The Great Brainwashing… Continues! by Philip A. Farruggio

by Philip A. Farruggio
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July 14, 2011
Replaced text July 22, 2011

We have failed as both a nation and a people. True, there are those of us out there who see through the hype and the rhetoric. Sadly, it is but a small minority, a tiny club of citizens who refuse to accept the disinformation and outright lying that has been our national inheritance for so long. Teddy Roosevelt, in history books as the great ‘progressive ‘who took on the big corporate trusts, was also a devout imperialist and war monger (Remember the Maine).  His colonial plan for the Philippines was savage and inhumane.

What Is Sadr’s Game on Future U.S. Troop Presence? by Gareth Porter

by Gareth Porter
Featured Writer
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crossposted at IPS
14 July, 2011

WASHINGTON, Jul 14, 2011 (IPS) – The big question looming over U.S.-Iraqi negotiations on a U.S. military presence after 2011 is what game Shi’a leader Moqtada al-Sadr is playing on the issue.

U.S. officials regard Sadr as still resisting the U.S. military presence illegally and are demanding that Sadr call off his Promised Day Brigades completely.

Chinook Disaster: Did Britain Sacrifice Counterinsurgency Top Brass To Defeat Irish Republicans? by Finian Cunningham

by Finian Cunningham
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Belfast, Ireland
July 14, 2011

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After 17 years, two Royal Air Force pilots were finally cleared this week of any wrongdoing in the fatal Chinook helicopter crash that wiped out Britain’s top counterinsurgency personnel in Northern Ireland in the summer of 1994.

Andrew Gavin Marshall: Full-Scale NATO Ground Invasion of Libya is Imminent

with Andrew Gavin Marshall
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July 14, 2011

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GlobalResearchTV on Jul 14, 2011

Andrew Gavin Marshall from the Centre for Research on Globalization says that a ground invasion is quite likely, and that the process is already underway.

Tunisia, Shousha – We are dying slowly

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msfuk on Jul 14, 2011

Since the start of the Libyan conflict in February, over 250,000 of people have passed through the Ras Ajdir transitory camps, located at the northern Tunisia-Libya border.