By Stephen Lendman26 August 2010 James Petras talks with Hesham Tillawi about Lebanon and 9 11 James Petras’ powerful 2006 book titled, ‘The Power of Israel in the United States‘ explained the enormous pro-Israeli Jewish Lobby influence on US Middle East policies. Often harming American interests, they’re pursued anyway because of its grassroots and high-level control over government, the business community, academia, the clergy and mass media since at least the 1960s. Intolerant of opposing views, they’re suppressed for its own agenda, funded by PR propaganda domestically and overseas, America’s…
“Debunking the ‘War on Terror'”: Symposium Videos
An international symposium, “Debunking the ‘War on Terror’”, occurred in London, UK, on Wednesday, 14 July 2010. This featured James Fetzer, Scholars for 9/11 Truth, Kevin Barrett, Muslims for 9/11 Truth, and Gilad Atzmon, political commentator. The speakers focused on the false rationales that have been advanced to promote the “war on terror”, including distortions of the events of 9/11, appealing to religious and cultural differences, and loading language to achieve a predetermined political effect. They provided three perspectives for debunking the “war on terror”. BELOW ARE THE VIDEO ARCHIVES…
‘Ground Zero Mosque’ inflating Islamophobia
Jerry MazzaOnline Journal Associate Editor20 August 2010 Residents in Temecula, Calif., protest against a mosque’s proposed worship center. I have the feeling that like the Broadway Bomber, the underwear bomber, the shoe bomber, the Khalid Sheik Mohammed trial and where it should be held, and other ‘false-flag’ events that building this new Mosque two blocks from Ground Zero is inflating the inherent Islamophobia of New Yorkers and America. And that ain’t good, for New York, Muslims, Americans and America, or the world. I see more and more articles on the…
“Unregulated Greed has Destroyed the Capitalist System”: The Big Things That Matter And The Little Things That Annoy
Paul Craig Roberts12 August 2010 I write about major problems: the collapsing US economy, wars based on lies and deception, the police state based on “the war on terror” and other fabrications such as those orchestrated by corrupt police and prosecutors, who boost their performance reports by convicting the innocent, and so on. America is a very distressing place. The fact that so many Americans are taken in by the lies told by “their” government makes America all the more depressing. Often, however, it is small annoyances that waste Americans’…
Targeted Assassinations: Challenging US Policy
Stephen Lendman6 August 2010 The WikiLeaks “Afghan War Diaries” provided documented evidence of America’s out-of-control lawlessness, including Special Forces death squads (Task Force 373) extrajudicially murdering or capturing suspected Taliban and Al-Qaeda figures, many hundreds or perhaps thousands on a so-called Jpel (joint prioritized effects) list, also willfully killing civilian men, women and children, the London Times Kabul-based Jerome Starkey reporting earlier on these crimes, suppressed in US media accounts, presenting an embedded view of the war, omitting the targeting of Americans until then Director of National Intelligence Dennis C.…
After the JFK Assassination–a True Coup d’état: Is the Current US Government Legitimate?
Dr. J. P. Hubert, MD FACSmoralphilosophyofcurrentevents.blogspot.com3 August 2010 It is now beyond reasonable doubt (BRD) that President John F. Kennedy was assassinated by his own National Security State in what was a violent coup d’état that is, an overthrowing of the legitimate elected government of the United States by force through the use of the clandestine black-ops services of the CIA, elements of the Secret Service, the US military, the FBI and organized crime.[1] Probability and Statistics: Various scientific calculations have been done which indicate that there is less than…
Israel Cannot Handle Its Past
Gilad Atzmon 31 July 2010 Israel cannot handle its past. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu decided this week to extend from 50 to 70 years the time state archives remain classified. Israel realizes that it has too much to hide. Haaretz reported this week (in its Hebrew edition only), that the first documents will be released to the public only in 2018 (1948+70). Many of the documents that are stored in the archive are relevant to the history of the first 20 years of the Jewish state: the mass expulsion of…
Experts: Health Hazards in Gulf Warrant Evacuations
Truthout22 July 2010 George Barisich has been a fisherman in New Orleans for over 40 years. Some experts are concerned that toxic chemicals being used to help clean up the oil spill in the Gulf are seriously endangering the health of those living near the water. When Louisiana residents ask marine toxicologist and community activist Riki Ott what she would do if she lived in the Gulf with children, she tells them she would leave immediately. “It’s that bad. We need to start talking about who’s going to pay for…
Shahzad’s charade continues
Jerry MazzaOnline Journal Associate Editor21 Jul 2010 About 8 a.m. a week ago, I’m watching NY1 TV and here comes a video segment on Faisal Shahzad, post full-confession, showing him in previous days with reputed Taliban members. He’s in native dress, a Kalashnikov on his hip, back to camera, as they climb a rocky slope in Pakistan, or was it a back lot at Paramount? Anything’s possible. Then there is this video in an AP piece on NorthJersey.com, showing him reading verses from the Koran, and telling us how he…
Gilad Atzmon: Give History a Chance!
Here is Gilad Atzmon’s talk from the “Debunking the ‘War on Terror’” conference with Ken O’Keefe, James H. Fetzer, and Kevin Barrett. AN INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM DEBUNKING THE “WAR ON TERROR”: THREE PERSPECTIVES The “war on terror” has been justified by 9/11, by religious and moral arguments, and by political persuasion. These speakers will address the crucial arguments for war: Have we been told the truth about 9/11? Do religion and morality support these wars? Does an analysis of the political language employed to justify them reveal a hidden agenda? They…
