Category: International

Pop art and popular struggle in Palestine

Avatars protest Israeli occupation in Bil’in by Leslie Dreyer, Art Threat, March 4, 2010 Protesters against the Israeli occupation of Palestine and the West Bank barrier wall take a more theatrical approach in Bil’in. On February 12, 5 Israeli, Palestinian…

Europe’s undeclared nuclear powers

Europe’s Five “Undeclared Nuclear Weapons States” Are Turkey, Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands and Italy Nuclear Powers? U.S. Nuclear Weapons in Europe • Hans M. Kristensen/Natural Resources Defense Council, 2005 by Michel Chossudovsky, Global Research, February 12, 2010 According to a…

Civilian deaths anger Iraqis

Al Jazeera English, February 13, 2010 US and Iraqi troops have been accused of killing several civilians during a military operation in Iraq’s Maysan province, on the border with Iran. The troops say they were raiding Iranian-backed fighters and weapons…

Displaced Afghans face harsh winter

Al Jazeera English, Feb. 7, 2010 NATO and Afghan troops are preparing for a major offensive against Taliban strongholds in southern Afghanistan. Ahead of the operation, thousands of civilians have fled their homes near the Marjah area of Helmand province.…

Iraq “regime change” plan predated 9/11

Plan to oust Saddam drawn up two years before the invasion Secret document signalled support for Iraqi dissidents and promised aid, oil and trade deals in return for regime change By Michael Savage, Political Correspondent, The Independent, Feb. 1, 2010…

Shocking stories of US torture in Afghanistan

Russia Today, Feb. 2, 2010 An ever increasing number of U.S. troops are fighting for peace in Afghanistan. But an investigative journalist claims to have revealed the shocking truth about surprise night raids by American forces and secret prisons where…