The complicity of the mainstream corporate media in the West in constructing the framework wherein U.S. policy actually sounds somewhat reasonable is in large part the reason why such a hypocritical and erroneous policy is allowed to continue.
Read MoreU.S. Vice President Joseph Biden last Saturday outlined the Obama administration’s continuation of the Bush administration’s foreign policy towards Iran.
Read MoreIsrael has repeatedly attacked UN sites and convoys delivering aid to Gaza, in addition to failing to live up to its reponsibilities under international law to avoid civilian deaths and tend to the welfare of the wounded.
Read MoreThe US Senate passed a resolution yesterday expressing support for Israel’s war on Gaza that was blatantly biased towards Israel and totally dismissive of the facts on the ground.
Read MoreWhile Americans were celebrating the arrival of 2009 last week with fireworks and festivities, the people of the Gaza Strip were witnessing explosions of a different nature, giving them no cause for celebration or reason to consider the New Year a happy one.
Read MoreWhat if the roles of Israel, Gaza, and members of the international community in the ongoing conflict were reversed? How would Americans and their government respond?
Read MoreThere are numerous lies being propagated by the Western corporate media about the nature of the present violence being perpetrated against the people of the Gaza Strip by the state of Israel.
Read MoreIsrael’s bombardment of the Gaza Strip was predictable, if not preventable. Israel’s crimes against the Palestinians simply could not take place on such a massive scale were it not for US support. The American people, therefore, have a responsibility to act and pressure their government to end its financial, military, and diplomatic support for Israeli violations of international law — a necessary first step towards any viable and sustainable peace.
Read MoreWhat’s clear now, as further developments have come to light, is that there are also elements within India, both in the criminal underworld and the government, that are perfectly willing to see the role in the Mumbai attacks of an even larger shadowy international criminal network whitewashed; a network with links to numerous moneyed interests, including trafficking in drugs and arms, and to numerous intelligence agencies, including the ISI, the CIA, and India’s own RAW.
Read MoreRecent press reports on developments with regard to last month’s attacks in Mumbai, India indicate the role of Dawood Ibrahim, a wanted crime boss, terrorist, and drug trafficker, is being downplayed, possibly the result of a deal taking place behind the scenes between the governments of the US, Pakistan, and India, to have others involved in the Mumbai attacks turned over while quietly diverting attention from a man who some say could reveal embarrassing secrets about the CIA’s involvement in criminal enterprises.
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