07.07.07 - 03:49pm
Sooner or later the “coalition” (or perhaps that should be “axis”) of foreign powers which invaded Iraq, committing the supreme war crime in the process, and are fighting the Taleban in Afghanistan will realise that they are not winning. Britain and America are involved in a murderous fiasco in Iraq and a growing disaster in Afghanistan, two conflicts the imperial powers simply cannot win.
07.06.07 - 02:01pm
The CIA’s ‘family jewels’, and what they really tell us … tortured defectors …illegally spied on the domestic population of the United States…harassed American citizens engaged in constitutionally-protected activities … infiltrated and tried to destroy peaceful anti-war organisations … bugged leading journalists … plotted to assassinate foreign leaders, including conspiring with the Mafia to off Fidel Castro … took part in illegal kidnappings
07.06.07 - 04:44am
Oil a factor in Iraq conflict, says Australian defence minister. In other news, Pope is a Catholic, declares Vatican. Apparently, stating what must surely be the worst-kept secret of modern geopolitics, ignites a “political storm”. The Australian defence minister has declared that oil is a factor in the Iraq conflict, prompting that nation’s repellent Prime Minster, the racist John Howard, to slap him down and deny that oil had anything to do with Australia’s involvement in the war.
