August 2006
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By on August 25, 2006
If you thought learning a new language was difficult, try figuring the relations between the sexes
Posted in Miscellaneous
By on August 25, 2006
The photos published of the abuse of Iraqi prisoners are the tip of the iceberg. There is worse to come. According to Sen Richard J. Durbin, who has seen some, “There were some awful scenes. It felt like you were descending into one of the rings of hell”
Posted in Iraq
By on August 24, 2006
Two young Asians (pictured left) were removed from a Manchester bound flight after fellow passengers became nervous. Apart from the war in Iraq and the mounting tension with Iran, this is another consequence of the ‘War on Terror’: public paranioa
Posted in "The War on Terror"
By on August 24, 2006
Tony Bliar’s credibility is on the skids as a poll finds that just 20% of Britons believe the government is telling the truth about the threat to bomb transatlantic airliners using liquid explosives
Posted in London Terror Attacks
By on August 24, 2006
In early September 2001, Mossad Chief Efraim Halevy sent a warning to the CIA of the imminent possibility of a major terror attack in the US. Why it was not acted upon and if indeed it was even received is wide open to question
Posted in Inside the White House and Washington's Beltway
By Xymphora on August 24, 2006
The class bully comes back from summer vacation and finds that all the little kids he used to beat up are now bigger than he is, writes Xymphora
Posted in Current Affairs
By on August 24, 2006
Leave it to an economist to be ignorant of science, writes Michael Rivero as he ponders new proposals to combat obesity
Posted in Health
By on August 24, 2006
A soldier discovers that training the Iraqi army is not President Bush’s priority.
Posted in Iraq
By on August 24, 2006
Early on Friday June 2, London police raided a house in the east of the city and shot and wounded a man in the ongoing “War on Terror”. But inconsistencies and contradictions in the official account are already emerging
Posted in London Terror Attacks
By on August 23, 2006
Scientists in southern Lebanon have found bomb crater left by the Israelis containing high levels of radiation
Posted in Current Affairs
By on August 23, 2006
The bloody nose Israel received in south Lebanon has not shaken its leaders’ confidence in their restless militarism. If anything, their humiliation has given them cause to pursue their adventures more vigorously, writes Jonathan Cook
Posted in Israel, 'Anti-Semitism', Zionism and US-UK allies
By on August 23, 2006
Pepe Escobar reports from the triple border of Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay – where savage globalization ends – with at least 20,000 shops, stalls, tin shacks and mini-malls crammed into 15 blocks selling everything under the (tropical) sun
Posted in Miscellaneous
By on August 23, 2006
French doctors may face criminal charges as fresh evidence of a cover-up emerges
Posted in Princess Diana. What Really Happened?
By on August 23, 2006
At about the 1:20 mark of this video Bush appears to be confused by the message fed through his earpiece
Posted in Inside the White House and Washington's Beltway
By Robert Fisk on August 23, 2006
A chronicle of turbulent times direct from downtown Beirut
Posted in Current Affairs
By on August 23, 2006
More on how investigative journalist Christopher Bollyn was harassed, beaten and shocked with a Taser gun in front of his wife and children
Posted in Controlling the News
By on August 22, 2006
The image left is from the cover of the manual “Managing Weapons of Mass Destruction Incidents: An Executive Level Program for Sheriffs”, part of program teaching law enforcement officers how to deal with terror attacks, dated June 2001
Posted in September 11
By on August 22, 2006
From interviews with fighters over the past few days, writes Hala Jaber, it is apparent that Hezbollah fighters feel no pressure to leave southern Lebanon, let alone lay down their arms
Posted in Current Affairs
By on August 22, 2006
Proving the effectiveness of Hezbollah’s anti-tank capability
Posted in Current Affairs
By on August 22, 2006
Mind-Forg’d Manacles in the War on Terror At 4 AM on June 2nd, another grim episode in the war on terror was played out on a quiet residential street in east London. In what the media initially hailed as a major anti-terrorist triumph, 250 heavily armed police descended on a house where, it was alleged, [...]
Posted in London Terror Attacks