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More Signs Of Israeli-US Preparations For Attacking Iran
By Peter Symonds
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The visit by US Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Admiral Mike Mullen to Israel yesterday is one more indication that the two countries are actively discussing a military strike on Iran. Mullen’s trip followed news that the Israeli air force carried out a major exercise earlier this month involving 100 fighter jets, backed by midair fuel tankers and rescue helicopters, flying some 1,500 kilometres westward over the Mediterranean Sea—roughly the same distance as eastward from Israel to Iran’s nuclear facilities
Preparing The Battlefield
By Seymour M. Hersh
www.countercurrents.org/hersh290608.htm
The Bush Administration steps up its secret moves against Iran
Iran In The Crosshairs: As Fears Of An Air Strike Increase,Little Opposition Is Heard
By Ira Glunts
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This lack of articulated opposition to military action against Iran, especially by members of the Democratic party and their supporters, increase the chances that the Bush/Cheney administration will widen the war in the Middle East either directly or by using Israel as a proxy
Real Journalists Don’t Make $5 Million A Year
By Chris Hedges
www.countercurrents.org/hedges290608.htm
Unlike the media’s Brokaws and Blitzers, real journalists don’t have cozy relationships with the powerful. Real journalists are feared
Obama: Walking A Thin Line
By Timothy V. Gatto
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One can only surmise the intentions of both Obama and McCain. Saber-rattling and posturing towards attacking Iran would seem to be counter-productive to reaching the 70% of the voters that cast their votes in November. If both candidates don’t care about alienating this 70% than there must be a good reason, the facts behind their behavior are fairly obvious, that is, if one simply follows the money
The Audacity Of Arrogance
By Joel S. Hirschhorn
www.countercurrents.org/joel290608.htm
Let’s start the revolution by not voting for either the Democratic or Republican presidential candidate, but instead voting for an independent or third party candidate. I recommend Ralph Nader, whose integrity and populist policy positions truly support we the people
Senate Overwhelmingly Approves Bill To Fund Iraq War Until Mid-2009
By Jason Leopold
www.countercurrents.org/leopold290608.htm
The Senate overwhelmingly passed a $162 billion emergency spending bill late Thursday to continue funding the occupation of Iraq and the war in Afghanistan well into 2009, without a timetable for withdrawing U.S. troops
Turkey Beyond Kemalism
By Mir Adnan Aziz
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The generals today see Mr. Gul and his party as a threat to their hallowed status. The Turkish President is commander in chief and has a veto power. No wonder the generals, still cocooned in the fading Kemalist legacy, refused to visit the presidential palace as Mr. Gul’s wife wears a headscarf
Silent Emergence Of Hindu Terrorism
By Subhash Gatade
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What is common between Kathmandu – the capital of Nepal ; Thane, Vashi which happen to lie in Maharashtra; Tenkasi, which is part of Tamilnadu and Indore, which lies in Madhya Pradesh? Aprops there seem to be no commonality, although a close look at stray sounding incidents in these places brings forth a pattern which has serious import for the manner in which (non-state) terrorism is viewed in this country. It is disturbing that media which calls itself ‘watchdog of democracy’ and which has no qualms in stigmatising the minority community on unfounded allegations of ‘terrorist acts’ has suddenly gone mute since the perpetrators of terrorist acts in all these cases belong to the majority community
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