Paul Craig Roberts: America Being Set-Up For Wider War

2006-07-18 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.vdare.com/roberts/060716_wider_war.htm July 16, 2006 America Is Being Set-Up For Wider War In The Middle East By Paul Craig Roberts The old adage, “fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me” does not apply to Americans, who have shown that they can be endlessly fooled. Neoconservatives … Read more

An Arab view of Israel’s history

2006-07-18 Richard Moore ——————————————————– To: “PIR” <•••@••.•••> Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 10:35:55 +0100 From: •••@••.••• Subject: [PIR] State Terrorists V Freedom Fighters List-Archive: <http://tajdeed-list.net/pipermail/pir_tajdeed-list.net> List-Subscribe: <http://tajdeed-list.net/mailman/listinfo/pir_tajdeed-list.net>, <mailto:•••@••.•••?subject=subscribe> State Terrorists V Freedom Fighters Yamin Zakaria •••@••.••• <http://www.iiop.org/>http://www.iiop.org London, UK “We must use terror, assassination, intimidation, land confiscation, and the cutting of all social services to … Read more

US, Israel push world to brink of world war

2006-07-18 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=LAR20060717&articleId=2747 US, Israel push world to brink of world war By Larry Chin July 17, 2006 Online Journal In the space of mere hours, the world has been collectively incited, provoked, and dragged into an all-out war that is on course towards potential nuclear super power conflict. (Analysis from … Read more

Israel vows no let-up on Lebanon

2006-07-18 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5188420.stm Israel vows no let-up on Lebanon Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says the attacks on Lebanon will be kept up until two captured soldiers are freed. He also insisted Hezbollah guerrillas had to be disarmed and the Lebanese army had to control southern Lebanon. “We are not looking … Read more

Nearly 1 million protest Mexico election

2006-07-18 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13401493/ MSNBC.com Nearly 1 million protest Mexico election Demonstrators pack Mexico City in show of support for leftist candidate The Associated Press Updated: 2:43 p.m. ET July 16, 2006 MEXICO CITY – Hundreds of thousands of protesters marched through the Mexican capital on Sunday to demand a manual recount … Read more

Interview with Andres Lopez Obrador of Mexico

2006-07-18 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.mexidata.info/id971.html MEXIDATA . INFO Special 071706 AMLO July 17, 2006 Interview with Andres Lopez Obrador of Mexico “I am going to fight to the end” (Note: The following is an interview originally published, in Spanish, in La Jornada of Mexico City on July 13. It was subsequently translated and … Read more

Background re/neocons: Syria In Their Sights (Jan 2006)

2006-07-17 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.amconmag.com/2006/2006_01_16/cover.html January 16, 2006 Issue Copyright © 2006 The American Conservative Syria In Their Sights The neocons plan their next ³cakewalk.² by Robert Dreyfuss It¹s happening again. It all sounds depressingly familiar, and it is. The Bush administration accuses the leader of a major Arab country of supporting terrorism … Read more

Dahr Jamail: Israel targets mainly civilians

2006-07-17 Richard Moore _____________________________ To: •••@••.••• From: •••@••.••• Subject: Iraq Dispatches: Fleeing Lebanese Speak of Indiscriminate Bombing ** Dahr Jamail’s Iraq Dispatches ** ** Visit the Dahr Jamail Iraq website http://dahrjamailiraq.com ** ** Website by http://jeffpflueger.com ** Fleeing Lebanese Speak of Indiscriminate Bombing Inter Press Service Dahr Jamail * ADDABBAOUSIYEH (northern Lebanese border), Jul 16 … Read more

West Point Graduates Against The War

2006-07-17 Richard Moore ______________________________ Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 18:10:21 +0800 To: •••@••.••• From: Betty Daly-King <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: West Point Graduates Against The War via Znet: West Point Graduates Against The War: Now Is The Time by James Ryan Cry “Havoc!” and let slip the dogs of war, That this foul deed shall smell … Read more

UN votes for N Korean sanctions

2006-07-17 Richard Moore Friends, These sanctions, like the resolution against Iran, have no teeth. As well they shouldn’t. Neither N Korea nor Iran is guilty of any crimes. Perhaps we are seeing sops to the neocons, in return for unknown concessions to the Russians and Chinese. rkm ______________ Original source URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5184112.stm UN votes for … Read more

Enron: pattern of mysterious deaths

2006-07-17 Richard Moore Friends, The Bush family tradition is one of ripping off the American people. Grandaddy Bush was the Nazi money man in the US (“The American Connection”); Papa Bush engineered the Savings & Loan looting operation, and Baby Bush presides over Enron and Halliburton ripoffs, under the tutelage of Darth Cheney. Killing off … Read more

Syria poised to strike back

2006-07-17 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1153087815422&call_pageid=968332188854&col=968350060724 Syria poised to strike back Air force on high alert; government issues warning Condemned by U.S. and Israel as Hezbollah’s patron Jul. 17, 2006. 01:00 AM SANDRO CONTENTA EUROPEAN BUREAU CHIEF DAMASCUS‹The Syrian government has vowed to strike back if Israel expands the war with Hezbollah by hitting … Read more

Israeli attacks threaten to engulf entire Middle East in war

2006-07-17 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://wsws.org/articles/2006/jul2006/mide-j15.shtml World Socialist Web Site www.wsws.org WSWS : News & Analysis : Middle East Israeli attack on Lebanon threatens to engulf entire Middle East in war Statement of the Editorial Board 15 July 2006 The Israeli onslaught on Lebanon, with bombings and missile strikes and the imposition of an … Read more

Israeli aggression: the NY Times spin

2006-07-17 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/17/world/middleeast/17mideast.html? July 17, 2006 THE CONFLICT Israel Strikes Lebanon After Hezbollah Missile Attack By JAD MOUAWAD and STEVEN ERLANGER BEIRUT, Lebanon, Monday, July 17 ‹ The Lebanese militia Hezbollah unleashed its biggest and deadliest missile yet into Israel on Sunday, killing eight people in the major port city of … Read more

Israel bombs Lebanese factories

2006-07-17 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/4BA16706-0A31-4524-ACE6-FD3420939327.htm Israel bombs Lebanese factories Monday 17 July 2006 12:56 AM GMT Lebanon’s army has been on the sidelines of the conflict Israeli airstrikes have hit three factories in southern Lebanon’s port city of Sidon, Aljazeera television has reported. The factories, some of which reportedly manufacture household goods, were … Read more

G8: Putin has his day

2006-07-17 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2273399,00.html The Times July 17, 2006 Jokes backfire at G8 as leaders smart from Putin’s acid tongue From Jeremy Page in St Petersburg LAST WEEK Dick Cheney was the target. On Saturday it was President Bush. Then came Tony Blair. No one, it seems, is immune from Vladimir Putin¹s … Read more

Re: The Happy Planet Index: an introduction

2006-07-15 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 14:02:53 -0700 Subject: Re: The Happy Planet Index: an introduction From: Jan Slakov <•••@••.•••> To: <•••@••.•••> Dear Richard, To follow up on this “Happy Planet Index” suggestion, I’d like to recommend a book, entitled Life, Money & Illusion by Mike Nickerson. Mike talks about alternative measures … Read more

Iran rejects deadline at EU nuclear talks

2006-07-14 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-07-11T115549Z_01_L10378219_RTRUKOC_0_US-NUCLEAR-IRAN-EU.xml Iran rejects deadline at EU nuclear talks Tue Jul 11, 2006 8:47 AM ET By Parisa Hafezi and Mark John BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator rebuffed Western pressure for an immediate answer to an offer of incentives to suspend uranium enrichment ahead of crucial talks with … Read more

Europe kowtows to US re/Iran

2006-07-14 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.ips-dc.org/comment/Bennis/blink_iran.htm EUROPE BLINKED: The US-EU negotiations on Iran Phyllis Bennis Institute for Policy Studies March 18, 2005 Despite the Bush administration’s and media spin that the U.S. and Europe both compromised to create a unified policy towards Iran, the reality is far more unbalanced. Europe -in this case the … Read more

Dahr Jamail: Lebanese Tremors Rock Syria

2006-07-14 Richard Moore ——————————————————– To: •••@••.••• From: •••@••.••• Subject: Iraq Dispatches: Lebanese Tremors Rock Syria ** Dahr Jamail’s Iraq Dispatches ** ** Visit the Dahr Jamail Iraq website http://dahrjamailiraq.com ** ** Website by http://jeffpflueger.com ** Lebanese Tremors Rock Syria *Inter Press Service* Dahr Jamail *DAMASCUS, Jul 13 (IPS) – Syrians are outraged over Israeli air … Read more

Putin warns ‘colonialist’ critics to lay off Russia at G-8 meeting

2006-07-14 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/topstories.aspx?ID=BD4A231976 Posted to the web on: 13 July 2006 Putin warns ‘colonialist’ critics to lay off Russia at G-8 meeting MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin accused foreigners who criticise his democracy record of echoing colonialist rhetoric and singled out US Vice-President Dick Cheney for personal attack. His comments … Read more

UK: another convenient Enron death

2006-07-14 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/5173228.stm Enron witness found dead in park A body found in north-east London has been identified as that of a banker who was questioned by the FBI about the Enron fraud case. Police said they were treating the death in Chingford of Neil Coulbeck, who worked for the Royal … Read more

Russian troops on high alert

2006-07-14 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.mosnews.com/news/2006/07/13/fsbwarn.shtml Russia Warned of Georgia¹s Planned Offensive in Breakaway South Ossetia Region ‹ FSB Created: 13.07.2006 10:01 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 10:01 MSK MosNews Russia¹s Federal Security Service (FSB) has received a tip about a possible imminent Georgian offensive in the breakaway province of South Ossetia, to coincide with … Read more

Israel imposes Lebanon blockade

2006-07-14 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5175160.stm Israel imposes Lebanon blockade Israel is imposing an air and sea blockade on Lebanon as part of a major offensive after two soldiers were seized by the militant group Hezbollah. Israeli warships have blocked Lebanese ports, and its international airport was closed after Israeli bombing. A Lebanese cabinet … Read more

Israel expands aggression still further

2006-07-14 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13823680/ MSNBC.com Israeli planes strike southern suburb of Beirut Lebanon calls for cease-fire; Ahmadinejad warns against attacking Syria The Associated Press Updated: 10:50 p.m. ET July 13, 2006 BEIRUT, Lebanon – Israel continued its furious military campaign against Lebanon¹s main airport, highways, military bases and other targets Friday, retaliating … Read more

Israel escalates aggression into Lebanon

2006-07-14 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/13/world/middleeast/13mideast.html July 13, 2006 ESCALATION Israelis Enter Lebanon After Attacks By GREG MYRE and STEVEN ERLANGER JERUSALEM, Thursday, July 13 ‹ The Lebanese guerrilla group Hezbollah surprised Israel with a bold daylight assault across the border on Wednesday, leading to fighting in which two Israeli soldiers were captured and … Read more

Global Research: It’s Time to End the “Last Taboo”

2006-07-14 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=LEN20060711&articleId=2722 It’s Time to End the “Last Taboo” and Hold Israel Accountable for Its Actions By Stephen Lendman July 11, 2006 The “Last Taboo” was the title of eminent Palestinian-born writer, scholar and activist Edward Said’s essay written shortly before his death in September, 2003. It was also the … Read more

Chavez predicts the “end of the US empire”

2006-07-14 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.mercopress.com/Detalle.asp?NUM=8314 Chavez predicts the ³end of the US empire² Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said that he will increase support for Cuba and suggested United States prepare ³its own transition plan because this century the American empire will come to an end”. Chavez made his remarks in response to Washington’s … Read more

A Scanner Darkly: the director speaks

2006-07-14 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://infowars.com/articles/media/scanner_darkly_linklater_its_world_were_living_in.htm Linklater On A Scanner Darkly: “It’s The World We’re Living In” Surveillance, war on drugs and terror themes parallel reality Paul Joseph Watson/Prison Planet.com | July 12 2006 Acclaimed director Richard Linklater, also currently turning heads for his comments on the Bush administration, joined GCN radio host Alex … Read more

The Happy Planet Index: an introduction

2006-07-14 Richard Moore ——————————————————– From: “Brian Hill” <•••@••.•••> Subject: The Happy Planet Index Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 17:42:28 -0700 Organization: Institute for Cultural Ecology The Happy Planet Index: an introduction We are accustomed to comparing countires in terms of crude riches or what they trade. Some countries earn, or are given, reputations for music, … Read more

Army to End Exclusive Halliburton Deal

2006-07-12 Richard Moore another sign of anti-neocon counter-revolution? rkm ——————————————————– Original source URL: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/11/AR2006071101459.html Army to End Expansive, Exclusive Halliburton Deal Logistics Contract to Be Open for Bidding By Griff Witte Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, July 12, 2006; A01 The Army is discontinuing a controversial multibillion-dollar deal with oil services giant Halliburton Co. to … Read more

Michael Parenti: The Stolen Election of 2004

2006-07-12 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.zmag.org/sustainers/content/2006-07/03parenti.cfm July 03, 2006 The Stolen Election of 2004 By Michael Parenti The 2004 presidential contest between Democratic challenger Senator John Kerry and the Republican incumbent, President Bush Jr., amounted to another stolen election. This has been well documented by such investigators as Rep. John Conyers, Mark Crispin Miller, … Read more

Bill Thomson: The Gaza Crisis

2006-07-12 Richard Moore ——————————————————– From: Bill Thomson <•••@••.•••> Subject: The Gaza Crisis The crisis in Gaza and throughout the occupied territories continues. The first two items are “ACTION REQUESTED” — please respond. The Israeli implementation of collective punishment (a war crime under the Geneva accords) apparently knows no bounds. In addition to significantly reducing the … Read more

Foreign Affairs: Venezuela: “A Benign Revolution”

2006-07-12 Richard Moore How intriguing that we find this pro-Chavez article in the pages of Foreign Affairs, the mouthpiece of the Council on Foreign Relations. rkm ——————————————————– Original source URL: http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20060701faresponse85417/bernardo-alvarez-herrera/a-benign-revolution.html A Benign Revolution By Bernardo Alvarez Herrera From Foreign Affairs, July/August 2006 In Defense of Hugo Chávez Bernardo Alvarez Herrera In her recently released … Read more

Torture and Presidential Power: Bush Takes a Step Back

2006-07-12 Richard Moore ³The administration has fought tooth and nail for four years to say Common Article 3 does not apply to Al Qaeda,² Mr. Lederman said. ³Having lost that fight, I¹m afraid they¹re now saying, ŒNever mind, we¹ve been in compliance with Article 3 all along.¹ ² We need to keep in mind here … Read more

Congress refuses to rubber-stamp torture

2006-07-12 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2006/07/12/bush_urges_congress_to_ratify_military_tribunals/ Bush urges Congress to ratify military tribunals Judiciary panel vows policy review By Rick Klein, Globe Staff | July 12, 2006 WASHINGTON — Bush administration officials yesterday asked Congress to endorse the special military tribunals established by the president to try prisoners captured in the war on terror, … Read more

A review: Russo’s “America: Freedom to Fascism”

2006-07-12 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2006 10:31:18 -0700 (Pacific Standard Time) From: “marguerite hampton” <•••@••.•••> Subject: Brian Bogart on film “American Freedom to Fascism”. ——-Original Message——- From: Brian Bogart <•••@••.•••> Date: 07/06/06 23:15:16 Subject: Film rave Aaron Russo’s outstanding film, America: Freedom to Fascism, provides the financial background story of my extensive … Read more

UK: Nuclear power plants get go-ahead

2006-07-12 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/5166426.stm Nuclear power plants get go-ahead The go-ahead has been given for a new wave of UK nuclear power stations. Industry secretary Alistair Darling told MPs nuclear power needed to be part of the mix of energy supply for the UK over the next 40 years. The Conservatives say … Read more

Mexico & Bolivia: Results of July 2nd Elections

2006-07-12 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2006 19:26:38 -0700 From: ILC <•••@••.•••> Subject: Mexico & Bolivia: Results of July 2nd Elections International Liaison Committee of Workers & Peoples (ILC) P.O. Box 40009, San Francisco, CA 94140. Tel. (415) 626-1175; fax: (415) 626-1217. To SUB/ UNSUBSCRIBE, contact ILC at <•••@••.•••> website: ILC section in … Read more

Mike Whitney: Is Cheney betting on Economic Collapse?

2006-07-12 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13851.htm NEWS YOU WON’T FIND ON CNN Is Cheney betting on Economic Collapse? By Mike Whitney 07/04/06 “Information Clearing House” — — Wouldn¹t you like to know where Dick Cheney puts his money? Then you¹d know whether his ³deficits don¹t matter² claim is just baloney or not. Well, as … Read more