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The Arms Industry Will be Pleased
Of recent there have been reams of newsprint devoted to the 10th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan; and its cost, not the least in human lives. Who profits is to be found in the small print. With escalating violence tearing that nation apart...
Israel Preparing for Major War with Lebanon, Gaza: WikiLeaks
According to the Norwegian newspaper aftenposten, WikiLeaks documents suggest that Israel is planning for a major war in the Middle East with Gaza and Lebanon. The article summarized an Israeli military briefing by Israeli Chief of Staff Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi...
Julian Assange: Dead Man Walking?
Loathed by some and loved by others Julian Assange is a man in a suitcase as he keeps one step ahead of an international posse out to settle scores. The Australian founder of WikiLeaks is renowned for embarrassing mainly but not exclusively western...
US Sends in Aircraft Carrier as Koreas on Brink of War
As North-Korea and South-Korea escalate verbal threats after Tuesday’s artillery shells “incident” on Yeonpyeong, the US has announced its aircraft carrier USS George Washington is heading to the peninsula. The tense events on Tuesday...
WikiLeaks Announces a “New World, where Global History is redefined”
As WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is facing an international arrest warrant over rape allegations, the whistleblower website announces a new mega-leak containing 2.8 million documents. WikiLeaks announced via Twitter on Sunday “The coming months...
As Ireland Gets Rescued, All Eyes on Portugal and Spain, Who’s Next to Collapse?
As the Irish banks are due to be rescued with up to 100,000 million euros in bailout funds, economists, investors and financial experts are turning their eyes on Portugal and Spain, asking “Who’s next?” An article in the Independent...
Television Lies: The Insider’s View
Veteran television journalist, Martin Bell, is scathing about the lack of integrity in his profession. The newscaster says: “Those of us who have been in TV a long time know that the work of some of its legends includes reports that were outright...
North Korea Threatens Nuclear Response to War Games
North Korea threatened on Saturday to respond with nuclear deterrence to a US-South Korean war games starting Sunday, stating it was prepared for a “retaliatory sacred war”. The threat was issued by the National Defence Commission (NDC),...
Fidel Castro Warns of Global Nuclear War Threat
Fidel Castro made an appearance on television Monday night discussing events from around the world, after having spent years out of public view. The from Cuban leader discussed about the growing tensions between the United States and Iran as well as North...
