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Taliban Steps Up Attacks Ahead of Afghan Loya Jirga

Taliban says they will disrupt coming Loya Jirga.

(KABUL Xinhua) - Amid the Afghan government's efforts to convene Loya Jirga or traditional grand assembly, to get national endorsement for inking the possible strategic partnership with the U.S., Taliban militants have intensified attacks to spoil the step.

The armed outfit fighting the Afghan government and some 130,000 strong-NATO-led troops with nearly 100,000 of them Americans, in the latest attacks, targeted a logistic company in Herat province.

Dennis Kucinich: Al Qaeda flying its Flag over Libya

We manufacture our enemies these days; contrived or not, Al Qaeda is the ultimate manifestation of our sheepish ignorance.

(SALEM) - Dennis Kucinich delivers a chilling revelation; that according to reports, the flag of Al Qaeda is flying over Benghazi, Libya.

Gaddafi Believed Libyans Still Loved Him Till His Death: Bodyguard

Gaddafi could have escaped from Libya, but he insisted on dying in the land of his ancestors.

(TRIPOLI) - Muammar Gaddafi believed Libyans still loved him despite being repeatedly told that Tripoli had been occupied," his former bodyguard had claimed.

"He believed the Libyan people still loved him, even after we told him that Tripoli had been occupied," The New York Daily News quoted Mansour Dao, as saying.

Sri Lanka: `Terrorism Investigation Department ` Harassing War Crimes Victims

It is believed that most of the hardcore LTTE leadership surrendered to the government forces have been tortured and murdered by the security forces.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka) - According to news reaching Sri Lanka Guardian, relatives of the LTTE senior activists who were presumed killed in captivity by the security forces are said to be harassed by the Terrorism Investigation Department (TID) of the Ministry of Defence.

The TID is visiting the relatives of the LTTE men and women surrendered to the army at the end of the war in May 2009.

Did We Win the Iraq War?

Clearly, we cannot continue spending billions of dollars on the Iraq war, a figure that now exceeds $80 billion and climbing.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - President Obama announced that all U.S. troops will be withdrawn from Iraq by the end of the year. Was the “mission accomplished?” Did we win the war?

I for one applaud President Obama's announcement. As of October 31, 2011, 4,482 Americans have died. We cannot continue to waste any more American lives. Our economy is in a shambles. Our deficit is $14.9 trillion and climbing.

Terrorists Fight Terrorism: America, Israel and the `Terrorist` Boogeyman

"Terrorism" and "terrorists" are the key labels of warmongers working to instil fear into the public to justify military slaughtering.

(MANAMA, Bahrain) - Former American President Jimmy Carter commented on the kind of state terrorism reflected in American actions in Guantanamo Bay and other places as a disgrace to the USA.

“I wouldn't say it's the cause of terrorism, but it has given impetus and excuses to potential terrorists to lash out at our country and justify their despicable acts.”

`Middle East Propaganda 101` and the NY Times` Thom Shanker

Shanker has been an embedded journalist both with the US military and with various think tanks whose policies he is reporting on.

(WASHINGTON D.C) - There is an excellent article today in Salon, "Middle East propaganda 101," (see below) deconstructing a New York Times story.

However, the Salon article leaves out the the name of the main reporter on the article, New York Times Pentagon correspondent Thom Shanker, and relevant information about who he is.

Busted! Mr. President, We Believe Iran!

Do note: Judge Napolitano says both Iraq Wars, 1991 and 2003, were based on falsified intelligence. We thank Judge Napolitano for his courageous stance and for this “accidental leak” we know he enjoyed so much.

(CINCINNATI ) - We know you have sold your soul to Israel, agreed to veto Palestinian statehood, a trade for election money. You are an idiot.

Israel is paying off both sides, as usual, as are the drug cartels. If you wonder why your Attorney General may face prosecution?

Iranian Terror Plot: Fake, Fake, Fake

By preparing the country for war with Iran, Obama will not only defang the GOP, but also appease the all-important Israel lobby, which has been beating the war drums for years.

(ALEXANDRIA, Egypt) - Fake, fake, fake –

I’m talking about the latest anti-Iranian propaganda coming out of Washington, which claims the Iranian Revolutionary Guards were involved in a “plot” to take out the Saudi ambassador to the US and blow up both the Saudi and Israeli embassies.

Suppressing the Truth

There are some scandals that refuse to die, either because they are never fully investigated or because those responsible for them never paid the price they should have. --Gideon Levy

(MANAMA, Bahrain) - Issues that should concern everyone, but especially in America, have been subverted, degraded, perverted, retracted, eradicated, expunged, obscured, obliterated, squashed or (simply) zapped!

Cover-ups have kept these issues under wraps for all but those whose concern for the truth provokes them to do serious research, primarily on the internet.