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U.S. Envoy Secretly Offered Troops in Iraq after 2011
Published on Tuesday, November 16, 2010 by Inter Press Service by Gareth PorterWASHINGTON - A special envoy from President Barack Obama raised the possibility in a secret meeting with senior Iraqi military and civilian officials in Baghdad Sep. 23 that his administration would leave more than 15,000 combat troops in Iraq after the 2011 deadline for U.S. withdrawal, … [Read more...] about U.S. Envoy Secretly Offered Troops in Iraq after 2011
U.S. and Murderous Military in Indonesia (Institute for Public Accuracy)
ALLAN NAIRN Currently in Indonesia, Allen Nairn gust wrote the piece "Breaking News: Secret Files Show Kopassus, Indonesia's Special Forces, Targets Papuan Churches, Civilians. Documents Leak from Notorious U.S.-Backed Unit as Obama Lands in Indonesia." http://www.allannairn.com/2010/11/breaking-news-secret-files-show.html The piece states: "Secret … [Read more...] about U.S. and Murderous Military in Indonesia (Institute for Public Accuracy)
Obama’s Violin: Populist rage and the uncertain containment of change
By Paul Street (ZMAGAZINE)As of this writing in late March, the Barack Obama administration and its allies in the Democratic-run Congress have been attempting to perform system-maintaining acts of co-optation and popular pacification that no Republican presidency or Congress could ever carry out. Lance Selfa reminds us in his recent book The Democrats: A Critical History … [Read more...] about Obama’s Violin: Populist rage and the uncertain containment of change
Beware The Obama Hype. What ‘Change’ In America Really Means
Nov 12, 2008 By John Pilger John Pilger's ZSpace Page / ZSpace My first visit to Texas was in 1968, on the fifth anniversary of the assassination of president John F Kennedy in Dallas. I drove south, following the line of telegraph poles to the small town of Midlothian, where I met Penn Jones Jr, editor of the Midlothian Mirror. Except for his drawl and fine … [Read more...] about Beware The Obama Hype. What ‘Change’ In America Really Means