Archive for December 1st, 2009

Infowars 12/1/09 By Steve Watson Former Governor of Minnesota, ex-Navy SEAL and retired pro-wrestler Jesse Ventura raised some important unanswered questions regarding the 9/11 attacks in an interview with Larry King on CNN last night. Ventura spoke about and gave a sneak peak of his...

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Information Clearing House 12/1/09 By Michael Moore Dear President Obama, Do you really want to be the new “war president”? If you go to West Point tomorrow night (Tuesday, 8pm) and announce that you are increasing, rather than withdrawing, the troops in Afghanistan, you are...

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WSWS 12/1/09 Recent media reports reveal that the US military continues to carry on torture and illegal detention in Afghanistan at a dungeon known to inmates as “the black prison.” The jail, located on the Bagram Air Base next to the notorious Bagram prison north...

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Information Clearing House 11/30/09 By Cindy Sheehan The so-called anti-war movement currently finds itself in somewhat of a quagmire: What to do when the man you raised money for, volunteered for, and yes, even voted for, actually fulfills one of his most repulsive campaign promises?...

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Anti-War.com 12/1/09 In a move being forwarded primarily by US special envoy Richard Holbrooke, the United States is seeking to have an international “high representative” appointed to control day-to-day operations of the Afghan government. The position looks to be an analogue of the High Representative...

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Raw Story 11/30/09 By Daniel Tencer Despite efforts by all three branches of the government to keep photos of abuse at US military detention centers secret, the American Civil Liberties Union vows that it won’t stand still in the face of such a “dangerous precedent.”...

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Times Online 12/1/09 By Catherine Philp Iran lashed out at international attempts to curb its nuclear ambitions today, threatening to pull out of the Non-Proliferation Treaty and insisting that it would forge ahead with plans to step up uranium enrichment. The chorus of fury came...

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It’s a violation of the Constitution to use the panels without a declaration of war — and just calling it a ‘war’ on terror doesn’t count. LA Times 11/29/09 By Judge Andrew P. Napolitano In the uproar caused by Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr.’s...

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Reuters 12/1/09 CARACAS (Reuters) – Russia is building arms plants in Venezuela to produce AK-103 automatic rifles and cartridges and is finalizing contracts to send 53 military helicopters to the Andean nation, Moscow’s envoy to Venezuela said Monday. Ambassador Vladmir Zaemskiy told a news conference...

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