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9/11 and America’s secret terror campaign

Given our historical understanding of al-Qaeda as a “database” of intelligence assets, which were recruited to fight the Afghan-Soviet war, and our more recent understanding of the relationships between the U.S. and other Western intelligence agencies historically and presently to these groups and individuals, does it not seem plausible that the operation of al-Qaeda as a covert branch of U.S. policy has continued?

Certainly, more research needs to be undertaken, but what is clear is that any and all official investigations thus far have been nothing but concocted lies: that is, willful and intended deception, designed to hide the truth, not reveal it.

It is also within this context, of understanding the deep nexus of intelligence and terrorism in international relations and imperial stratagems (that is, strategic deception), that we must view the rise, role, evolution and purpose of the “Global War on Terror,” now in its 9th year, spending trillions to send poor Americans to kill poor Muslims in nations across the Middle East, Africa, and Central and South Asia.

Mideast talks a cover for US war preparations

The opening round of talks between Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas has made it clear that Washington’s real aim is to legitimise the support of the Arab states for a future military onslaught against Iran.

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Who pays for the loss of life in Iran?

Since the victory of Iran's Islamic Revolution in 1979 which toppled the U.S.-backed regime of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Iran has been facing with devastating and agonizing financial sanctions of the United States and its European allies. The most inequitable and unreasonable sanctions against Iran were those which would were endorsed in 1995 and disallowed the aviation companies around the world to sell aircrafts and repair parts to the Iranian airlines directly. Iran has experienced several deadly air accidents in which hundreds of innocent civilians lost their lives. The United States has failed to dictate its political will to Iran and resorts to this failure as a pretext for punishing its people.

Imperial anatomy of Al-Qaeda:CIA’s drug-running terrorists & the “Arc of Crisis”

As the 9th anniversary of 9/11 nears, and the war on terror continues to be waged and grows in ferocity and geography, it seems all the more imperative to return to the events of that fateful September morning and re-examine the reasons for war and the nature of the stated culprit, Al-Qaeda.

The End of the World As We Know it? ... and the rise of the Post-Carbon era ...

Only 500 generations ago, hunter-gatherers began cultivating crops and forming their tiny communities into social hierarchies. Around 15 to 20 generations ago, industrial capitalism erupted on a global scale.

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Michael Parenti: Deep Ideology and Conspiracy

Attached is a audio version of a talk given by Michael Parenti in May 2010 at the Understanding Deep Politics Conference held in Santa Cruz,

http://understandingdeeppolitics.org/conference-video

The British military in Iraq : A legacy of war crimes and atrocities

Tony "I would do it again" Blair, announced, on 16th August, he is to give his entire £4.6 million advance on his book: "My Journey", to the Royal British Legion, for support of British soldiers in need. As the ungracious calls for his "journey" to be to The Hague get louder - with some suggesting a far less civilized ordeal - it seems timely to assess British "achievements" in Iraq.

"More than half the population either dead, wounded, traumatized, in prison, internally displaced, or in foreign exile ... The air, soil, water, blood and genes drenched with depleted uranium ... the most awful birth defects ... unexploded cluster bombs lie in wait for children to pick them up ... a river of blood runs alongside the Euphrates and Tigris ... through a country that may never be put back together again."

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Wikileaks’ CIA release -- say what?

Wikileaks offered its first release since the controversial distribution of documents related to the United States effort in Afghanistan.

The current leak was posted to their web site on August 25. It is titled CIA Red Cell Memorandum on United States “exporting terrorism,” 2 Feb 2010.

The leak describes Red Cell as a CIA unit created by the director to develop “out-of-the-box” analysis offering “alternative viewpoints” on key intelligence issues.

This document doesn’t disappoint in being out-of-the-box.

Afghanistan: NATO's ten-year war in South Asia

In slightly over a month, on October 7, the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan will enter its tenth year.

The conflict represents the longest continuous combat operations in the history of the United States and Afghanistan alike. With the North Atlantic Treaty Organization for the only time in its existence activating its Article 5 mutual military assistance clause in September 2001 and thus entering the Afghan fray, European nations that had not been at war since the Second World War are now engaged in an endless combat mission.

There are 150,000 foreign troops in Afghanistan, 120,000 of them under the command of NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). Military personnel from over a quarter of the 192 members of the United Nations. They include soldiers from almost every European country, several Asia-Pacific states, and nations in the Americas and the Middle East.

US to Lebanon: Israel can completely destroy Lebanese Army within four hours

A senior US advisor has threatened Lebanese army commander, Jean Qahwaji that should his army initiate additional fire exchanges with Israel, the Israeli army "would completely destroy the Lebanese army’s bases, centers and offices within four hours".

Unwelcome Guests #510 - The Race Towards Global Consciousness

Hitting Rock Bottom & Realising The Reunion

This week's show includes three speakers' exciting vision of a single, global, interconnected human family. We start with Jeremy Rifkin's uplifting conclusion of last week's Empathic Civilization talk, before an interview with Charles Eisenstein and concluding with a similarly uplifting call to change the human narrative by David Korten.

Earth First! gathering, 4-9 August, programme & location announced

The full details of the Earth First! summer gathering is up on the website, how to get there, progamme and all.

UG#509 - Gift Economy (1) - Reconceiving The Market

The show this week looks at the gift economy. We look at a range of reasons to challenge the cynical, capitalist view of the human as 'red in tooth and claw', listening to evidence from speakers including Alfie Kohn, Genevieve Vaughan & Jeremy Rifkin.

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7/7, Terror and Torture: Protecting the Deep State

Five years on from the London tube bombings, we remain no closer to a full, complete and impartial understanding of the terrible events of that day. Today, the coalition government has demonstrated that it has largely fallen in line with the steps of its predecessor.

UG#505 - The Matrix Deconstructed (Why Strict Fathers teach "Economic Liter

This week's show attempts to deconstruct the matrix of illusion that surrounds money and economics that is used to disorientate citizens and keep them working hard for their corporate masters.

Dark Conspiracies of the Gulf

Rumors, myth, and conspiracy pour out of the Gulf Gusher. Alex investigates. Is it possible this leak can never be contained? From the crazy to the all-to-true.

Brothers-in-Arms: Capitalism and Corporate Journalism

CRUSHING ECONOMICS, CHEERLEADING MEDIA AND A LOFTY DISMISSAL FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES

An essential role of corporate journalism is to shore up public confidence in an unjust, crisis-riven financial and economic system. Although plenty of gloom and doom is permitted, especially in the face of obvious crisis, the legitimacy of the system is rarely questioned.

Making Sense of the Financial Crisis in the Era of Peak Oil

Attached is a recording of Stoneleigh from The Automatic Earth,

http://theautomaticearth.blogspot.com/ speaking at the Transition Network Conference on 12th June 2010.

As for Zionism;

“It depends on what you mean by Zionism. I was a Zionist activist in my youth. For me, Zionism meant opposition to a Jewish state. The Zionist movement did not come out officially in favor of a Jewish state until 1942. Before this it was merely the intent of the Zionist leadership. The Zionist movement for a long time stood against the establishment of a Jewish state because such a state would be discriminatory and racist.”

~ Noam Chomsky

‘If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.’

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Sheffield Anarchist Bookfair: Anarchism 101

Chris | 22-05-2010 23:22 | Analysis | Globalisation | Sheffield

Attached is a recording of a panel discussion held at the Sheffield Anarchist Bookfair, titled Anarchism 101, everything you wanted to know about anarchism, which was held on 22 May 2010.

Sheffield Analysis Newswire Archive

9/11 and America’s secret terror campaign

Mideast talks a cover for US war preparations

Who pays for the loss of life in Iran?

Imperial anatomy of Al-Qaeda:CIA’s drug-running terrorists & the “Arc of Crisis”

The End of the World As We Know it? ... and the rise of the Post-Carbon era ...

Michael Parenti: Deep Ideology and Conspiracy

The British military in Iraq : A legacy of war crimes and atrocities

Wikileaks’ CIA release -- say what?

Afghanistan: NATO's ten-year war in South Asia

US to Lebanon: Israel can completely destroy Lebanese Army within four hours

Unwelcome Guests #510 - The Race Towards Global Consciousness

Earth First! gathering, 4-9 August, programme & location announced

UG#509 - Gift Economy (1) - Reconceiving The Market

7/7, Terror and Torture: Protecting the Deep State

UG#505 - The Matrix Deconstructed (Why Strict Fathers teach "Economic Liter

Dark Conspiracies of the Gulf

Brothers-in-Arms: Capitalism and Corporate Journalism

Making Sense of the Financial Crisis in the Era of Peak Oil

As for Zionism;

Sheffield Anarchist Bookfair: Anarchism 101

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