Posts Tagged ‘USA’
US/NATO Psy-Op/MISO in Afghanistan
The Nation | By I. M. Mohsin | 15 July 2010 Afghanistan: the psywar prongs June ended as the deadliest month for the foreign troops, more so the US. According to ISAF’s assessment, 103 soldiers got killed while many more were badly injured. Lacking missiles and air power, which is the monopoly of the foreign troops, the Taliban have to [...]
Kerry finds “eerie” parallels between Af/Pak and newly released Vietnam files
Common Dreams | By Brian Bender | 15 July 2010 In Vietnam-Era Files, Parallels of Anxiety Kerry releases records to spur Afghan debate Download the Released Records: pdf | 2.9 MB (1175 pages) WASHINGTON - The CIA director predicted it would be a "long war.'' A senator from Missouri, expressing concern about the unconventional nature [...]
CIA Spreads Disinformation to Cover Up Botched Rendition/Psy-Op
Washington | Greg Miller and Thomas Erdbrink | 15 July 2010 U.S. paid Iranian nuclear scientist $5 million for aid to CIA, officials say The CIA has authority to bring as many as 100 people into the United States each year under a provision of the 1949 Central Intelligence Agency Act that enables the agency to bypass ordinary immigration [...]
Ho-Hum! More Racism in America
Washington Post | By Greg Sargent | 14 July 2010 Latest right wing attack: Obama only cares about black victims of terrorism This has to be the dumbest attack yet: Some on the right are on a tear because President Obama allegedly said Al Qaeda kills Africans because the organization is "racist." The hint here is that Obama cares more about [...]
MI5/6 Complicit in Abduction, Torture of Non-White U.K. Citizens
Guardian | By Ian Cobain and Owen Bowcott | 14 July 2010 Covert words that paint a vivid picture of complicity in torture Foreign Office and No 10 interventions revealed Emails and memos began months after September 11 Early January 2002. The Taliban regime in Kabul had been toppled, Nato forces were spreading out across Afghanistan, [...]
Tea Party Racist Calls NAACP Racist
Huffington Post | By Mark Williams | 14 July 2010 Mark Williams, Tea Party Express Spokesman: NAACP Is Racist (VIDEO) (TRANSCRIPT) Tea Party Express spokesman Mark Williams fired an unexpected response to a challenge from CNN contributor Roland Martin. Asked to tell racists "you're not welcome" in the tea party, Williams replied, "Racists [...]
U.S. Kidnap, Torture Victim Returns to Iran
PressTV | 15 July 2010 Iranian scholar speaks about abduction Iranian academic Shahram Amiri, who was abducted by US and Saudi agents last year, says the United States aims to put the Iranian government under pressure. "The US administration has connected my abduction to Iran's nuclear case to pursue certain goals and exert pressure on the [...]
Proceedings of the Balochistan International Conference, Washington, DC, 21 November 2009
The Baluch | 21 November 2009 Baluchistan International Conference, Washington D.C. Organized by American Friends of Balochistan This post reproduces selected remarks, statements, and papers delivered at the Baluchistan International Conference, National Press Club, Washington, D.C., Nov. 21, 2009. By way of background, in a 14 November 2008 [...]
The Baloch Narrative
Blip.tv | Undated The Baluch 'The Baluch' is a 25-minute documentary about the history of Balochistan, once a sovereign nation, now a troubled province of Pakistan. In late 2006, following the assassination of tribal leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, our team traveled to Balochistan where for 5 days we visited the towns of Quetta, Kalat and [...]
Republicans Likely to Retake U.S. Congress
Pravda.ru | By Sergei Balmasov | 13 July 2010 Hawks Land at US Congress Read the original in Russian The control of the lower house of the American parliament, the Congress, could fall into the hands of Republican hawks. The Democrats who currently have the majority in Congress think that this is possible. In particular, such an [...]
