THE CLOCK IS TICKING: “Shadow War” Heating Up. War With Iran: A Provocation Away? by Tom Burghardt, Global Research, Dec. 5, 2011 Amid conflicting reports that a huge explosion at Iran’s uranium conversion facility in Isfahan occurred last week, speculation…
Category: International
Libyan slaughter – a warning to Africa
If the Libyan war was about saving lives, it was a catastrophic failure NATO claimed it would protect civilians in Libya, but delivered far more killing. It’s a warning to the Arab world and Africa By Seumas Milne, The Guardian,…
US arms Persian Gulf allies for conflict with Iran
By Rick Rozoff, Global Research, Nov. 18, 2011 Rumors and reports of, speculation over and scenarios for attacks against Iran’s civilian nuclear power facilities and military sites by the United States, Israel or both have flared up periodically over the…
Canadian Boat to Gaza update
Freedom Wave riders beaten, denied access to family; organizers demand accountability By Canadian Boat to Gaza November 5, 2011 – Freedom Waves to Gaza organizers have not yet had any direct communication with the delegates from the ships Tahrir and…
Washington’s black ops against Iran
Extensive range of covert operations envisaged by US Congress by Dr. Ismail Salami, Global Research, Oct. 30, 2011 The US secret agenda for tightening its vice-like grip on the Islamic Republic of Iran has taken on an apparently new form…
Fallujah: Enriched uranium weapon new battlefield horror
RT, Oct. 25, 2011 – The high court in London is to hear a case over the use of uranium-enhanced weapons by U.S.-led forces during the infamous Iraqi Battle of Fallujah in 2005. This, following a number of reports alleging their…
Obama, the Son of Africa, claims a continent’s crown jewels
by John Pilger, Global Research On 14 October, President Barack Obama announced he was sending United States special forces troops to Uganda to join the civil war there. In the next few months, US combat troops will be sent to…
Occupy Winnipeg for Peace
About 400 Winnipeggers marched from the Manitoba Legislature to the Toronto Dominion building (Portage and Notre Dame) Saturday to add their voices to the international outcry against corporate greed. Peace Alliance Winnipeg was a part of this, as were many…
UN finds “systematic” torture in Afghanistan
By Allissa J. Rubin, New York Times, Oct. 10, 2011 KABUL, Afghanistan — Suspects are hung by their hands, beaten with cables, and in some cases their genitals are twisted until they lose consciousness in detention facilities run by the…
U.S. Congress urged to reject arms sale to Bahrain
By Jim Lobe WASHINGTON, Sep 29, 2011 (IPS) – More than a dozen U.S. and international human rights and arms control groups are urging Congress to block a proposed 53- million-dollar arms sale to Bahrain, which hosts the U.S. Fifth…