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Consequences: Foreign Policy or Foreign Fantasy

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Bhutto was key to US plan
Benazir Bhutto was central to American hopes of broadening out Pakistan’s government from the figure of General Musharraf. Washington helped engineer the political deal that saw her return and now it has seen that lead to disaster, with the loss of one of the key figures [...]

Saber Rattling Gets Louder With Consequences

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Iran says documents show U.S. backing “terrorists”
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran has access to evidence of U.S. support for terrorist groups in the Middle East, a senior Iranian official was quoted as saying on Sunday.
U.S. imposes new sanctions on Iran‘s military
Petraeus steps up accusations against Iran
Petraeus says Iran stoking Iraq violence
Iraq official says [...]

Freedom Of Information Act – US Black Ops Then And Now

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U.S. Weighed Radioactive Poisons

Cold War Papers on Potential Assassination Methods Unveiled
Early in the Cold War, the U.S. Army explored the potential for using radioactive poisons to assassinate “important individuals” such as military or civilian leaders, according to newly declassified documents.
Approved at the highest levels of the Army in 1948, the effort was a [...]

Profits Of War Buy Survival For The Few – Blackwater First

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Blackwater ‘arms smuggling probe’
Security Firm Faces Criminal Charges in Iraq
Feds Target Blackwater in Weapons Probe

Ever wonder why it’s so important, to the war profiteers, to sponge up so much money with the blood? I have a theory.
These profiteers are not stupid enough to think their money will really buy security in the [...]

Israel, Syria, North Korea – Nukes, Real or Imagined

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On Thursday The Washington Post reported that Intelligence gathered by the United States over the past six months points to possible cooperation between North Korea and Damascus on building a nuclear facility on Syrian land.
The report said the evidence for the claim came primarily from Israel, including satellite images that led US [...]

Five Armies Fighting for the Same Iraq, Against Each Other

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Al Jazeera in depth research into Iraq’s many armies: Four years ago the fighting in Iraq was just beginning. The armed group al-Qaeda in Iraq did not even exist and Sunni and Shia groups were working together against the US-led forces.
Three years ago, sectarian divisions escalated into a battle some believe [...]

The Terror Presidency – Presents Cheney In All His Gory

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New Book Details Cheney Lawyer’s Efforts to Expand Executive Power

By Dan Eggen and Peter Baker Washington Post Staff Writers
Vice President Cheney’s top lawyer pushed relentlessly to expand the powers of the executive branch and repeatedly derailed efforts to obtain congressional approval for aggressive anti-terrorism policies for fear that even a Republican [...]

Nightmare of Bush War Games – Curtain Call For Iran

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Will President Bush bomb Iran?
In a nondescript room, two blocks from the American Capitol building, a group of Bush administration staffers is gathered to consider the gravest threat their government has faced this century: the testing of a nuclear weapon by Iran.
Nightmare scenario

The [...]

Bush Wants To Listen And Watch Our Every Word

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Bush urges Congress to pass wiretap bill
Lawmakers hustle to act before recess
By Charlie Savage, Globe Staff  |  August 3, 2007
WASHINGTON — Congress is rushing to expand the military’s authority to wiretap phone calls and e-mails on US soil. The Bush administration, warning that terrorists may soon attack again, is pressuring lawmakers to approve the legislation [...]

Following The Yellow Brick Road Makes Enemies Stronger

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The Pashtun time bomb
The alarming growth of Al Qaeda and the Taliban in the Pashtun tribal region of northwest Pakistan and southern Afghanistan is usually attributed to the popularity of their messianic brand of Islam and to covert help from Pakistani intelligence agencies.
But another, more ominous reason also explains their success: their symbiotic relationship with [...]

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