Big Brother's new toy: Another bloated gas bag watching you from the skyLast week, a fire ignited at the Akron Airdock that once housed a fleet of Goodyear blimps. Firemen rushed to the 211-foot-tall structure and quickly doused the flames. Reporters and photographers descended on the landmark. Many were surprised to learn the blimps were no longer being stored there.
Turns out Lockheed Martin -- the company that gave us the Trident intercontinental ballistic missile -- was renovating the site for an upcoming project when the fire started. It's being ... (more)
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Iraqis will never accept this sellout to the oil corporationsToday Iraq remains under occupation, and the gulf between those who profess to rule and those who are ruled is filled with blood. The government is beholden to the occupation forces that are responsible for a humanitarian catastrophe and a political impasse. While defenceless citizens are killed at will, the government carries on with its business of protecting itself, collecting oil revenues, dispensing favours, justifying the occupation, and presiding over collapsing security, economic wellbei... (more)
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Major investment bank issues warning on strike against IranWarning that investors might be "in for a shock," a major investment bank has told the financial community that a preemptive strike by Israel with American backing could hit Iran's nuclear program, RAW STORY has learned.
The banking division of ING Group released a memo on Jan. 9 entitled "Attacking Iran: The market impact of a surprise Israeli strike on its nuclear facilities."
ING is a global financial services company of Dutch origin that includes banking, ins... (more)
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A crowded wombA twin leans over and kisses the cheek of her sister in a heart-warming picture that would not be out of place in any family home.
Yet these siblings are a not even born and the astonishing images have been captured on a new 'four-dimensional' ultrasound scan of the womb.
The scans are a highly developed form of traditional ultrasound where very high frequency sound waves are used to produce images of what is inside the body.
As with older forms of u... (more)
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Brown Answers Bilderberg Question Last week we reported how British MP, Norman Baker, who had previously asked Prime Minister Tony Blair to reveal details of any Bilderberg meetings he has attended, has also now officially asked the current Chancellor of the Exchequer, and most likely next Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, to reveal details of his own attendances at Bilderberg.
Baker's question has now been "a... (more)
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Al Fayed brands Diana decision 'shocking but predictable' Mohamed al Fayed tonight branded the decision not to appoint a jury for the Diana, Princess of Wales inquest "shocking but predictable". Britain's top female judge Baroness Butler-Sloss is to sit alone on the high profile case.
Lawyers for Harrods boss Mr al Fayed, whose son Dodi was killed in the 1997 Paris car crash, argued in favour of a jury of ordinary men and women during legal discussions at the High Court last week.
But Lady Butler-Sloss ... (more)
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BBC accused of covering up De Menezes shooting The BBC has been accused of covering up the truth after it dropped plans to film a politically sensitive drama about Jean Charles de Menezes who was gunned down by police marksmen at Stockwell Tube station.
The cousin of the 27-year-old Brazilian electrician said the broadcaster wanted people to "forget" the killing.
Jean Charles de Menezes was shot more multiple times on a Victoria Line tube in the wake of the July London bombings two years ago ... (more)
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Did The Government Force BBC To Drop Menezes, 7/7 Dramas? The family of Jean Charles de Menezes, the innocent man who was gunned down by British police in the wake of the London bombings, has today accused the BBC of aiding a cover up after plans to film a politically sensitive docu-drama about his murder were unceremoniously dropped. The filiming of a docu-drama about the 7/7 London bombers has also been suddenly abandoned.
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Enjoying Technology's Conveniences But Not Escaping Its Watchful EyesThe tracking of Kitty Bernard begins shortly after she wakes up. All through the 56-year-old real estate agent's day, from walking in her building's lobby to e-mailing friends and shopping and working, the watchful eye of technology records her movements and preferences.
Welcome to the 21st century.
Like many Americans, Bernard uses modern gadgets to make life easier, and along the way creates a data trail that others can access and preserve, sometimes permanently. ... (more)
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FOX Affiliate Shows Video Of Obama Rally During Sex-Offender StoryA news segment broadcast by Minneapolis-St. Paul's KMSP-TV, also known as "FOX9," shows footage of people marching with signs and placards supporting Barack Obama while the anchor reports a story about the sentencing of a sex offender. The station is owned and operated by Fox Televisions Stations Group.
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MSNBC: Saudi Arabia mulls sending troops to Iraq 'to protect their interests' there NBC News' Andrea Mitchell reported on MSNBC that Saudi Arabia is mulling whether or not to send troops to Iraq, to "protect their interests" there.
According to Mitchell, Saudi Arabia is "deeply skeptical" that Iraq's government will be able to quell the unrest. Over a hundred Iraqi civilians died today, including at least 15 from a bombing at Baghdad University.
But a leading Saudi Arabia official warns that Saudi Arabia can not be expecte... (more)
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Murtha proposes bill to choke funding for surge Rep. John P. Murtha, Pennsylvania Democrat, yesterday announced plans to introduce legislation that would cut off funding for President Bush's proposed surge of American troops into Baghdad.
"I think our hearings will show that even Republicans will vote with us when the bill finally comes up," Mr. Murtha, chairman of the Appropriations defense subcommittee, said during an appearance on ABC's "This Week."
Mr. Murtha said that he doesn't think Democrats can stop Mr. ... (more)
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Why the US Is Not Leaving Iraq: The Booming Business of War Profiteers The military-industrial-complex [would] cause military spending to be driven not by national security needs but by a network of weapons makers, lobbyists and elected officials. — Dwight D. Eisenhower
There are only two things we should fight for. One is the defense of our homes and the other is the Bill of Rights. War for any other reason is simply a racket. — General Smedley D. Butler Neither the Iraq Study Group nor other establishment critic... (more)
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When will this Nightmare End?Former Carter national security advisor, Zbigniew Brzezinski, summarized Bush’s plans for a “surge” of troops in Iraq saying:
“The commitment of 21,500 more troops is a POLITICAL GIMMICK of limited tactical significance and of no strategic benefit. It is insufficient to win the war militarily. It will engage US forces in bloody street fighting that will not resolve with finality the ongoing turmoil and the sectarian and ethnic strife, not to menti ... (more)
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US military strike on Iran seen by April '07KUWAIT CITY: Washington will launch a military strike on Iran before April 2007, say sources. The attack will be launched from the sea and Patriot missiles will guard all oil-producing countries in the region, they add. Recent statements emanating from the United States indicate the Bush administration’s new strategy for Iraq doesn’t include any proposal to make a compromise or negotiate with Syria or Iran. A reliable source said President Bush recently held a meeting with Vice Presi... (more)
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Russian Admiral Says U.S. Navy Prepares Missile Strike on Iran U.S. Navy nuclear submarines maintaining vigil off the coast of Iran indicate that the Pentagon’s military plans include not only control over navigation in the Persian Gulf but also strikes against Iranian targets, a former commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, Admiral Eduard Baltin has told the Interfax news agency.
“The presence of U.S. nuclear submarines in the Persian Gulf region means that the Pentagon has not abandoned plans for surprise strikes against nuc... (more)
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Bush administration provokes open war on IranAs reported by the January 12 New York Times, Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice admitted that George W. Bush authorized the raid of the Iranian liaison office in Irbil, Iraq, and that the raid was part of a broad military offensive against Iran ordered by Bush several months ago.
The Iranian gov... (more)
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The Nightmare Weaponry of Our FutureThe Armed Forces can't adequately equip those already in uniform, but the Pentagon is committing itself to massive corporate contracts for new high-tech weapons systems slated to come on-line decades from now.
We are not winning the war on terrorism (and would not be even if we knew what victory looked like) or the war in Iraq. Our track record in Afghanistan, as well as in the allied "war" on drugs, is hardly better. Yet the Pentagon is hard at work, spending your money, ... (more)
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Martin Luther King: "Why I Am Opposed to the War in Vietnam"
Martin Luther King speaks out against the Vietnam War. Part of a sermon at the Ebenezer Baptist Church, April 30, 1967.
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Martin Luther King Family Still Convinced Assassination Was ConspiracyMartin Luther King Day is a profoundly reflective time for the Rev. Mike Clark. The pastor of St. John's United Methodist Church in Watertown finds himself examining how King shaped the arc of his own life and how Clark, in turn, helped rewrite the story of King's death.
"When I was 19 and he was killed, I was just a white kid in a small town in Pennsylvania," said Clark, 56. "If you told me on the night he was assassinated, 31 years later I'd be in court with his widow and his ch... (more)
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Bush: "the Iraqi people owe the American people a huge debt of gratitude"From 60 Minutes:
SCOTT PELLEY: Do you think you owe the Iraqi people an apology for not doing a better job?
BUSH: That we didn't do a better job or they didn't do a better job?
PELLEY: Well, that the United States did not do a better job in providing security after the invasion.
BUSH: Not at all. I am proud of the efforts we did. We... (more)
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Saddam Execution Rushed to Hide Information - Russian Ex-PM The execution of Saddam Hussein was rushed to prevent the former Iraqi leader from revealing facts that could compromise the United States, former Russian prime minister Yevgeny Primakov has said.
Saddam was executed in an “unexpected” way so “he could not have the last word” and reveal compromising information on the relationship between the United States and his former regime, the PTI news agency quoted Primakov as saying in a televised interview on Sund... (more)
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Escalation in the Middle EastWhile the president’s announcement that an additional 20,000 troops would be sent to Iraq dominated the headlines last week, the real story was the president’s sharp rhetoric towards Iran and Syria. And recent moves by the administration only serve to confirm the likelihood of a wider conflict in the Middle East.
The president stated last week that, “Succeeding in Iraq also requires defending its territorial integrity- and stabilizing the region in the face of th... (more)
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Mind GamesNew on the Internet: a community of people who believe the government is beaming voices into their minds. They may be crazy, but the Pentagon has pursued a weapon that can do just that.
IF HARLAN GIRARD IS CRAZY, HE DOESN'T ACT THE PART. He is standing just where he said he would be, below the Philadelphia train station's World War II memorial -- a soaring statue of a winged angel embracing a fallen combatant, as if lifting him to heaven. Girard is wearing pressed khaki pan... (more)
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