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Monday, December 1, 2008 19:18
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Concludes Recession Began A Year Ago A new report by the National Bureau of Economic
Research has concluded that the US economy slipped into recession in
December 2007, a full year ago. While some investors and financial institutions
recognised the slip into recession, the White House, and by proxy the
corporate media, continuously refused to acknowledge the reality of
the situation.
Attacks
against Iraq security forces kill 33
At least 33 people were killed in a spate of attacks targeting security
forces in the heart of Baghdad and the northern city of Mosul on Monday
on what was the deadliest day in Iraq in three weeks.
Mossad
role in Turkey coup plot revealed Israel’s national intelligence agency Mossad has
been behind a failed coup in Turkey, the Turkish daily newspaper, Milliyet
reports.
Washington
Post: 20,000 More U.S. Troops To Be Deployed For “Domestic Security” The Washington Post today reports on
plans to station 20,000 more U.S. troops inside America for purposes
of “domestic security” from September 2011, an expansion
of Northcom’s militarization of the country in preparation for
potential civil unrest following a total economic collapse or a mass
terror attack.
Barack
Obama’s security team delights the hawks
Barack Obama will announce his national security team today to approval
from the military establishment and Republicans, distant cries of
dissent from liberals and head-scratching from others.
Panel
Fears Use of Unconventional Weapon
An independent commission has concluded that terrorists will most
likely carry out an attack with biological, nuclear or other unconventional
weapons somewhere in the world in the next five years unless the
United States and its allies act urgently to prevent that.
Iran
to hold large-scale naval drills in Gulf of Oman
Iran is to hold on December 2-7 a large-scale naval exercise involving
over 60 warships in the Gulf of Oman, Iranian television reported
on Monday, citing the navy commander.
Iran
would ‘hit US warships’ at war
Iran says heavy enemy warships in the Persian Gulf would become
prime targets for its forces in the event of an attack on the country.
President-elect
Barack Obama proposes economic suicide for US If the holder of the most powerful office
in the world proposed a policy guaranteed to inflict untold damage
on his own country and many others, on the basis of claims so demonstrably
fallacious that they amount to a string of self-deluding lies, we
might well be concerned.
Commons
Backlash After MP Arrest
Commons Speaker Michael Martin is under pressure to explain why
police were allowed to raid the parliamentary office of Tory frontbencher
Damian Green.
