90,000 Casualties, but Who’s Counting?

By Kelley Vlahos
Usually, there is nothing more powerful than a personal story to pound home the cost of eight years of war overseas, but I think today there is something even more disturbing to bear.
It’s the number 89,457 [.doc].
As of Nov. 9, that’s how many American casualties there were [...]

Video – Robert Newmann’s “History of Oil”

Robert’s stand-up act examines the history of the last 100 years or so but putting oil center-stage. Brilliant!

Sacked envoy Peter Galbraith accuses UN of ‘cover-up’ on Afghan vote fraud

By James Bone
The top American in the UN mission in Afghanistan was fired yesterday after refusing to take part in what he called “a cover-up” of fraud in the Afghan election.
Peter Galbraith, the son of the late economist John Kenneth Galbraith, left the country abruptly last month after a clash with his [...]

Four Katyusha Rockets Found in Southern Lebanon

Here is an interesting article…the first paragraph states that rockets were found but apparently it is unknown whether the rockets were ready for firing…ahem, it also does not state who put the rockets there…like, perhaps, IDF folks looking for an excuse to invade Lebanon again.
Note also the final paragraph which says the timers were set [...]

IT’S THE ARABS, STUPID!!!!

by LifeforceIn memory of those Americans who were murdered on 09-11-01
Throughout the year 2000 and the months leading up to the attack on September 11th, 2001, numerous foreign nationals of middle eastern origin were detected by American internal security observing and surveilling federal institutions in more than six states. This included the cities of Dallas, [...]

Fake Afghan Poll Sites Favored Karzai, Officials Assert

By DEXTER FILKINS and CARLOTTA GALL
KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghans loyal to President Hamid Karzai set up hundreds of fictitious polling sites where no one voted but where hundreds of thousands of ballots were still recorded toward the president’s re-election, according to senior Western and Afghan officials here.
The fake sites, as many as 800, existed only [...]

Russia-China Warn US That Israeli Attack On Iran Means “World War

A chilling report circulating in the Kremlin today states that President Medvedev and Chinese President Hu have issued an “urgent warning” to the United States that says if the Americans allow an Israeli nuclear attack upon Iran, “World War will be our response”.
Fueling Russian and Chinese fears are intelligence reports stating that Israel has moved [...]

Video – Gaza kids eye kite-flying world record – 30 July 09

Thousands of Palestinian children have gathered in the Gaza Strip in an attempt to break the world record on the number of kites flown at the same time, in the same place.
Thursday’s event was part of a UN initiative organised to restore hope and normality to the war-torn territory.
Al Jazeera’s Ayman Mohyeldin reports.
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Mike Rivero Comments on Ancient Sites of the Middle East

By Mike Rivero at WhatReallyHappened.com

One of the great crimes committed against the people of Iraq was the looting of the Baghdad Museum and the destruction of many important ancient sites inside Iraq.
I think that destruction of ancient sites is deliberate policy.
Egypt is literally littered with the ruins of the ancient temples and palaces of her [...]

WHEN REMEMBERING IS NOT ENOUGH – INTERVIEW WITH HEDY EPSTEIN

This Free Gaza video is an interview with a great woman, Hedy Epstein, just turned 85. She has dedicated her life to working for peace and human rights. In June she was going to sail to Gaza with the other 21 volunteers on board the Spirit of Humanity. But she was attacked just days before [...]