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Sixty-Third Anniversary Of USA Terrorism
By Eileen Fleming
www.countercurrents.org/fleming060808.htm
This August 6th and 9th marks the 63rd anniversary of the most brutal act of terrorism upon innocent people; America’s atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the time is now to shed some light upon it
Oil Giants Report Massive Profits
By Shannon Jones
www.countercurrents.org/jones060808.htm
Profits for the major multi-national petroleum producers surged in the second quarter of 2008 boosted by record oil prices. Leading the way were ExxonMobil and Royal Dutch Shell, which netted over $10 billion apiece
Inflation And The New World Order
By Richard C. Cook
www.countercurrents.org/cook060808.htm
Are we seeing the totalitarian dictatorship of the world’s financial elite being rolled out, with petroleum and food prices the primary weapon of a final coup d’etát against every national government on earth and their citizens? And if we knew who these “high-end investors” were, and who controlled them, wouldn’t we then understand who is in charge of the New World Order and for whom it really functions?
Obama And The Empire
By William Blum
www.countercurrents.org/blum060808.htm
I’m afraid that if Barack Obama becomes president he’s going to break a lot of young hearts. And some older ones as well
Shifts And Faultlines In The World Economy
And Great Power Rivalry: What Is Happening And
What It Might Mean- Part III
The European Union As A Potential Rival
To U.S. Dominance
By Raymond Lotta
www.countercurrents.org/lotta060808.htm
The EU may find itself torn between those within its imperialist ruling classes calling for a more robust European military capacity and those that still want to rely on the NATO alliance. The pathways towards a greater or lesser EU international geopolitical role would be profoundly influenced by a major move by China to wrench more initiative in the world economy and/or to forge closer alliance with Russia
The ‘Security Vacuum’ In Jerusalem
By Nicola Nasser
www.countercurrents.org/nasser060808.htm
Both “lone” attacks and an earlier bloody one on a Jewish seminary in March were used by Israeli officials to whip up a mounting internal and external campaign of incitement and hatred against the native Palestinian Jerusalemites, which led Martin Sieff, a conservative defense industry editor for United Press International to stretch the exaggeration out of proportion to write on August 6 that, “A new front in the global war on terror has opened up” in Jerusalem
Olmert’s Departure: The Perfect Alibi
By Hasan Abu Nimah
www.countercurrents.org/abunimah060808.htm
Olmert is not Rabin and Annapolis was not Oslo. While Rabin paid with his life for even appearing to challenge Israeli Jewish supremacy, Olmert is paying only with his job and his perks. On the other side, the Palestinian “partner” does not reach the mythical status of Yasser Arafat. So we have diminished myths for diminished characters and probably these myths will have a diminished life-span as the mythmakers struggle to hold back the tide of cruel reality that threatens to wash them away
New Operation Gets Surprise Support
By Ahmed Ali & Dahr Jamail
www.countercurrents.org/jamail060808.htm
A massive military operation in Diyala province has underscored the military and political gains by the Sahwa militia, despite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s earlier attempts to thwart them. Maliki has now apparently come around to involving the Sahwa rather than opposing them
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