Taliban attacks strike at the heart of occupation
Morning Star
January 18, 2010 - Taliban militants have struck at the heart of the Afghan capital Kabul, launching suicide attacks on key government targets in a clear sign the insurgents plan to escalate their fight as the US and its allies ramp up a campaign to end the war...Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said that 20 armed militants, including some with suicide vests, had entered Kabul to target the presidential palace and other government buildings in the centre of |
Israeli army crosses into Lebanon: "An intense Israeli build-up of forces during the past 24 hours has been observed along the eastern sectorof the Blue Line, with mobile and fixedpatrols," said NNA.
General Al-Zahrani grieves for his son, but at the end of a lengthy interview he paused and his thoughts turned elsewhere. ‘The truth is what matters’, he said. ‘They practiced every form of torture on my son and on many others as well. What was the result? What facts did they find? They found nothing. They learned nothing. They accomplished nothing’.
But Americans should be aware that when Iran becomes the next target, it will be a blow to the U.S. economic recovery.
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Ten years after the publication of No Logo, Naomi Klein switches her attention from the mall to Barack Obama and discovers that corporate culture has taken over the US government
No, not just fluoride, which is bad enough - much of our drinking water, in the U.S., Canada and U.K. at least, is contaminated with Prozac and a "vast array" of other drugs.
We don't just want our food to taste good these days: It also has to look good. As a result, food producers use any of 14,000 laboratory-made additives to make our food appear fresher, more attractive or last longer on the shelf.
Greece cancels order for swine flu Greece has canceled the remaining order for about 8 million batches of the vaccine against the deadly swine flu, local media said citing the government sources.
Greece has previously ordered over 11 mln batches to vaccinate its entire population, and has received 3.6 mln batches, worth 25 mln euro ($36 mln) from that order.
‘The state will pay only for vaccines which have been received so far’, local TV quoted Health Minister Mariliza Xenogiannakopoulou as saying on Monday.
It’s something the CDC won’t admit.
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By Stephen Lendman profiteers ready to capitalize on disaster; Pentagon blocking aid
The US refused to recognise the new Haitian republic and imposed an embargo that lasted until 1862. In 1915, the US invaded Haiti to protect its economic interests and remained in occupation until 1934. Local Haitian leaders were no less predatory than foreign forces, as demonstrated in the truly terrifying reign of Papa and Baby Doc.
By David Swanson If a group of dedicated scholars, attorneys, journalists, and activists had tried to generate a comprehensive list of impeachable offenses committed by George W. Bush as president, and only 35 of them had been introduced into Congress, one of the many discarded ones, in rough and overly detailed form, might have read something like this.
By Ezili Dantof 
The most terrible earthquake rocked Haiti. Haitians need humanitarian help, emergency rescue. But US sent a bipartisan military invasion. It’s been five days since the earthquake, victims still await help. The time for rescue is over. The survivors need relief from suffering: water, food, medicine, medical treatment and Haiti needs to rebuilding. Pentagon guns don’t heal or rebuild. Go home, Haiti doesn’t need more pain.
Caricom Blocked: : THE CARIBBEAN Community’s emergency aid mission to Haiti, comprising Heads of Government and leading technical officials, failed to secure permission Friday to land at that devasted country’s aiport, now under the control of the United States.
By Danny Schechter, AlterNet
Everyone wants to believe in the best intentions of all involved, but five days after the quake, with so few being helped, we have to ask: how did this get so badly done?
By Joseph Zernik
Interest in the case management system of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department arose following the jailing and hospitalization of two senior attorneys, who had filed complaints pertaining to allegations of corruption of judges of the Los Angeles Superior Court. Data surveys demonstrated that up to half of the entries included false and misleading data.
New Brunswick news Turkey: Israel is strategic ally with shared interests
By Barak Ravid, Jack Khoury and Amos Harel
January 18, 2010 - Turkish Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul on Sunday publicly put an end to a week-long row that threatened already tense ties between Israel and Turkey, saying his country would remain strategic allies with Israel for as long as necessary. "We are living in the same area, although we don't have common borders, we have the same interests," Gonul told reporters following a meeting with Defense Minister Ehud Barak |
This image from the IPCC’s AR4 report was included with claims of Himalayan glaciers disappearing by 2035. That claim has now been disproven. The image also shows that glacial retreat was occuring long before the industrial age.(IPCC)
EXCERPT FROM CHRIS HEDGES’ NEW BOOK ‘EMPIRE OF ILLUSION’ AND WHY MILLIONS OF FANS GET THEIR DOSE OF ‘REAL LIFE’ FROM PRO–WRESTLING TV
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From Jason Miller: Bite Club protested KUMC’s primate torture and murder yesterday.
I just sent this email message and link to my blog post about our protest to the University of Kansas Medical Center officials (whose contact info is listed at the bottom of the Bite Club post--please contact them and tell them to stop torturing primates!)
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