see article U.S. Widens Terror War to Yemen, a Qaeda Bastion below Source: Glenn Greenwald by Glenn Greenwald December 29, 2009 “In all their alleged allegedness, this Administration has an allergy to the concept of war, and thus to the tools of war, including strategy and war aims” — Supreme Tough Guy Warrior Mark Steyn, National Review, yesterday. “The White [...]

Fuente: La Jornada por Editorial (La Jornada) 29 de diciembre, 2009 A tres días del fallido atentado contra un avión de pasajeros de la línea Northwest Airlines, que cubría el trayecto de Ámsterdam a Detroit, el presidente de Estados Unidos, Barack Obama, dijo que ordenará una investigación para esclarecer por qué Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab –el nigeriano acusado de [...]

Source: Ted Rall Since 9/11, We’ve Embraced Our Inner Coward by Ted Rall December 31, 2009 NEW YORK — Home of the free and the brave. Live free or die. Shoot first; ask questions later. Kill ‘em all, let God sort ‘em out. These were the mottos of a brash, impetuous, audacious-to-a-fault nation. That nation is dead. Once we Americas did [...]

Source: Agence France-Presse December 27, 2009 TEHRAN – Iran’s government cracked down on its opponents Monday, websites said, arresting two outspoken critics as well as several aides to main opposition leaders after eight people died in fierce clashes in Tehran. Opposition website Rahesabz said that Ebrahim Yazdi, who served as foreign minister in the early months of the [...]

Source: Brave New Foundation Director: Robert Greenwald Rethink Afghanistan is a ground-breaking, full-length documentary focusing on the key issues surrounding this war. President Obama has committed 35,000 more troops to Afghanistan. This decision raises serious questions about troops, costs, overall mission, and exit strategy. Historically, it has been Congress’ duty to ask questions in the form of [...]

Source: t r u t h o u t by Marjorie Cohn December 21, 2009 President Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize nine days after he announced he would send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan. His escalation of that war is not what the Nobel committee envisioned when it sought to encourage him to make peace, not war. In [...]

Source: Glenn Greenwald by Glenn Greenwald December 21, 2009 Given what a prominent role “Terrorism” plays in our political discourse, it’s striking how little attention is paid to American actions which have the most significant impact on that problem.  In addition to our occupation of Iraq, war escalation in Afghanistan, and secret bombings in Pakistan, President Obama late [...]

Source: The Guardian US agency co-operating with Palestinian counterparts who allegedly torture Hamas supporters in West Bank by Ian Cobain (in Ramallah) December 17, 2009 Palestinian security agents who have been detaining and allegedly torturing supporters of the Islamist organisation Hamas in the West Bank have been working closely with the CIA, the Guardian has learned. Less than a year [...]

Fuente: IPS Claudia Ciobanu entrevista a Kumi Naidoo, de Greenpeace Internacional COPENHAGUE, 17 dic (IPS/TerraViva) – “El cambio climático es una oportunidad de abordar todos los asuntos de equidad y justicia por los que hemos luchado”, dijo a IPS Kumi Naidoo, director ejecutivo de Greenpeace Internacional. “Y tal vez es por esto que hay tanta resistencia de los [...]

Source: Antiwar Officials: ‘Real Discussion’ of Attacking Quetta by Jason Ditz December 13, 2009 Top US officials say there is a “real discussion” going on right now about launching drone attacks against the Balochistan capital city of Quetta. The comments are the latest in a series of threats against the city, one of Pakistan’s largest.