Global Warming and Climate Wars

“About 2 years ago I noticed that the military in various countries, and especially in the Pentagon, were beginning to take climate change seriously. Now, it’s the business of the military to find new security threats. It’s also in their own self-interest, since they need a constant supply of threats in order to justify their demands on the taxpayers’ money, so you should always take the new threats that the soldiers discover with a grain of salt. You know, never ask the barber whether you need a haircut.

But I did start to look into this idea that global warming could lead to wars. It turned into a year-long trek talking to scientists, soldiers and politicians in a dozen different countries. I have come back from that trip seriously worried, and there are four things I learned that I think you ought to know.”

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Wikileaks cracks NATO’s Master Narrative for Afghanistan

Wikileaks has cracked the encryption to a key document relating to the war in Afghanistan. The document, titled “NATO in Afghanistan: Master Narrative”, details the “story” NATO representatives are to give to, and to avoid giving to, journalists.

The encrypted document, which is dated October 6, and believed to be current, can be found on the Pentagon Central Command (CENTCOM) website oneteam.centcom.mil. [UPDATE: Fri Feb 27 15:18:38 GMT 2009, the entire Pentagon site is now down--probably in response to this editorial, parts of the site can still be seen in google's cache]

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Mossad Link Found to One of Key 9-11 Hijackers

A NEW ISRAELI CONNECTION to the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001 has recently been unveiled. Buried in a New York Times story on Feb. 19 was the eye-opening revelation that a Lebanese Muslim Arab who has been taken into custody by the Lebanon—which has accused him of being a spy for some 25 years for Israeli intelligence—just happens to be a cousin of one of the Muslims alleged to have been one of the 9-11 hijackers.

Although Ali al-Jarrah was—publicly—an outspoken proponent of the Palestinian cause, it now turns out that he was actually working as a paid asset of the Mossad for more than two decades, betraying his own nation and conducting spying operations against Palestinian groups and the pro-Palestinian party Hezbollah.

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The Silence of the Liberals
As Obama launches “war on terrorism” II

I see that the Pentagon has reversed its old policy of refusing to allow photographs of those flag-draped coffins as our dead soldiers return from the battlefield. One wonders, however, how much interest there will be in taking and publishing such photos now that President Barack Obama is in office. One also wonders how long it will take the media to acknowledge the new quagmire we’re sinking into if and when the numbers of casualties start increasing – as they are sure to do.

After all, Obama’s war is going to be taking place on a much larger, more difficult canvas than that of his predecessor’s, which was confined in large part to Iraq. All of Afghanistan will soon be teeming with newly-arrived US soldiers, sent there – direct from Iraq – to fulfill the President’s pledge to start fighting the “right war” in the right way, a “smart” way. Oh, these guys (and gals) are the Best and the Brightest, alright, aren’t they?

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The Good Empire

An excellent five-video series of a Russian documentary on what drives US foreign policy and how the CIA is used as a weapon globally to destabilize and destroy governments that do not serve US interests.

It observes that the overthrow of Iranian Premier, Mossadeq, was the mother of all CIA-instigated ‘color revolutions’ leading all the way to Georgia and the Ukraine.

Highly recommended.

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The Totalitarianizing of Britain: Now, Senior Police Officers are trying to frighten People off protesting about Climate Change

Hartshorn is one of several senior officers who have, in the past months, attempted to frighten people into not protesting about climate change.

The police are supposed to operate on evidence, not on febrile imaginations. Hartshorn’s comments are yet more evidence, as former MI5 head Stella Rimington put it, that people in the UK are made to feel that they “live in fear and under a police state”. The 1 April protest will be about carbon markets, taking climate change seriously and, it seems, democracy itself.

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Who are the Real Criminals?

As our civil liberties are eroded and ordinary citizens become criminals, we let the real criminals of the moment walk free. Earlier this month, Washington’s new director of national intelligence, retired Admiral Dennis Blair, testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee.

He warned that the deepening economic crisis posed perhaps our gravest threat to stability and national security than Al-Qaeda or the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. The real terrorists are not those who organise humanitarian trips to Gaza, but are the bankers from Wall Street and the city of London whose recklessness has plunged the western world into its greatest depression for a hundred years.

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War Crimes and being on the Wrong Side of History

By refusing to publish the Cabinet Minutes prior to the 2003 attack on Iraq, The UK’s Justice Minister, Jack Straw, as good as admitted the Cabinet’s culpability in an illegal, international war crime.

But war crimes, it turns out, are only committed by the West’s political enemies. It is simply impossible that the upholders of freedom and democracy could ever be war criminals! The following article, Wrong Side of History, illustrates the western media’s collusion in propagating this monstrous lie:

“It is now widely understood that the media on both sides of the Atlantic completely failed to hold governments to account in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq.”

“Less talked about is the mainstream media’s subsequent failure to accurately report on the continuing occupation of Iraq – in particular, the large, violent resistance that sprang up after the initial US-British assault in March 2003.”

“The reason we find it so difficult to accept is because we are the bad guys this time. We have caused all this pain and suffering.”

“If you go back to the Nuremberg principles, to commit aggressive war is the supreme crime. And what we did in Iraq is we committed aggressive war.

“Britain is as guilty as the United States. We are on the wrong side of history.”

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Coming Soon– Riots in America?

The Guardian reports that “Britain is preparing for a summer of rage.” Has President Obama failed to reinstate Posse Comitatus because he is expecting and preparing for riots in the USA?

I just spoke to a friend who knows someone who is trying to get out of the military because they are training returning troops for riot control to take over US cities and he doesn’t want to be a soldier dealing with US citizens.

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The Fifth Annual Israeli Apartheid Week March 1 – 8, 2009

Mark your calendars – the 5th Annual Israeli Apartheid Week will take place across the globe from March 1-8, 2009!

First launched in Toronto in 2005, IAW has grown to become one of the most important global events in the Palestine solidarity calendar. Last year, more than 25 cities around the world participated in the week’s activities, which also commemorated 60 years since the expulsion of the Palestinian people from their homes and land in 1947-1948. IAW 2008 was launched with a live broadcast from the South African township of Soweto by Palestinian leader and former member of the Israeli Knesset, Azmi Bishara.

This year, IAW occurs in the wake of Israel’s barbaric assault against the people of Gaza. Lectures, films, and actions will make the point that these latest massacres further confirm the true nature of Israeli Apartheid. IAW 2009 will continue to build and strengthen the growing Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement at a global level.

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