait. The Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocide (1915-1917) during the Young Turk government in Ottoman Empire is too well documented to be denied by Turkey. There is

The October Surprise

2006-10-07T14:43:00.000+05:00

By Gary Hart10/03/06 "HuffingtonPost" --- -- It should come as no surprise if the Bush Administration undertakes a preemptive war against Iran sometime before the November election.Were these more normal times, this would be a stunning possibility, quickly dismissed by thoughtful people as dangerous, unprovoked, and out of keeping with our national character. But we do not live in normal

America the Tyranny

2006-10-07T02:44:00.000+05:00

The Road to AuthoritarianismBy Manuel Valenzuela10/03/06 "Information Clearing House" -- -- Behold and bear witness to what has become of America, in this era of uncertainty and bewilderment, in this time of fear and intimidation, that since towers were brought down and demolished has methodically fallen into the viper pit of neocon decadence, becoming, as it stands today, an authoritarian’s

Global Leaders Call for Action on Arab-Israeli Settlement

2006-10-04T19:55:00.000+05:00

INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP - NEW REPORTBrussels/Washington/New York/London/Amman, 4 October 2006: 135 respected global leaders -- former presidents, prime ministers, foreign and defence ministers, congressional leaders and heads of international organisations -- have today joined in a call for urgent international action to comprehensively resolve the

Bush Rages: "I am not Beelzebub, Lord of Sulfur"

2006-10-03T00:59:00.002+05:00

By Mike Whitney "The devil is right at home…. The devil himself is right in the house. And the devil came here yesterday. Yesterday the devil came right here…And it still smells of sulfur today." Hugo Chavez; address to the UN General Assembly 9-20-06My oh my, has Hugo Chavez caused a furor. Looking at the news reports filed in the last 24 hours, one would think that he snuck a dirty-bomb into

Noam Chomsky on Hegemony or Survival: America’s Quest For Global Dominance

2006-10-03T00:59:00.001+05:00

"If you repeat it loudly enough it will become the truth" - MIT institute professor of linguistics and author Noam Chomsky speaks out on U.S. hegemony, controlling the domestic population through fear and the historical parallels of current U.S. foreign policy.Professor Noam Chomsky, speaking at Illinois State University on October 7th, 2003..Hegemony or Survival: The Imperialist Strategy of the

The Heart of "Terror"

2006-10-03T00:59:00.000+05:00

By: Bill Noxid 09/22/06 "Information Clearing House" - It’s unfortunate that we are still subjected to non-news in this country. I have no question it is a temporary condition that is running out of time faster than I could have imagined. The world at this point is evolving exponentially. "Revolution" is breaking out all over the planet and our media is as usual focused solely on the plight of

Lost in a Bermuda Triangle of Injustice

2006-10-01T23:05:00.000+05:00

The Facts on the Ground: Mini-Gulags, Hired Guns, Lobbyists, and a Reality Built on FearBy Tom Engelhardt09/22/06 "TomDispatch" --- - This August, a site of shame, shared by Saddam Hussein and George W. Bush, was emptied. Abu Ghraib prison is the place where Saddam's functionaries tortured (and sometimes killed) many enemies of his regime, and where Bush's functionaries, as a series of notorious

Iraq is Bush’s Reflection Pond

2006-10-01T17:11:00.001+05:00

By Mike Whitney 09/22/06 "Information Clearing House" -- -- Martial law is not liberation. Baghdad has been in a state of virtual lockdown since thousands of American Occupation Forces (AOF) were deployed to the city in a futile attempt to establish security. In the last two months, the number of dead appearing at the Baghdad morgue has skyrocketed; nearly 6,600 Iraqis brutally tortured and

Compact with Evil: The McCain "Compromise" on Bush's Torture Program

2006-10-01T17:11:00.000+05:00

By Chris Floyd 09/22/06 "EP" -- - After George Bush's Rose Garden hissy fit, in which he declared that he would simply stop interrogating suspected terrorists unless he could torture them, John "I Only Flip-Flop On Matters of Deep Principle" McCain and the other so-called "Senate rebels" have capitulated to the unpopular president's petulant demands.In the universe of moral perversion in which

The Surprising End of the New American Century

2006-10-01T15:57:00.000+05:00

By Mike Whitney "The US is updating contingency plans for a strike to cripple Iran’s atomic weapon’s program if international diplomacy fails…The plan calls for a rolling 5 day bombing campaign against 400 key targets, including 24 nuclear related sites, 14 military airfields and radar installations, and Revolutionary Guard headquarters" Ian Bruce, "US spells out plan to bomb Iran" UK Herald "

An Interview with Dr. Ismail Zayid, President of the Canada Palestine Association

2006-10-01T15:22:00.000+05:00

Angie TibbsAugust 14, 2006Israel’s ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people from 1947 to the present has caused monumental devastation to the exiled, those hundreds of thousands who were forced from their homes and never allowed to return. Dr. Ismail Zayid’s family suffered this unspeakable horror in 1967 when their village of Beit Nuba was erased from the face of the earth by Israeli

"Thank you for not putting a bomb in your luggage."

2006-10-01T14:18:00.001+05:00

By William Blum"President Bush said the United States is still under the threat of attack and will continue to be right up until Election Day." -- Jay Leno 09/27/06 "Information Clearing House"- Hand-in-hand with his threat warnings, Bush keeps telling us how his War on Terror has made us so much safer, bragging that there hasn't been a terrorist attack in the United States in the five years

For God's Sake

2006-10-01T14:18:00.000+05:00

By Philip J. Rappa09/27/06 "Information Clearing House" -- -- I always felt that my hometown was a microcosm of the world. With that said, I would like to address this talk of separation of God and State. I worry that the sins of the father are handed down to the sons and daughters; I worry that words don’t mean what they used to: words like principle, belief and right and wrong. Whether you’re

Revolution just ain't what it used to be

2006-10-01T14:17:00.000+05:00

By Mickey Z. 09/27/06 "Information Clearing House" -- - If you were to publicly declare your discontent with the U.S. government and your subsequent desire to abolish that government, the land of the free would likely reward you with an orange jumpsuit and a one-way ticket for an all-inclusive vacation at Guantanamo Bay. Now imagine if you instead chose to stand in front of a crowded room and

War Criminal at Bay

2006-10-01T01:10:00.002+05:00

By Paul Craig Roberts09/18/06 "Information Clearing House" -- -- President George Bush, betrayed by the neoconservatives whom he elevated to power and by his Attorney General, Torture Gonzales who gave him wrong legal advice, is locked in a desperate struggle with the Republican Congress to save himself from war crimes charges at the expense of America’s reputation and our soldiers’ fate.

What if they gave a War?

2006-10-01T01:10:00.001+05:00

By Charles Sullivan09/18/06 "Information Clearing House" -- -- "What if they gave a war and no one came?" was a popular slogan during the Viet Nam war. It remains a timeless and powerful motto, and is as relevant as ever. It is still a mantra that evokes thought provoking responses and suggests some intriguing possibilities. What if those who serve in the military were fully aware of what their

Ending the Dollar's Tyranny

2006-10-01T01:10:00.000+05:00

By Mike Whitney "The real rulers in Washington are invisible and exercise power from behind the scenes." Felix Frankfurter, United States Supreme Court Justice 09/18/06 "Information Clearing House" -- -- The U.S. dollar is the very heart of the empire. The military, the media and the political establishment are merely the tributaries which flow away from the center. Any plan to restore America’s

Why Bush Will Nuke Iran

2006-09-27T21:20:00.000+05:00

By Paul Craig Roberts09/26/06 "Information Clearing House"-- The neoconservative Bush administration will attack Iran with tactical nuclear weapons, because it is the only way the neocons believe they can rescue their goal of US (and Israeli) hegemony in the Middle East.The US has lost the war in Iraq and in Afghanistan. Generals in both war theaters are stating their need for more troops. But

The Sound & The Fury

2006-09-27T01:09:00.001+05:00

Venezuela's leader talks to TIME's Tim Padgett about why he lashes out against President BushBy TIM PADGETT09/24/06 "Time" -- -- TIME: Why do you attack President George W. Bush with such jolting language?CHAVEZ: I believe words have great weight, and I want people to know exactly what I mean. I'm not attacking President Bush; I'm simply counterattacking. Bush has been attacking the world, and

Victims of the war machine

2006-09-27T01:09:00.000+05:00

By Cindy Sheehan 09/25/06 "Information Clearing House" -- -- Our "compassionate conservative" misleader was on CNN with Wolf Blitzer and he had the following to say about the heartache and pain that he has caused the world since his illegal and immoral occupation of Iraq began.BLITZER: Let's move on and talk a little bit about Iraq. Because this is a huge, huge issue, as you know, for the

Terrorist Network Disconnect

2006-09-26T21:31:00.002+05:00

By Gareth Porter 09/14/06 "Tom Paine" -- - George Bush’s new argument that Iran and Hezbollah are part of the same terrorist network as al-Qaida turns the recent history of international politics on its head to cover up a truth that makes the Bush administration extremely uncomfortable.In two speeches on August 31 and September 5, Bush said there is no difference between Iran and Hezbollah, on

I Hope That We May Find the Courage...

2006-09-26T21:31:00.001+05:00

By Senator Robert C. ByrdUS Senate Floor Remarks09/13/06 "Information Clearing House"Mr. President, September 11 has come and gone, and as we remember those lost on that fateful day, and contemplate events since the horrific attack, one truth stands out.The war in Iraq has backfired, producing more recruits for terrorism, and deep divisions within our own country. It is a war we should never

For Whom the Heart Bleeds Not

2006-09-26T21:31:00.000+05:00

Paul Craig Roberts 09/01/06 "Information Clearing House" -- -- With mainstream media, such as William M. Arkin in the washingtonpost.com and Keith Olbermann and Joe Scarborough on MSNBC, taking up my emphasis on the moronic and fascist character of the Bush regime, the gates are open for Democrats to begin the task of bringing to an end the pointless, costly, and illegal war that is doing America

Killing in the Name of Democracy

2006-09-26T00:29:00.000+05:00

By James Bovard09/01/06 "Lew Rockwell" -- -- President George W. Bush perpetually invokes the goal of spreading democracy to sanctify his foreign policy. Unfortunately, he is only the latest in a string of presidents who cloaked aggression in idealistic rhetoric. Killing in the name of democracy has a long and sordid history. The U.S. government’s first experience with forcibly spreading

Pre-Traumatic Stress Disorder-A Glimpse Into Israeli Collective Psychosis

2006-09-25T22:55:00.001+05:00

By Gilad Atzmon "It is hard to believe, but only 60 years after the Holocaust the Jewish people is once again in danger of being destroyed - at least in its own state, where 40 percent of the world's Jews are concentrated. Evidence of the severity of the danger can be found not only in the explicit threats by Iran's president, which are backed up by an arms program that would provide the means

Muhammad's sword

2006-09-25T22:55:00.000+05:00

Although I disagree with the implication of the subtitle, the historical facts brought in this article are worth to remember before criticizing Islam. Western Christianity has more to be ashamed of.I also disagree that the Ottomans did not try to Islamize by force. The reader may do some personal research into the history of Armenia under the Ottoman Turks and especially the period relating to

Rise Up Against the Empire

2006-09-22T23:56:00.003+05:00

President Hugo Chavez, Address to the United Nations09/19/06 "Information Clearing House" -- -- Representatives of the governments of the world, good morning to all of you. First of all, I would like to invite you, very respectfully, to those who have not read this book, to read it.Noam Chomsky, one of the most prestigious American and world intellectuals, Noam Chomsky, and this is one of his

Where is the seat of global justice?

2006-09-22T23:56:00.002+05:00

Address by His Excellency Dr. Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran before the 61st Session of the General assembly09/19/06 "Information Clearing House"Madam President,Distinguished Heads of State and Government, Distinguished Heads of Delegation,Excellencies, Ladies and GentlemenI praise the Merciful, All-Knowing and Almighty God for blessing me with another

The Big Lie About 'Islamic Fascism'

2006-09-22T23:56:00.001+05:00

By Eric Margolis08/29/06 "Lew Rockwell" -- -- The latest big lie unveiled by Washington’s neoconservatives are the poisonous terms, "Islamo-Fascists" and "Islamic Fascists." They are the new, hot buzzwords among America’s far right and Christian fundamentalists. President George W. Bush made a point last week of using "Islamofacists" when recently speaking of Hezbullah and Hamas – both, by the

Israeli Apartheid

2006-09-22T23:56:00.000+05:00

Segregation, Control and the Creation of Bantustans in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT).By Owen Powell08/29/06 "Information Clearing House" -- -- The question of Israel as an apartheid state has received increasing attention over the last years as Israel has continued colonial expansion in the West Bank while simultaneously attempting to diverge itself from the Palestinians. The

Bigotry and Ignorance of Islam

2006-09-22T23:55:00.000+05:00

By Charley Reese 08/29/06 "Information Clearing House" -- -- President George Bush's ignorance of the Middle East and its people is well-known. So also is his habit of parroting words and sentences given to him by other people. He hit a new low when he referred to "Islamic fascists."No two more opposite concepts are to be found. Fascism glorifies the nation-state; Islam is transnational. Fascism

Today's 'Islamic fascists' were yesterday's friends

2006-09-20T01:33:00.001+05:00

From the Muslim Brotherhood to Hamas: how the West and its allies created a layer of anti-secular radical Islamism. By Brendan O'Neill 08/29/06 "Antiwar" -- - According to President George W. Bush, America is at war with "Islamic fascists." Commentators who support Bush's military interventions also argue that the West faces new religious enemies who do not play by the old rules of warfare.

Corporate Globalization and Middle East Terrorism

2006-09-20T01:33:00.000+05:00

By Charles Sullivan08/29/06 "Information Clearing House" -- -- By now the whole world knows that America is none of the things that she purports to be; that is, everyone except the Americans. It is said that America has fifty states but in fact she has fifty-one, Israel being the fifty-first. Perhaps Great Britain could be counted as the fifty-second. It is ironic that the people who think they

The Liquid Bomb Hoax: The Larger Implications

2006-09-19T22:30:00.000+05:00

By James Petras08/26/06 "Information Clearing House" -- -- The charges leveled by the British, US and Pakistani regimes that they uncovered a major bomb plot directed against nine US airlines is based on the flimsiest of evidence, which would be thrown out of any court, worthy of its name. An analysis of the current state of the investigation raises a series of questions regarding the

Not a Clue

2006-09-19T20:33:00.001+05:00

By Charley Reese08/26/06 "Information Clearing House" -- - To get a better idea of what ails the world, let's use our imagination to transport ourselves into outer space. From there, we can look down on Earth not as an American or as a European, but as a disinterested alien. We see a collection of sovereign nations – some large, some small, some powerful and some weak. We also see that some of

Hoekstra’s Hoax: Just When You Thought You’d Seen Everything

2006-09-19T20:33:00.000+05:00

By Ray McGovern08/26/06 "Information Clearing House" -- -- Talk about chutzpah! I was suffering a bit from outrage fatigue Thursday but was shaken out of it as soon as I downloaded an unusually slick paper, "Recognizing Iran as a Strategic Threat: An Intelligence Challenge for the United States," released this week by House intelligence committee chair, Pete Hoekstra.No, not hoaxer. This is

Fighting Capitalism One Essay at a Time

2006-09-18T22:24:00.000+05:00

"No one is more effectively enslaved than those who think they are free". Charles SullivanBy Angie Tibbs09/17/06 "Information Clearing House" --- An interview with Charles Sullivan, social activist, writer, and photographer from the hinterland of West Virginia.Angie: Over the past year your voice has become one of the most passionate and consistent in the fight against capitalism and its

Popular resistance from Caracas to Cairo

2006-09-18T00:48:00.000+05:00

The struggle for justice and prosperity in the Arab world and everywhere depends upon popular resistance to US imperialism and its local clients.By George Galloway09/17/06 "Al-Ahram" -- -- "Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!" reads the eponymous statue's inscription in Percy Bysshe Shelley's poem Ozymandias. But it is the boastful tyrant's monument, not the self-confidence of his enemies,

Dissecting the war on terror

2006-09-16T00:02:00.000+05:00

http://socialistperspectives.blogspot.com/2006/09/dissecting-war-on-terror.htmlBy James Cooke09/06/06 "Information Clearing House" -- -- After five years of post 9/11 government, U.S. foreign and domestic policy continues to be dominated by the all-encompassing ‘war on terror’. Events have since exposed this so-called war for what it is: a gross propaganda campaign used to suppress civil

Two Axioms of 9/11

2006-09-14T20:45:00.000+05:00

By Manuel ValenzuelaAxiom One: November Fears 09/12/06 "Information Clearing House' -- -- With government and corporate media propaganda echoing the traumatic memories of five years ago, from sea to shining sea, enveloping the airwaves and print media of the nation with a clenched fist of wall to wall coverage, Americans have again been bombarded with the exploitation of the mass murder of

9/11 - The inevitable consequence of our choices

2006-09-14T01:39:00.000+05:00

By Tom FeeleyOriginally published in 200209/11/06 "Information Clearing House" -- -- America is a bully, or so it appears to those who live beyond our shores. Nobody likes a bully, whether he operates in the schoolyard or in the international arena. Those who support a bully do so out of fear. Hence, bullies never have any real friends. They have followers who are intimidated by the arrogance and

The Day That Changed Everything Wasn't 9/11

2006-09-14T01:27:00.000+05:00

By Ira Chernus 09/12/06 "TomDispatch.com " -- -- Yes, it changed everything -- not September 11, 2001, when the Twin Towers collapsed, but November 9, 1989, when the Berlin Wall fell and left the U.S. at sea, drifting without an enemy in a strange new world. Through four decades of the Cold War, Americans had been able to feel reasonably united in their determination to fight

The Moral Bankruptcy of Israel's Founding Idea: The Coming Collapse of Zionism

2006-09-14T01:15:00.000+05:00

By KATHLEEN CHRISTISONFormer CIA Analyst09/12/06 "Counterpunch" -- -- Is it only observers outside the conventional mainstream who have noticed that by its murderous assault on Lebanon and simultaneously on Gaza, Israel finally exposed, for even the most deluded to see, the total bankruptcy of its very founding idea?Can it be that the deluded are still deluded? Can it truly still be that Israel's

War-Mongering America Terrorizes the World

2006-09-10T22:40:00.000+05:00

By Howard Zinn09/09/06 "AlterNet" -- -- There is something important to be learned from the recent experience of the United States and Israel in the Middle East: that massive military attacks, inevitably indiscriminate, are not only morally reprehensible, but useless in achieving the stated aims of those who carry them out.The United States, in three years of war, which began with shock-and- awe

Joke: Chinese vs. Jew

2006-09-10T22:28:00.000+05:00

An airplane takes off from the airport. The Captain is Jewish and the First Officer is Chinese. It's the first time they've flown together and it's obvious, by the silence, that they don't get along. After thirty minutes, the Jewish Captain mutters: "I don't like Chinese.The First Officer replies: "Oooooh, no like Chinese? Why dat?"Your people bombed Pearl Harbor. That's why I don't like

Interrogation Techniques Rejected By Military Get Bush Approval:

2006-09-09T23:53:00.000+05:00

By Adam Liptak09/08/06 "New York Times" -- -- NEW YORK Many of the harsh interrogation techniques just repudiated by the Pentagon would be made lawful by legislation put forward the same day by the Bush administration, and the U.S. courts would be forbidden from intervening.The proposal is in the last 10 pages of an 86-page bill devoted mostly to military commissions, and it is a tangled mix of

US plans to 'fight the net' revealed

2006-09-09T23:28:00.000+05:00

By Adam BrookesBBC Pentagon correspondentA newly declassified document gives a fascinating glimpse into the US military's plans for "information operations" - from psychological operations, to attacks on hostile computer networks.The document says information is "critical to military success"Bloggers beware.As the world turns networked, the Pentagon is calculating the military opportunities that

How Human Rights Watch lost its way in Lebanon

2006-09-09T23:00:00.000+05:00

By Jonathan Cook in Nazareth09/07/06 "Information Clearing House" -- -- The measure of a human rights organisation is to be found not just in the strides it takes to seek justice for the oppressed and victimised but also in the compromises it makes to keep itself out of trouble. Because of the business that human rights defenders are in, they must be held to a standard higher than we demand of

The Torturer's Apprentice

2006-09-09T21:32:00.000+05:00

By Ray McGovern09/07/06 "Information Clearing House" -- -- Addressing the use of torture Wednesday, President George W. Bush played to the baser instincts of Americans as he strained to turn his violation of national and international law into Exhibit A on how “tough” he is on terrorists. His tour de force brought to mind the charge the Athenians leveled at Socrates—making the worse case appear

Protecting Our Torturers: Bad Faith and Distortions From the American Psychological Association

2006-09-09T21:10:00.000+05:00

By Stephen Soldz"A torturing nation uses fear, persuasion, and propaganda to secure the assent to torture from society in general and from members of its legal, academic, journalistic, and medical professions." -- Steven Miles, M.D.,Oath Betrayed: Torture, Medical Complicity, and the War on Terror09/07/06 "Information Clearing House" -- -- Bahraini national al-Dossari has been imprisoned at

Election 2006 & World War III

2006-09-08T15:18:00.000+05:00

By Robert Parry09/07/06 "Consortiumnews " -- -- As Americans go to the polls in two months, they should have one thought fixed in their minds: they will be voting on whether to commit the nation to fighting World War III against large segments of the world’s one billion Muslims. Beyond the cost in blood and treasure, this war will mean the end of the United States as a democratic Republic.Those

Israeli-US Strategy: Lebanon and Iran

2006-09-08T15:08:00.000+05:00

By James Petras09/06/06 "Information Clearing House" -- -- The War Debate on IranA survey of Israeli State pronouncements, documents and press releases echoed by its resident representatives in the Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations and their supporters writing and speaking in the major media reveals a concerted effort to convince the United States to militarily attack Iran.

British Troops Mobilizing on the Iranian Border

2006-09-08T15:06:00.000+05:00

by Mahdi Darius NazemroayaAugust 30, 2006GlobalResearch.ca"The belief in the possibility of a short decisive war appears to be one of the most ancient and dangerous of human illusions" Irish writer and patriot, Robert Wilson LyndThe Ambiguous Claim of British Disengagement from IraqThe British government has claimed that it will reduce the shifting figure of approximately 7,500 British troops1 to

Russia and Central Asian Allies Conduct War Games in Response to US Threats

2006-09-08T15:04:00.000+05:00

by Michel ChossudovskyAugust 24, 2006GlobalResearch.caEmail this article to a friendPrint this articleBarely acknowledged by the Western media, military exercises organized by Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan under the Collective Security Treaty Organisation, (CSTO) were launched on the 24th of August. These war games, officially tagged as part of a counter terrorism program, are in

Iranian War Games: Exercises, Tests, and Drills or Preparation and Mobilization for War?

2006-09-08T15:00:00.000+05:00

by Mahdi Darius NazemroayaAugust 21, 2006GlobalResearch.caGeographic Scope of Iranian War GamesWar games and military exercises are now well underway within Iran and its territory. The Iranian Armed Forces—the Regular Armed Forces and the Revolutionary Guards Corps—began the first stage of massive nationwide war games along border areas of the province of Sistan and Baluchistan1 in the southeast

The Dangers of a Middle East Nuclear War

2006-09-08T02:43:00.000+05:00

New Pentagon Doctrine: Mini-Nukes are "Safe for the Surrounding Civilian Population"by Michel ChossudovskyFebruary 17, 2006GlobalResearch.caEmail this article to a friendPrint this articleThis article elaborates on two earlier texts by the author:Nuclear War against Iran, January 2006Planned US-Israeli Attack on Iran, May 2005"Current US nuclear weapons policy is immoral, illegal, militarily

"Triple Alliance": The US, Turkey, Israel and the War on Lebanon

2006-09-08T02:19:00.000+05:00

by Michel ChossudovskyAugust 6, 2006GlobalResearch.caHighlights (scroll down for complete article)From the outset in 1992, the Israeli-Turkish military alliance has consistently been directed against Syria. A 1993 Memorandum of Understanding led to the creation of (Israeli-Turkish) "joint committees" to handle so-called regional threats. Under the terms of the Memorandum, Turkey and Israel agreed

The Next Phase of the Middle East War

2006-09-08T01:52:00.000+05:00

By Michel Chossudovsky09/05/06 "GlobalResearch" -- -- Israel's war on Lebanon is an integral part of a US sponsored "military roadmap". The war on Lebanon, which has resulted in countless atrocities including the destruction of the nation's economy and civilian infrastructure, is "a stage" in a sequence of carefully planned military operations. Lebanon constitutes a strategic corridor between

Joke: Fund raising for Israel

2006-09-03T14:28:00.000+05:00

A man arrives at Ben Gurion International Airport with 2 large bags.The customs agent opens the first bag and finds it full with money in different currencies. The agent asks the passenger, "How did you get this money?"The man says, "You will not believe it, but I traveled all over Europe, went into public restrooms, and each time I saw a man pee, I grabbed his organ and said, "donate money to

Joke: The Wailing Wall

2006-09-03T14:18:00.000+05:00

No offennse. Just a joke very relevant to our sad reality.HAYGAZUN===============================================================In Jerusalem, a female CBS journalist heard about a very old Jewish man who had been going to the Wailing Wall to pray, twice a day, everyday, for a long, long time, so she went to check it out. She went to the Wailing Wall and there he was. She watched him pray, and

The Lobby and the Israeli Invasion of Lebanon: Their Facts and Ours

2006-09-03T12:01:00.000+05:00

Well folks, this is a must read. I couldn't have defined Israeli shauvinism and genocidal acts and further intents any better than this.Original article at http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14762.htmHAYGAZUNThe Lobby and the Israeli Invasion of Lebanon: Their Facts and OursBy James Petras08/30/06 "Information Clearing House" -- -- All the national, state and local Jewish

Israeli Myths: Deception as a Way of Life

2006-09-02T20:58:00.000+05:00

Counetrpunch, August 31, 2006http://counterpunch.org/cook08312006.html Deception as a Way of LifeIsraeli MythsBy JONATHAN COOKNazareth.In a state established on a founding myth -- that the native Palestinian population left of their own accord rather than that they were ethnically cleansed -- and in one that seeks its legitimacy through a host of other lies, such as that the occupation of the

Nuclear Iran is in our interest.

2006-09-02T19:21:00.000+05:00

Regardless of what IAEA and NPT and the "Great" powers of the world say about nuclear technologies and states' rights or internationally accepted rules and regulations, personally I believe that no "international" agency has the right to limit the rights of any nation in any respect in scientific research in this field, nor it has any right to question the rights of nations to have nuclear energy

Can the Iran Nuke Crisis be Defused?

2006-09-02T19:17:00.000+05:00

Counetrpunch, August 31, 2006http://counterpunch.org/macmichael08312006.htmlIs War Inevitable?Can the Iran Nuke Crisis be Defused?By DAVID MacMICHAEL Former CIA analyst.On Tuesday, August 22, Iran responded formally to the demand of the European Union, represented by France, Germany and Great Britain of July 1, that, in return for unspecified economic and other benefits, it permanently give up

Joke: Balance in Creation

2006-08-31T22:50:00.001+05:00

God was missing for six days. Eventually, Michael, the archangel, found him, resting on the seventh day. He inquired of God. "Where have you been?" God sighed a deep sigh of satisfaction, and proudly pointed downwards through the clouds, "Look, Michael. Look what I've made." Archangel Michael looked puzzled, and said, "What is it?" "It's a planet," replied God,"and I've put Life on it. I'm going

Israel and Azerbaijan's Furtive Embrace

2006-08-31T22:50:00.000+05:00

To all thoseArabs who live under the illusion that Turkey and Azerbaijan are "Muslim" nations and "brothers in religion" and,Armenians who believe that Zionism and Israel are not enemies of Armenia and the Armenian nation and that their enmity is solely limited to assisting Turkish lobbyists in the US in their efforts of genocide denial,I propose to read the article below.Whether we like it or

Israeli History X

2006-08-29T13:40:00.000+05:00

The following is a collection of citations extracted from a Power Point presentation named "Israeli History X" which I received from a friend not long ago (later found its source to be http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Palestinian_Diary/ If after reading this you still don't believe that Zionism is a version of Fascism and that Israel is the contemporary equivalent of Nazi Germany then my name is

Anti-Semitism?

2006-08-26T20:14:00.000+05:00

Anti-Semitism. How I hate this word! Not only for what it represents but because it's a cleverly manipulated term, a creation of Western/Zionist fascism, freely used at every possible occasion (usually unjustly) to shut the mouths of those who dare to criticize Israeli (sic Zionist) unjust, racist and barbaric policies. Go ahead and dare to tell a Zionist that he has an eyebrow over his eye… You

Terrorist vs Coward

2006-08-25T02:58:00.000+05:00

Here is an excerpt of Manuel Valenzuela's article "You Call Me "Terrorist", I Call You Coward" which excellently defines what's behind TERRORISM.Thanks Mr. Valenzuela, I could never have found better words!I strongly suggest to read the full article either at his blogspot http://valenzuelasveritas.blogspot.com/2006/08/dear-terrorist-child.htmlor athttp://www.informationclearinghouse.info/

Terrorism?

2006-08-24T11:06:00.000+05:00

Recently I read "Restarting the 34 Day War" by Mike Whitney http://informationclearinghouse.info/article14652.htm where although the author had presented a fair and objective article he nevertheless had slipped into the US/Zionist jargon which is being drained into our brains at every possible occasion. He had called Hezbollah "An Islamic terrorist gang"! "An Islamic terrorist gang"? I

Israel: a State built on lies

2006-08-21T12:23:00.000+05:00

By Punyapriya Dasgupta08/19/06 "Information Clearing House" http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14621.htm -- - The outcome of Israeli military's own inquiry into Qana II was to Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International something far from the truth. HRW said that the massacre of at least 28 Lebanese – mostly children and women -- on July 30 was the "latest product" of Israel's

Wartime humour

2006-08-21T01:09:00.000+05:00

Here I am posting some of the jokes that were circulating in Lebanon during the 33-day Israeli aggression.Courtesy of a friend who was in Beirut all the time.***The Shiites will soon become the best educated community in Lebanon for they are spending 24 hours a day in schools (as refugees housed there temporarily).****Lebanese women have sent a message of gratitude to Ehud Olmert for his promise

Self-fulfilling prophecy

2006-08-20T03:53:00.000+05:00

By Azmi BisharaAl-Ahram Weekly Online : Located at: http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/807/op3.htm 10 - 16 August 2006, Issue No. 807 It is symptomatic of Western racism that Israel and its sympathisers are blind to what it is ordinary Arabs find admirable in Hizbullah, Journalist: How will the deaths of Israeli soldiers today affect your plans? Israeli Army Spokesman: You saw that massacre of 12