France, Germany take aim at Syria

2006-08-27 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060825/wl_mideast_afp/mideastconflictun_060825161111 France, Germany take aim at Syria by Amer Ouali Fri Aug 25, 12:11 PM ET France, supported by Germany, has severely criticised Syria for its role in the Middle East and Lebanon, saying it will have nothing to do with a government whose leadership “does not inspire confidence.” … Read more

corporate takeover of American borders

2006-08-26 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bal-op.borders21aug21,0,1798499.story?coll=bal-oped-headlines From the Baltimore Sun Immigration A corporate takeover of American borders By Robert Koulish August 21, 2006 Borders are a key element of national identity. When borders are violated, the result is often crisis and war. Look no further than this summer’s conflict in the Middle East, set … Read more

corporate takeover of American borders

2006-08-26 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bal-op.borders21aug21,0,1798499.story?coll=bal-oped-headlines From the Baltimore Sun Immigration A corporate takeover of American borders By Robert Koulish August 21, 2006 Borders are a key element of national identity. When borders are violated, the result is often crisis and war. Look no further than this summer’s conflict in the Middle East, set … Read more

Iran Urges West to See Positive’Signs

2006-08-26 Richard Moore Original source URL: ³It appeared the counteroffer was designed to entice Europe, China and Russia into further negotiations without accepting a suspension of uranium enrichment — an important step in making nuclear weapons — as a precondition for talks. That could drive a wedge among the five veto-wielding powers on the Security … Read more

Japanese candidate seeks closer China ties

2006-08-26 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/003200608231423.htm Japan’s FM vows to mend ties with China, S.Korea if he wins premiership Tokyo, Aug. 23 (AP): Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has damaged Japan’s ties with the rest of Asia by visiting a Tokyo war shrine, and the next prime minister should urgently repair relations with its neighbors, … Read more

John Ross: Mexico Approaches the Combustion Point

2006-08-26 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.counterpunch.org/ross08232006.html “God doesn’t belong to the PAN!” “AMLO deserves a miracle” “No Pasaran!” Mexico Approaches the Combustion Point By JOHN ROSS Mexico City. The Congress of the country is ringed by two-meter tall grilled metal barriers soldered together apparently to thwart a suicide car bomb attack. Behind this metal … Read more

Michael C. Ruppert: A Permanent Goodbye to the United States

2006-08-26 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ww3/081606_burning_bridge.shtml BY THE LIGHT OF A BURNING BRIDGE A Permanent Goodbye to the United States by Michael C. Ruppert © Copyright 2006, From The Wilderness Publications, www.fromthewilderness.com. All Rights Reserved. May be reprinted, distributed or posted on an Internet web site for non-profit purposes only. ³Sometimes you get your … Read more

Psychological torture: officially sanctioned

2006-08-26 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.counterpunch.org/bond08232006.html The American Psychological Association Meets Dr. Mengele APA Confab Whitewashes Torture by Shrinks By Dr. TRUDY BOND Even as the unindicted war criminal Donald Rumsfeld persists in the totally-discredited fiction that the U.S. military doesn’t torture, the American Psychological Association (APA) provides cover for its uniformed professionals to … Read more

Syria threatens to close border

2006-08-26 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060824/ts_afp/mideastconflict_060824123904 Syria threatens to close border if UN force deployed by Jocelyne Zablit Thu Aug 24, 8:43 AM ET Syria has threatened to close its border with Lebanon if UN peacekeepers are deployed there, further complicating the struggle by world powers to agree on the makeup and role of … Read more

US fundamentalism: how the cult is managed

2006-08-26 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.alternet.org/story/38467/ The Top 10 Power Brokers of the Religious Right By Rob Boston, Church and State Posted on July 7, 2006, Printed on August 25, 2006 http://www.alternet.org/story/38467/ The United States is home to dozens of Religious Right groups. Many have small budgets and focus on state and local issues; … Read more

GOP wants better lies from CIA

2006-08-26 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/24/washington/24intel.html August 24, 2006 Some in G.O.P. Say Iran Threat Is Played Down By MARK MAZZETTI WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 ‹ Some senior Bush administration officials and top Republican lawmakers are voicing anger that American spy agencies have not issued more ominous warnings about the threats that they say Iran … Read more

Israeli hutzpah knows no bounds

2006-08-26 Richard Moore “One senior source said on Tuesday that Iran “flipped the world the bird” by not responding positively to the Western incentive plan to stop uranium enrichment.” A tiny bird, compared to the one Israel flipped in Lebanon. “The Iranians know the world will do nothing,” he said. “This is similar to the … Read more

Chavez rips U.S., Israel during China visit

2006-08-26 Richard Moore “President Hu Jintao on Thursday endorsed Venezuela’s campaign for a Security Council seat. The bid has unsettled Washington… U.S. officials are backing Guatemala for the sea t instead.” “On Thursday, he signed agreements that call for Beijing to help Venezuela, the world’s No. 5 petroleum exporter, develop oil fields, a telecoms network, … Read more

Former MI6 Agent: MI6 rules Global Drug Trade

2006-08-26 Richard Moore As background for this article, let us recall the Opium War (c. 1840). Britain had a disastrous trade deficit with China, and figured it could redress that by importing Opium into China. When China tried to stop this trade, Queen Victoria sent warships and compelled China to comply. This is fully acknowledged … Read more

Lebanon: Europe Pledges a Larger Force

2006-08-26 Richard Moore ³Europe pledged to add up to 6,900 troops to the United Nations peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon…But the officials cautioned that the force would not be used to disarm Hezbollah. That job, if it is done at all, will be left to the Lebanese government and army. …³Their conflict is partly a … Read more

Operation Mind Control: It’s still going on!

2006-08-25 Richard Moore “…for decades, top secret [US] government projects worked virtually non-stop to perfect means of controlling the human mind.” “The projects involved brutal, at times lethal experiments on thousands of unsuspecting citizens in direct defiance of law, all ethical codes, and basic human rights. Interviews with top psychiatrists, lawyers, and victims send chills … Read more

* Amazon turning to desert *

2006-08-24 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/print.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10392615 A disaster to take everyone’s breath away Monday July 24, 2006 By Geoffrey Lean MANAUS – Deep in the heart of the world’s greatest rainforest, a nine-day journey by boat from the sea, Otavio Luz Castello is anxiously watching the soft waters of the Amazon drain away. Every … Read more

Bush calls for swift UN action against Iran

2006-08-24 Richard Moore Original source URL: ³In order for the UN to be effective, there must be consequences if people thumb their nose at the United Nations Security Council.² Hah! Unless the people are Israel, who is in violation of more UN resolutions than any other nation. rkm ——————————————————– http://www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=8326 Bush calls for swift UN … Read more

China & Russia challenge US space leadership

2006-08-24 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://english.people.com.cn/200608/23/eng20060823_296134.html China, Russia to launch joint Mars probe mission China and Russia are planning a joint mission to Mars that will not only return samples to earth but also land on one of red planet’s tiny moons, a Chinese space scientist has said. Ye Peijian, a leading scientist with … Read more

FEMA Camps: Locations and Executive Orders

2006-08-24 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.mindfully.org/Reform/2004/FEMA-Concentration-Camps3sep04.htm FEMA Concentration Camps: Locations and Executive Orders Friends of Liberty (undated) 3sep04 There over 800 prison camps in the United States, all fully operational and ready to receive prisoners. They are all staffed and even surrounded by full-time guards, but they are all empty. These camps are to … Read more

Fox Vows to Force Fraudulent Election on People

2006-08-24 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://news.monstersandcritics.com/southamerica/article_1193284.php/Fox_Calderon_winner_but_government_would_use_force_if_need_be Americas News Fox: Calderon winner, but government would use force if need be Aug 22, 2006, 16:56 GMT Mexico City – Mexican president Vicente Fox believes that his party colleague Felipe Calderon is the winner of July’s presidential vote, and says that post election conflicts brewing since then … Read more

Here come the Patriot Pastors!

2006-08-24 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=21688 The Patriot Pastors¹ Electoral War Against the ŒHordes of Hell¹ Burgeoning ŒRestoration¹ Projects Hope to Elect Ohio Governor in 2006, Spread Model Nationwide Click here to download this report as a pdf: http://media.pfaw.org/PDF/RW/PatriotPastorsReport.pdf The new report by People For the American Way Foundation, the NAACP, and the African … Read more

Homeland Security: Vast New Detention Camps

2006-08-24 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.mindfully.org/Reform/2006/Halliburton-Detention-Camps31jan06.htm Homeland Security Contracts for Vast New Detention Camps PETER DALE SCOTT / Commentary / Pacific News Service 31jan2006 Editor’s Note: A little-known $385 million contract for Halliburton subsidiary KBR to build detention facilities for “an emergency influx of immigrants” is another step down the Bush administration’s road toward … Read more

Iran Sanctions more difficult after Lebanon

2006-08-24 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/23/world/middleeast/23diplo.html August 23, 2006 NEWS ANALYSIS Iran Sanctions Could Fracture Coalition By HELENE COOPER WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 ‹ It was always going to be tough for Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to hold together her fragile coalition of world powers trying to rein in Iran¹s nuclear ambitions. The Israel-Hezbollah … Read more

Israel anticipates Iran war

2006-08-24 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3294241,00.html Minister: Prepare for Iranian missiles Pensioner Affairs Minister Rafi Eitan calls on home front to prepare bomb shelters, protected rooms ahead of possible attack by Islamic Republic Ynetnews Minister of Pensioner Affairs Rafi Eitan told Israel Radio Tuesday that Israel faced the possibility of “an Iranian missile attack,” … Read more

North Korea threatens attack ?

2006-08-24 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-08-22T045336Z_01_SEO231042_RTRUKOC_0_US-KOREA-NORTH-DRILLS.xml&src=midtop North Korea threatens attack due to war drills Tue Aug 22, 2006 12:53 AM ET SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea said it was considering a pre-emptive attack to counter a U.S.-South Korean joint military training drill that Pyongyang sees as a “war action,” its official media reported on … Read more

Soft-drink bomb plot: not physically possible

2006-08-24 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.conspiracypenpal.com/rants/theyhate.htm Nickel Ranttm: Liquid Bombers Prove: “They Hate Our Freedoms!” by Edgar J. Steele August 19, 2006 “You can fool some of the people all of the time And you can fool all of the people some of the time, But you can’t fool all of the people all … Read more

the “Terror Plot”…. and the new “pseudo-terrorism”

2006-08-24 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://nafeez.blogspot.com/2006/08/truth-about-terror-plot-and-new-pseudo.html The Truth about the “Terror Plot”…. and the new “pseudo-terrorism” I am disappointed to say that so far there has been very little serious critical discussion, grounded in factual analysis, of the alleged ³Terror Plot² foiled on the morning of Wednesday, 10th August 2006. Except for a few … Read more

Voters Insist On Right To Observe Vote Counting

2006-08-24 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0608/S00220.htm New Zogby Poll On Electronic Voting Attitudes Monday, 21 August 2006, 11:00 pm Article: Michael Collins New Zogby Poll: It¹s Nearly Unanimous Voters Insist On Right To Observe Vote Counting Plus Other Findings From This Unique Poll By Michael Collins ³Scoop² Independent Media Part I of a II … Read more

Iran responds with new proposals

2006-08-24 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Original source URL: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,251-2324256,00.html Times Online August 22, 2006 Iran concocts ‘new formula’ to dissolve nuclear stand-off By Sam Knight and agencies Iran offered what it described as “a new formula” to resolve the dispute over its nuclear programme today and said it was ready for talks. Details of the offer, … Read more

Syria rejects call for border monitors

2006-08-24 Richard Moore “SYRIA has rejected Israeli demands that international troops be deployed on the Syrian-Lebanese border…” As usual, Israel enters into negotiation, and once a deal is made it then violates the deal and begins making additional demands. That’s been one of the unifying themes in the history of the state of Israel. rkm … Read more

Are they going to take away our Internet?

2006-08-22 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://infowars.com/articles/ps/internet_congress_to_unravel.htm Congress Poised to Unravel the Internet Jeffrey Chester | August 19, 2006 Lured by huge checks handed out by the country’s top lobbyists, members of Congress could soon strike a blow against Internet freedom as they seek to resolve the hot-button controversy over preserving “network neutrality.” The telecommunications … Read more

Democratic revolution in Mexico?

2006-08-22 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://english.people.com.cn/200608/21/eng20060821_295283.html Mexico’s opposition leader calls for alternative government Mexican left-wing presidential candidate and opposition leader Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador called for the formation of an alternative “people’s government” on Sunday. Speaking to more than 200,000 followers in the Zocalo, Mexico City’s central square, Lopez Obrador said his appeal was … Read more

Europeans wary of shaky cease fire

2006-08-22 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/21/world/middleeast/21mideast.html August 21, 2006 Europeans Delay Decision on Role Inside Lebanon By MARLISE SIMONS and JOHN KIFNER PARIS, Aug. 20 ‹ The shaky, United Nations-brokered cease-fire in Lebanon suffered another blow on Sunday when the European countries that had been called upon to provide the backbone of a peacekeeping … Read more

Israel bent on continuing war provocations

2006-08-22 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3293160,00.html Israeli officer: No solution for Nasrallah, he must die Ynetnews In New York Times interview, senior IDF officer says, ‘there is only one solution for Nasrallah. This man must die.’ Officer talks about war’s achievements, says ‘Lebanese government took control of southern Lebanon. Now we can deal with … Read more

Michael C. Ruppert: Why I’m moving to Venezuela

2006-08-22 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ww3/081606_burning_bridge.shtml BY THE LIGHT OF A BURNING BRIDGE A Permanent Goodbye to the United States by Michael C. Ruppert © Copyright 2006, From The Wilderness Publications, www.fromthewilderness.com. All Rights Reserved. May be reprinted, distributed or posted on an Internet web site for non-profit purposes only. ³Sometimes you get your … Read more

No French troops unless Hezbollah disarmed

2006-08-22 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.indiadaily.com/editorial/12877.asp French refuse to send troops in IN peace mission without Lebanese assurance that Hizbollah will be disarmed – Hizbollah refuses Media Release Aug. 16, 2006 Hizbollah refuses to disarm and French are not sending troops in without Hizbollah disarming. French officials on Tuesday insisted Paris would resist leading … Read more

The Zionist Lobby: a very balanced article

2006-08-22 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.qumsiyeh.org/thelobby/ The Lobby by Mazin B. Qumsiyeh On the Israel/Zionist lobby in America and its influence on US policy: Why strategically and tactically focusing on this lobby maybe important Why did the British Empire and all colonial powers before it use “divide and conquer” while the US government seems … Read more

US vs Hezbollah: the rebuilding race

2006-08-22 Richard Moore Original source URL: ” Concerned that Hezbollah has an early advantage in rebuilding shattered south Lebanon, the Bush administration is trying to speed up aid and encouraging Arab states to step in quickly, United States officials said this week.” Having wrecked the china shop, the bull now wants to praised for repair … Read more