by Felicity Arbuthnot Featured Writer Dandelion Salad London, England 27 February 2012 “The individual is handicapped by coming face to face with a conspiracy so monstrous he cannot believe it exists.” (J. Edgar Hoover, 1895-1972) Smelt any proverbial rats, lately? If not, you have not been paying attention, there are plenty about. Consider for instance […]
by Gareth Porter and Shah Nouri Featured Writer Dandelion Salad crossposted at IPS Feb. 20, 2012 WASHINGTON/KABUL, Feb 20, 2012 (IPS) – Nearly a year after the Barack Obama administration began negotiations with the government of Afghan President Hamid Karzai on a U.S. military presence in Afghanistan beyond 2014, both sides confirmed last week that the […]
by Felicity Arbuthnot Featured Writer Dandelion Salad London, England 13 January 2012 “I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita … “Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.” (J. Robert Oppenheimer, 22nd April 1904 – 18th February 1967, Scientific Director of the Manhattan Project, on the dropping of the atomic bomb […]
by Andy Worthington Featured Writer Dandelion Salad http://www.andyworthington.co.uk January 7, 2012 Before the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, there were only two ways of holding prisoners — either they were prisoners of war, protected by the Geneva Conventions, or they were criminal suspects, to be charged and subjected to federal court trials. That all […]
by Ed Ciaccio Dandelion Salad Featured Writer December 18, 2011 Whether or not President Obama is re-elected, here is his record, which Americans should be aware of, but most likely are not: Obama is STILL warring on: Afghanistan (Bagram airbase contains a Guantanamo-type indefinite-detention prison). Iraq (Obama will have hundreds of troops guarding the world’s […]
by Felicity Arbuthnot Featured Writer Dandelion Salad London, England 25 November 2011 “If a man seeks to understand Rome’s casuss reason for each foreign conquest, he needs only look into the Treasury.” (Tacitus, AD 56 – AD 117) As the US and UK lead towards more illegal overthrows, invasions and destruction in Iran and Syria, […]
Dandelion Salad democracynow on Oct 18, 2011 MIT Professor Emeritus Noam Chomsky, the world renewed linguist and political dissident, spoke Monday night at Barnard College in New York City about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, just hours before Israel and Hamas completed a historic prisoner exchange. Democracy Now! airs an excerpt of his address.
with Chris Hedges Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Sept. 11, 2011 Russia Today Sept. 10, 2011
by Sibel Edmonds Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Originally published by Boiling Frogs Post August 5, 2011 For almost 10 years we have been engaged in a massive and many-fronted war advertised as a war on terror-war on Al Qaeda. Recent reports put the total cost to America of this war on terror at around $3 trillion. This is not counting un-countable covert […]
by Rick Rozoff Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Stop NATO Stop NATO-Opposition to global militarism July 22, 2011 Voice of Russia July 22, 2011 US Afghan strategy: senseless and merciless John Robles Interview with Rick Rozoff, the manager of the Stop NATO website and mailing list and a contributing writer to Global Research.ca in Canada.
by Rick Rozoff Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Stop NATO Stop NATO-Opposition to global militarism July 22, 2011 The unprecedented expansion of American military presence throughout the world in the last decade, in support of and consolidated by attacks and invasions in Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Pakistan, Yemen and Libya, has been marked by the Pentagon securing […]
by Andy Worthington Featured Writer Dandelion Salad http://www.andyworthington.co.uk 20 July, 2011 “Some issues,” the New York Times declared in an editorial on June 25, “require an unwavering stand. Preserving the role of law enforcement agencies in stopping and punishing terrorists is one of them. This country is not and should never be a place where the military […]
by Rick Rozoff Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Stop NATO Stop NATO-Opposition to global militarism July 3, 2011 http://www.presstv.ir/ July 3, 2011 The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is reportedly using airbases in Afghanistan to launch deadly drone attacks on Pakistan despite Islamabad’s warnings against continued unauthorized US air raids on its soil.
by Andrew Gavin Marshall Featured Writer Dandelion Salad June 30, 2011 This is Part 2 of “Pakistan in Pieces.” Part 1: Imperial Eye on Pakistan The AfPak War Theatre: Establishing the New Strategy As Senator Obama became the President-elect Obama, his foreign policy strategy on Afghanistan was already being formed. In 2007, Obama took on veteran […]
by Ed Ciaccio Dandelion Salad Featured Writer June 23, 2011 [Ed’s annotations in green.] The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release June 22, 2011 Remarks by the President on the Way Forward in Afghanistan East Room 8:01 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good evening. Nearly 10 years ago, America suffered the worst attack on […]
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