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The Rwandan Genocide: Result of a Carefully Planned Military Operation

GlobalResearch.ca — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:24:00 +0000

(GlobalResearch.ca) - Arusha, Tanzania, 12th May, 2009 OPEN LETTER TO HIS EXCELLENCY PAUL KAGAME, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF RWANDA AT KIGALI OBJECT: The denunciation of the discriminatory actions and intentions of the Rwandan authorities. Your excellency, President of the Republic, The detainees of the ICTR, signatories of the present document have judged it necessary to react to your [...]

Iran announces war games plans

BlackListed News — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 07:00:00 +0000

(Reuters) - TEHRAN - Iran's armed forces will begin three days of war games on Monday involving anti-aircraft defense systems, Iranian media said on Sunday. The exercises will be held amid persistent speculation about a possible U.S. or Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear facilities, which the West and Israel say are part of a clandestine bid to [...]

WAR: Georgia declares state of war with Russia

Stop the Propaganda — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 20:08:14 +0000

(CNN) - Georgia’s parliament approved a request by President Mikhail Saakashvili on Saturday to impose a “state of war,” as the conflict between Georgia and Russia escalated, Georgian officials said. Saakashvili accused Russia of launching an unprovoked full-scale military attack against his country, including targeting civilian homes, while Russian officials insist that their troops were protecting [...]

RUSSIA & GEORGIA at WAR! Aug. 8, 2008. (part 2/9)

Stop the Propaganda — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 20:03:12 +0000

War between South Ossetia and Georgia - the Green Light

Stop the Propaganda — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 19:58:34 +0000

RUSSIA & GEORGIA at WAR! Aug. 8, 2008. (part 1/9)

Stop the Propaganda — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 19:55:28 +0000

WAR: War erupts in Georgia

Stop the Propaganda — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 19:43:12 +0000

(Economist.com) - GEORGIAN soldiers, tanks and fighter-planes struck Tskhinvali, the capital of the breakaway (Russian-backed) region of South Ossetia, on Friday August 8th. Parts of the city were reported to be burning as Georgia’s president, Mikheil Saakashvili, declared that his forces had “freed” much of the area from separatist control. The immediate cause of the fighting [...]

WAR: Georgia declares ’state of war’ over South Ossetia

Stop the Propaganda — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 19:39:05 +0000

(Guardian.CO.UK) - Georgia today declared itself at war as Russian planes bombed a Georgian city in an escalation of the conflict over South Ossetia. Moscow claims the fighting has killed more than 2,000 people. As the neighbouring countries edged closer to a full-scale conflict over their conflicting claims and allegiances to the territory, Britain was among [...]

WAR: Russia launches air strikes in Georgia

Stop the Propaganda — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 19:34:31 +0000

(CBC.ca) - As fighting raged for a second day Saturday in the former Soviet republic of Georgia, Russian jets bombed the town of Gori, near the breakaway province of South Ossetia. An apartment building and military base were among the targets hit in Russia’s attempt to force back Georgian troops seeking control over the separatist enclave [...]

Russia in ‘Full Scale Invasion’ of Georgia

Noah Shachtman — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 17:01:00 +0000

(Wired: Danger Room) - "Russia has launched a full scale military invasion," Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said today in Tbilisi, Georgia's capital. Saakashvili is planning to withdraw Georgia's entire 2,000-men contingent from Iraq within three days to help repel the Russians, even as Saakashvili calls for "an immediate ceasefire" in a conflict that Russian officials [...]

Are Contractors in War Zones Above the Law?

Daphne Eviatar, Washington Independent — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 07:00:01 +0000

(AlterNet.org) - In January of 2008, Staff Sgt. Ryan Maseth, 24, was electrocuted while showering in his Baghdad barracks. His death prompted last week’s congressional report concluding that defense contractor KBR, (until a year ago a subsidiary of the oil services giant Halliburton)

Did the U.S. Prep Georgia for War with Russia?

Nathan Hodge — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:52:00 +0000

(Wired: Danger Room) - Georgia and Russia are careening towards war. And the U.S. isn't exactly a detached observer in the fight. The American military has been training and equipping Georgian troops for years. The news thus far: Georgia, which has been locked in a drone war over the separatist enclave of Abkhazia, has launched an [...]

Strike On Iran Still Possible, U.S. Tells Israel

OrpRam — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:30:01 +0000

Bush administration officials reassured Israel’s defense minister this week that the United States has not abandoned all possibility of a military attack on Iran, despite widespread Israeli concern that Washington has begun softening its position toward Tehran. In meetings Monday and Tuesday, administration officials told Defense Minister Ehud Barak that the option of attacking Iran over its nuclear program remains on the table, though U.S. officials are primarily seeking a diplomatic solution. At the same time, U.S. officials acknowledged that there is a rare divergence in the U.S. and Israeli approaches, with Israelis emphasizing the possibility of a military response out of concern that Tehran may soon have the know-how for building a nuclear bomb. “Is there a difference of emphasis? It certainly looks as though there is,” said a senior American Defense official, speaking on condition of anonymity when discussing the sensitive talks. U.S. and Israeli officials believe Iran is enriching uranium with the aim of building nuclear weapons. Tehran says that it is engaged in a peaceful enrichment program for civilian energy purposes.

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Obama Warns Dems: Israel May Strike Iran…

buzz — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:25:02 +0000

Obama told the caucus, according to an attendee, "Nobody said this to me directly but I get the feeling from my talks that if the sanctions don’t work Israel is going to strike Iran."

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CNN Interview With Ret. Col. Sam Gardiner Iran War Underway

Stop the Propaganda — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:05:32 +0000

No More ‘Collateral Damage’ in Afghan Attacks?

David Axe — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:00:00 +0000

"In their deliberate targeting, the Air Force has all but eliminated civilian casualties in Afghanistan," Marc Garlasco, senior military analyst with Human Rights Watch, told The New York Times. "They have very effective collateral damage mitigation procedures." He's referring to...

Iran to US, Israel - Sending our love with Missles

Stop the Propaganda — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 06:59:21 +0000

The love in the middle east has never been more - hot. And what better way to say I love you than with the gift of long range missles. Check out the latest news missle news flying out of Iran below. TEHRAN, Iran (Associated Press) - Iran test-fired nine missiles Wednesday, including ones capable of hitting Israel, [...]

Iraq and Oil: Will the Corporate Media Ever Make the Connection?

Nick Turse, Tomdispatch.com — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:00:01 +0000

Now that the New York Times has made the shocking discovery that the Iraq War may be related to oil, how will corporate media address the issue?

Iraq to US: No Deal Without a Timetable for Withdrawal

Middle East Online — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:00:01 +0000

"We will not accept any memorandum of understanding if it does not give a specific date for a complete withdrawal of foreign troops."

Can Bush Attack Iran With Oil at $140 per Barrel?

Jim Lobe, IPS News — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 07:00:01 +0000

Forswearing military action against Tehran would ease the upwards pressure on world oil prices.

A War on Iran Would Be Like Another War on Iraq

Patrick Cockburn, Independent UK — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 07:00:01 +0000

With covert operations against Iran poised to be carried out from Iraqi territory, Iranian retaliation would target the already embattled country.

Chad’s Courteous Phone Thieves

David Axe — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:44:00 +0000

If you've ever spent an entire day trying, and failing, to make one important phone call, as I just did here in sunny Chad, you might understand how tenuous communications are in a place like Central Africa. So it's no...

Bush says US to send more troops to Afghanistan

Stop the Propaganda — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:20:31 +0000

WASHINGTON (AP) — Grappling with a record death toll in an overshadowed war, President Bush promised Wednesday to send more U.S. troops into Afghanistan by year’s end. He conceded that June was a “tough month,” in fact, the deadliest for U.S. troops in Afghanistan since the war began. “One reason why there have been more deaths [...]

ABC News: Pentagon Warns of Israeli Attack on Iran

fontleroy — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:50:02 +0000

The official identified two "red lines" that could trigger an Israeli offensive. The first is tied to when Iran's Natanz nuclear facility produces enough highly enriched uranium to make a nuclear weapon. -- "The red line is not when they get to that point, but before they get to that point," the official said. "We are in the window of vulnerability." -- The second red line is connected to when Iran acquires the SA-20 air defense system it is buying from Russia. The Israelis may want to strike before that system -- which would make an attack much more difficult -- is put in place.

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Bob Herbert - ‘Oh Happy Day’: The Oil Giants Move Into Iraq

kladner — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:30:02 +0000

"It’s getting harder and harder to remain deluded. With each day comes new facts to drag our heads out of the sand. Two weeks ago, The Times reported that four Western oil giants were on the verge of signing no-bid contracts that would return them to Iraq, the third-most bountiful petroleum playground on the planet. The deals, expected to be finalized in the next 30 days, were the kind of news that big oil lives for. Giddy executives singing “Oh Happy Day” could be heard in the corporate offices of Exxon Mobil, Shell, Total and BP, which had been shut out of Iraq for three and a half decades."

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Chad’s Deadly Cocktail: Oil, Water, and Blood

David Axe — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:23:00 +0000

Oil, water and blood. In Central Africa the three mix into one volatile cocktail. I came to Chad two weeks ago to understand how a rapidly expanding civil conflict, pitting tribal rebels versus repressive regimes in three countries -- Chad,...

Iran in the Crosshairs

populist101 — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:25:02 +0000

Now the same people that gave us Iraq, and remain just about the only supporters of their own failed policy there, are signaling that it is necessary to destroy the Iranian nuclear threat. And again, one problem is that this threat may not exist.

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Pentagon Official Warns Of Israeli Attack On Iran

Aidan Monaghan — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:56:44 +0000

BY JONATHAN KARL
WASHINGTON, June 30, 2008

Senior Pentagon officials are concerned that Israel could carry out an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities before the end of the year, an action that would have enormous security and economic repercussions for the United States and the rest of the world.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/US/story?id=5281043&page=1

Welcome Home, Soldier: Now Shut Up

Sparrows — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 14:15:02 +0000

Massey has just participated in a checkpoint massacre of civilians. His sense of decency, his sanity, is still in tact. Like any normal human being, he is distraught. The carnage of the war, the imbalance of power between the biggest war machine in history and a suffering people devoid of tanks and air power — the sheer injustice of it all — begins to take its toll on Massey’s conscience. In the wake of the horrific events of the day, his captain is cool. He walks up to Massey and asks; “Are you doing all right, Staff Sergeant?” Massey responds: “No, sir. I am not doing O.K. Today was a bad day. We killed a lot of innocent civilians.” Fully of aware of the civilian carnage, his captain asserts: “No, today was a good day.” Relatives wailing, cars destroyed, blood all over the ground, Marines celebrating, civilians dead, and “it was good day”! The Massey incident goes beyond the mendacity of military life. It concerns the control, the dehumanization of the psyches of our troops. As one Vietnam veteran put it years ago: “They kept fucking with my mind.”

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Japan: Guilty of doing good

kladner — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:30:02 +0000

"Here in Tokyo, Japan, 3 peace activists, Toshiyuki Obora, Nobuhiro Onishi and Sachimi Takada were found guilty on April 11, 2008 by the Supreme Court for putting anti-war fliers into the mail boxes of the families of the Japanese soldiers who were dispatched to Irak on the orders of Uncle Sam to assist the shameful U.S.-led coalition in its illegal invasion and occupation of Irak to free it of its oil." Note: the first link in the story did not work. The next two did. More details there.

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