Pressed by U.S., European Banks Limit Iran Deals

2006-05-22 Richard Moore One more way to encourage a closer alliance between Iran, Russia, and China. rkm ——————————————————– Original source URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/22/world/middleeast/22iran.html May 22, 2006 Pressed by U.S., European Banks Limit Iran Deals By STEVEN R. WEISMAN WASHINGTON, May 21 ‹ Prodded by the United States with threats of fines and lost business, four of … Read more

What Can You Believe About Bird Flu?

2006-05-22 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.i-sis.org.uk/WCYBABF.php SIS Press Release 18/05/06 What Can You Believe About Bird Flu? Dr. Mae-Wan Ho looks behind the propaganda and expert pronouncements that frighten you and give false reassurance in turn A fully referenced version of this article is posted on ISIS members¹ website. Details here Is the bird … Read more

US spells out [contingency] plan to bomb Iran

2006-05-22 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/62043.html US spells out plan to bomb Iran IAN BRUCE, Defence Correspondent May 16 2006 THE US is updating contingency plans for a non-nuclear strike to cripple Iran’s atomic weapon programme if international diplomacy fails, Pentagon sources have confirmed. Strategists are understood to have presented two options for pinpoint … Read more

US, ISRAEL OPERATE IN IRAN

2006-05-22 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m23360 US, ISRAEL OPERATE IN IRAN COVERT FORCES IN IRAN TRAINING KURDISH REBELS Richard Walker May 17, 2006 Behind the increasingly shrill rhetoric and saber rattling over Iran¹s nuclear ambitions America and Israel are engaged in a secret war against Iran that has echoes of the years when the … Read more

UK: Soldiers to get life in jail for refusing to act as occupiers

2006-05-22 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://news.scotsman.com/uk.cfm?id=742682006 Fri 19 May 2006 Soldiers to get life in jail for refusing to act as occupiers GERRI PEEV POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT SOLDIERS who object to taking part in a military occupation of a foreign country will face life in prison under measures due to be rubber-stamped in the House … Read more

‘Peak Oil’? … What about ‘Peak Food’ ?!

2006-05-22 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=33268 Inter Press Service News Agency Monday, May 22, 2006 10:05 GMT POPULATION: Global Food Supply Near the Breaking Point Stephen Leahy BROOKLIN, Canada, May 17 (IPS) – The world is now eating more food than farmers grow, pushing global grain stocks to their lowest level in 30 years. … Read more

Israeli general warns of proliferation

2006-05-22 Richard Moore A hopeful sign: But, he said, Israel will not take the lead in striking Iranian targets, as it did by bombing an Iraqi nuclear installation 25 years ago. Quite ironic that Israel, with hundreds of nuclear weapons, would condemn ‘proliferation’. rkm ——————————————————– Original source URL: http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1148077815559&call_pageid=968332188854&col=968350060724 West urged to halt Iran Israeli … Read more

Greg Palast – new book – ARMED MADHOUSE

2006-05-22 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 17:17:06 -0400 (EDT) From: Greg Palast <•••@••.•••> To: •••@••.••• Subject: Armed Madhouse ARMED MADHOUSE Thursday, April 27, 2006 For the past two years, I’ve nearly disappeared from BBC Television screens and from newspapers so my team could focus on our most important investigation yet. I’ve put … Read more

William Bowles on Mercenaries

2006-05-22 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.williambowles.info/ini/ini-0266.html The curious case of Colonel Tim Spicer: Tony Blair’s pet bulldog Tim Spicer (right) is an ex-soldier from the Scots Guards, an elite unit of the British Army, a veteran of Northern Ireland (where he got his OBE) and the Falklands, and he also served in Bosnia-Herzegovina in … Read more

William Blum: The Anti-Empire Report – May 21, 2006

2006-05-22 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://members.aol.com/bblum6/aer33.htm The Anti-Empire Report Some things you need to know before the world ends May 21, 2006 by William Blum “Come Out of the White House with Your Hands Up!” “I used to be called brother, John, Daddy, uncle, friend,” John Allen Muhammad said at his trial in Maryland … Read more

Monsanto files patent for new invention: the pig

2006-05-22 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.greenpeace.org/international/news/monsanto-pig-patent-111 Monsanto files patent for new invention: the pig Greenpeace researcher uncovers chilling patent plans 02 August 2005 The Earth is flat, pigs were invented by Monsanto, and genetically modified organisms are safe. Right. GENEVA, Switzerland ‹ It’s official. Monsanto Corporation is out to own the world’s food supply, … Read more

Gregory F. Fegel: The Godfather USA

2006-05-22 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://english.pravda.ru/opinion/columnists/79790-fascism-0 The Godfather USA 03.05.2006 To be an American citizen is very much like being the child of a wealthy and unscrupulous criminal ‘Godfather,’ who appears to be kind and generous to his own children at home, but is unflinchingly treacherous and murderous in conducting his family business, which … Read more

Brzezinski on Iran: “Been there, done that”

2006-05-22 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-op-brzezinski23apr23,0,3700317.story?coll=la-news-comment-opinions From the Los Angeles Times Been there, done that Talk of a U.S. strike on Iran is eerily reminiscent of the run-up to the Iraq war. By Zbigniew Brzezinski Zbigniew Brzezinski was national security advisor to President Carter from 1977 to 1981. April 23, 2006 IRAN’S ANNOUNCEMENT that … Read more

An Interview with John Dean

2006-05-22 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://progressive.org/mag_wx052006 An Interview with John Dean By Matthew Rothschild May 20, 2006 Here is a transcript of an interview with John Dean of Watergate fame. Dean was Nixon¹s White House counsel for three years and then testified again him. He is the author, most recently, of ³Worse than Watergate: … Read more

* Testimony from a former U.S. Army Ranger *

2006-05-22 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Date: Sun, 21 May 2006 14:46:45 -0600 To: •••@••.••• From: •••@••.••• Subject: Iraq Dispatches: Testimony from a former U.S. Army Ranger ** Dahr Jamail’s Iraq Dispatches ** ** Visit the Dahr Jamail Iraq website http://dahrjamailiraq.com ** ** Website by http://jeffpflueger.com ** Jessie Macbeth, a Former Army Ranger and Iraq War Veteran … Read more

Scorpion Venom a New Weapon in Fighting Cancer

2006-05-21 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.tierramerica.net/2001/0819/iacentos.shtml Scorpion Venom a New Weapon in Fighting Cancer By Dalia Acosta * The ‘medication’ produced from this unique source is registered under the name Escoazul at the Cuban Office of Industrial Property, but it remains to be seen how it will be marketed because clinical trials are still … Read more

Bulgaria OKs 3 bases for U.S. troops

2006-05-21 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.washingtontimes.com/world/20060424-121528-1841r.htm The Washington Times www.washingtontimes.com Bulgaria OKs 3 bases for U.S. troops By Nicholas Kralev THE WASHINGTON TIMES Published April 24, 2006 Advertisement Bulgaria has agreed to open three military bases to permanent use by 2,500 U.S. troops who would be available for combat in the Middle East and … Read more

CBS News: A Spy Speaks Out

2006-05-21 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/04/21/60minutes/main1527749.shtml A Spy Speaks Out April 23, 2006 (CBS) When no weapons of mass destruction surfaced in Iraq, President Bush insisted that all those WMD claims before the war were the result of faulty intelligence. But a former top CIA official, Tyler Drumheller ‹ a 26-year veteran of the … Read more

Army Suicides Hit Highest Level Since ’93

2006-05-21 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/042206C.shtml Army Suicides Hit Highest Level Since ’93 By Lolita C. Baldor The Associated Press Saturday 22 April 2006 Washington – The number of US Army soldiers who took their own lives increased last year to the highest total since 1993, despite a growing effort by the Army to … Read more

Michael T. Klare: Containing China

2006-05-21 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.antiwar.com/engelhardt/?articleid=8873 April 19, 2006 Containing China by Michael T. Klare Slowly but surely, the grand strategy of the Bush administration is being revealed. It is not aimed primarily at the defeat of global terrorism, the incapacitation of rogue states, or the spread of democracy in the Middle East. These … Read more

Russian bombers flew undetected across Arctic – AF commander

2006-05-21 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/russia/2006/russia-060422-rianovosti01.htm Russian bombers flew undetected across Arctic – AF commander RIA Novosti 22/04/2006 13:40 MOSCOW, April 22 (RIA Novosti) – Russian military planes flew undetected through the U.S. zone of the Arctic Ocean to Canada during recent military exercises, a senior Air Force commander said Saturday. The commander of … Read more

Pentagon to Rely on Special Operations

2006-05-21 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/22/AR2006042201124_pf.html New Plans Foresee Fighting Terrorism Beyond War Zones Pentagon to Rely on Special Operations By Ann Scott Tyson Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, April 23, 2006; A01 Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld has approved the military’s most ambitious plan yet to fight terrorism around the world and retaliate … Read more

Official description: HAARP

2006-05-21 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.darpa.mil/ucar/programs/haarp.htm High Frequency Active Auroral Research Project (HAARP) Program Manager: Dr. Sheldon Meth Overview The High Frequency Active Auroral Research Project (HAARP) developed new experimental research capabilities and conducted research programs to exploit emerging ionosphere and radio science technologies related to advanced defense applications. The FY 1990 Appropriation Act … Read more

CIA Holds Terror Suspects in Secret Prisons

2006-05-21 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/01/AR2005110101644.html CIA Holds Terror Suspects in Secret Prisons Debate Is Growing Within Agency About Legality and Morality of Overseas System Set Up After 9/11 By Dana Priest Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, November 2, 2005; A01 The CIA has been hiding and interrogating some of its most important al … Read more

Former German Minister Says Building 7 Used To Run 9/11 Attack

2006-05-21 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://prisonplanet.com/articles/april2006/210406runattack.htm Former German Minister Says Building 7 Used To Run 9/11 Attack Guide the planes in, then destroy the crime scene Paul Joseph Watson & Alex Jones/Prison Planet.com | April 21 2006 Former Helmut Schmidt cabinet member, 25-year German Parliamentarian and global intelligence expert Andreas Von Bülow says that … Read more

An Open Letter to the Class of 2006

2006-05-20 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 21:52:21 -0700 Subject: To the Class of 2006 from Coach Moore From: Liz Burbank <> http://civillibertarian.blogspot.com/2006/05/open-letter-to-class-of-2006.html An Open Letter to the Class of 2006 by Paul Moore 5/8/06 You are about to graduate from Miami Carol City High School and no matter what your score on … Read more

Reader dialog, 18 April…

2006-05-18 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Date: Thu, 4 May 2006 11:32:09 +0200 (W. Europe Standard Time) From: “Earl” To: <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: What do you think is going on? Richard, Another interesting article, although I’m unsure of the source. http://wakeupfromyourslumber.blogspot.com/2006/05/us-dollar-gets-flushed-down-world.html Earl ———- Thanks Earl, Here’s the lead paragraph from that URL: U.S. currency was called “unreliable … Read more

Vladimir Putin’s State-of-the-Nation Address

2006-05-12 Richard Moore Friends, This is a very long speech but I found myself wanting to read to the end. Perhaps some of you will as well. What strikes me most is the candor. So different than speeches by Western leaders, where the only truth lies between the lines. One is reminded here of the … Read more

Engdahl: USA’s “geopolitical nightmare”

2006-05-10 Richard Moore USA’s ‘geopolitical nightmare’ and Eurasian strategic energy arrangements By F. William Engdahl, author of ‘A Century of War: Anglo-American Oil Politics and the New World Order,’ Pluto Press Ltd. He may be contacted at, http://www.engdahl.oilgeopolitics.net. Part I: The disintegration of the Bush Presidency By drawing attention to Iraq and the obvious role … Read more

John Pilger on Iraq: the Salvador Option

2006-05-05 Richard Moore “The American public is being prepared. If the attack on Iran does come, there will be no warning, no declaration of war, no truth.” ——————————————————– http://www.newstatesman.com/200605080016 John Pilger detects the Salvador Option John Pilger Monday 8th May 2006 The lifts in the New York Hilton played CNN on a small screen you … Read more

re: What do you think is going on?

2006-05-04 Richard Moore Friends, Wow! So many responses. It seems lots of folks have been thinking about these same questions, and have some savvy insights to offer. rkm ——————————————————– Date: Wed, 03 May 2006 07:32:42 -0700 From: marc bombois <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: What do you think is going on? To: •••@••.••• It’s also possible that … Read more

What do you think is going on?

2006-05-03 Richard Moore Will the US attack Iran? Is Bush on the way out? These two questions are related and neither is easy to answer. Perhaps those of you exposed daily to the US media might have more of a clue than I do. It seems I do need a weatherman to tell which way … Read more

William Bowles: Analysis of anti-Iran propaganda

2006-04-25 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 14:46:08 +0200 To: •••@••.••• From: InI Newsletter <•••@••.•••> Subject: Ini Newsletter #35 – 25/4/06 X-YMLPcode: liamini+40+143 <http://www.williambowles.info>InvestigatingNewImperialism Newsletter #35 <http://www.williambowles.info/ini.xml>RSS Feed – Hand-crafted version updated when I get around to it <http://www.feedfire.com/site/rss.cgi?ChanContentId=001779%0D>RS Feed – Automated version updated every hour but not as informative Tuesday, April 25, … Read more

A Worst-case Scenario for the New American Century

2006-04-25 Richard Moore ________________________________________ The “Assassin’s Mace”: A Worst-case Scenario for the New American Century By Victor N. Corpus Asian Times (March 30, 2006) Why worst case? Because of hard lessons from history ‘ – ‘ that’s why. The Romans did not consider the worst case scenario when Hannibal crossed the Alps with his elephants … Read more

Bush Impeachment – The Illinois State Legislature is Preparing to Drop a Bombshell

2006-04-25 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_steven_l_060422_bush_impeachment___t.htm OpEdNews.com April 22, 2006 Bush Impeachment – The Illinois State Legislature is Preparing to Drop a Bombshell Utilizing a little known rule of the US House to bring Impeachment charges By Steven Leser The Illinois General Assembly is about to rock the nation. Members of state legislatures are … Read more

Correction, re: “thirteen families effectively control the central banks”

2006-04-24 Richard Moore re/ 14 Apr 2006 thirteen families effectively control the central banks http://cyberjournal.org/show_archives/?id=1107&lists=newslog ——————————————————– From: “William Engdahl” <> To: <•••@••.•••> Subject: RE: weekend dialog Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 12:42:55 +0200 Richard, A caveat to your posting of 8 families… The list I have seen before on various websites. The difficulty is that … Read more

weekend dialog

2006-04-23 Richard Moore _______________________________ From: “John Graversgaard” <•••@••.•••> To: <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: Escaping the Matrix: The Red Pill Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 01:05:51 +0100 Thanks for the good thoughts, good for a seeking mind. Try also to learn from the development in Mexico..I just talked to a friend coming back from Mexico, where a … Read more

Fidel & Chavez: a dramatic rescue

2006-04-21 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.progresoweekly.com/index.php?progreso=Ignacio_Ramonet&otherweek=1145509200 Fidel ordered Chavez’s ‘rescue’ “They attempted to execute Chavez but the firing squad refused to shoot” By Ignacio Ramonet In the book “Fidel Castro, a two-voiced biography,” published by the Debate Publishing House, the Cuban president told Ignacio Ramonet information not previously released about the events of April … Read more

Welcome To The World Of Synthetic Terror

2006-04-21 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://www.rense.com/general70/synth.htm Welcome To The World Of Synthetic Terror From Henry Makow 4-12-6 The following SPINE press release was sent yesterday to the editors of over 1,000 American newspapers… April 5th, 2006 ( Physics911.net) – The evidence is in, the analyses have been made, and conclusions have been drawn by … Read more

Chavez reducing oil export share to USA

2006-04-21 Richard Moore Original source URL: http://vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=54315 Oil & Gas Published: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 Bylined to: Dr. Joe Duarte Chavez taking decisive steps to turn off oil taps to the United States of America RigZone.com (Dr. Joe Duarte): Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez is taking decisive steps to turn off the oil taps to the … Read more