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by David Swanson
Congressman Jerrold Nadler, Chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties, said today that there is no question that the warrantless wiretaping engaged in by the Bush Administration is a felony offense and that the President and Attorney General engaged in a criminal conspiracy worse than Watergate. Nadler was referring not to the mysterious program that the Acting Attorney General refused to support, but rather to the (…)

Recent trends in military expenditure
World military expenditure in 2006 is estimated at $1204 billion in current prices. This represents an increase of 3.5 per cent in real terms since 2005 and of 37 per cent over the 10-year period since 1997. Average spending per capita has increased from $173 in 2005 to $177 in 2006 at constant (2005) prices and exchange rates and to $184 at current prices.
World military expenditure is extremely unevenly distributed. In 2006 the 15 countries with (…)

by Stephen Lendman
She’s at it again on the Journal’s editorial page in her June 4 article called "The Young and the Restless," subtitled "Is this the beginning of the end for Hugo Chavez?" The writer is self-styled Latin American expert Mary Anastasia O’Grady always getting top grades in vilification and disinformation but failing ones on regional knowledge and legitimate journalism.
This time she may have overstepped. Her article wreaks with disinformation, outright lies, and most (…)

Washington and Israel discuss possible war against Syria
By Chris Marsden
Global Research, June 9, 2007 World Socialist Web Site
The Bush administration has used discussions between Israeli Transportation Minister and former Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Under Secretary of State Nicholas Burns to insist that there should be no talks between Israel and Syria.
State Department spokesman Sean McCormack told reporters Wednesday June 6, “We’re (…)

First Strike against Russia: The Real Danger behind US ABM Deployment in Eastern Europe
By Chimes of Freedom
Global Research, June 11, 2007 Chimes of Freedom
"These European ABMs are an adjunct to the longstanding US policy of nuclear first strike against Russia, ..." (Professor Francis Boyle, Global Research, June 2007)
Recent disinformation by the western media about Russia starting a new Cold War not only masks the threat of a US Anti-Ballistic Missile shield deployment but, as (…)

by Brian McAfee
The most recent AP report on U.S. casualties in Afghan war indicates that the deaths now stand at 333 (as of June 7). The civilian casualties in Afghanistan from January of this year through June have been reported to be from 320 to 380 killed. May, a particularly deadly month for Afghan civilians, saw an equal number of deaths from U.S. or NATO forces and the Taliban. It was reported that "They include about 135 killed by U.S. or NATO action, a figure that could also (…)

By Jason Miller
Each day untold millions of US Americans unwittingly immerse themselves in an intellectual, social, cultural, economic, political and spiritual cesspool so rancid and toxic that even microbes with the most voracious appetites for human waste, vomit, and inanimate flesh would shun this infinitely repulsive sewer.
Many highly qualified and intelligent researchers, analysts, and authors have written books, essays, and reports documenting the astounding multitude and variety (…)

by David R. Hoffman
Perhaps the most ironic thing about modern day America is the realization that, even though the nation was created through revolution, talk of revolution is almost nonexistent. This is perplexing, particularly since many of the conditions that fueled revolutionary rhetoric during the Nixon era of the late 1960s and early 1970s have reappeared today.
During Nixon’s presidency America was mired in Vietnam—fighting a war on foreign soil that was fabricated on nothing but (…)

Recent disinformation by the western media about Russia starting a new Cold War not only masks the threat of a US Anti-Ballistic Missile shield deployment but, as always, projects the blame on the victim, Russia.
The US missile shield must be understood in the context of its geo-strategic nuclear deployment. Far from being defensive, its ultimate purpose is to obtain such an unassailable advantage over any other nuclear power as to be able to threaten any would-be opponent with nuclear (…)

Upon the invitation of the Palestinian People’s Party (PPP) & the Israeli Communist Party (ICP), an international conference was held in East Jerusalem during the period 02 - 04 June 2007, to mark the 40th anniversary of the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories, and the 60th anniversary of the 1947 UN Partition Plan.
Twenty five international delegations and member of parliaments attended the conference from 12 countries throughout the world: Norway, Italy, (…)