October 2008
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By on October 23, 2008
After a 10-day fact finding trip to Afghanistan, the former shadow home secretary says NATO needs to change its approach. If it doesn’t disaster will surely follow
Posted in Afghanistan
By on October 23, 2008
Appearing throughout the U.S., tent cities have become home to many impoverished Americans
Posted in Economics
By on October 22, 2008
Few Americans know that John McCain’s father was involved in the cover-up of the Israeli assault on the U.S.S. Liberty on June 8, 1967
Posted in Hidden and Revisionist History
By Uri Avnery on October 22, 2008
There is no alternative: the citizens of Israel, Jews and Arabs, are “condemned” to live together, whether they like it or not
Posted in Israel, 'Anti-Semitism', Zionism and US-UK allies
By on October 22, 2008
Referring to the 2006 Israeli war on Lebanon, former Iranian Defense Minister Admiral Shamkhani (left) said, “Iran would definitely deliver a more devastating blow to Israel than that of Hezbollah”
Posted in Iran
By on October 21, 2008
More on the mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of Austria’s charismatic Jörg Haider
Posted in Current Affairs
By on October 21, 2008
80 percent of all American telephone transmissions are conducted by means of Israeli companies and thus, claims a new book, likely to be monitored by Mossad
Posted in Surveillance
By on October 21, 2008
A Beltway insider considers the influence of the U.S. military over the supposedly “free press” and other forms of media
Posted in Inside the White House and Washington's Beltway
By on October 21, 2008
Amid ruins of their own firms and the onset of an economic catastrophe for millions, the bankers are declaring that they have no intention of using the billions in taxpayer money handed them by the government to resume lending any time soon
Posted in Economics
By on October 21, 2008
Confirming what many suspect, a VW spokesman claims that someone with access to the Austrian politician’s car keys could have sabotaged the vehicle’s safety features
Posted in Current Affairs
By on October 21, 2008
Iran’s parliament has been asked to approve an increase in the country’s military budget amid reports that the Pentagon has proposed a $450 billion increase in the already record-high military spending
Posted in Iran
By on October 20, 2008
The stuff of science fiction is rapidly becoming reality
Posted in Fringe Science, New Discoveries and Developments
By on October 20, 2008
If confirmed, it puts Cuba’s reserves on par with those of the US
Posted in Current Affairs
By on October 20, 2008
In anticipation of U.S. and/or Israeli air strikes, Iran’s air force entered the second stage of aerial maneuvers Saturday
Posted in Iran
By on October 20, 2008
As the credit crisis continues, a chorus of economists has begun to warn that the world’s central banks are fighting the wrong war, and perhaps risk a policy error of epochal proportions
Posted in Economics
By on October 20, 2008
An expert on European history at Tel Aviv University, Dr Sand argues that the idea of Israel as a nation is a myth invented little more than a century ago
Posted in Israel, 'Anti-Semitism', Zionism and US-UK allies
By on October 19, 2008
The new head of the British Army says negotiations with the Taliban may be necessary. That being the case however, they should be done from a position of strength requiring a ‘surge’ of an additional 30,000 troops
Posted in Afghanistan