Last
Updated:
Friday, January 30, 2009 22:17
GMT Former
President Jimmy Carter Supports Call For New 9/11 Investigation
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has become the latest, and perhaps
most prominent, public figure to express support for a new investigation
into the 9/11 attacks.
Peres
says Israel kills for ‘democracy’
Israeli President Shimon Peres says the war on Gaza was not “an
ugly story”, insisting that the global condemnation of Tel Aviv
is unjust.
Bush
officials authorized torture of US citizen, lawyers say
Attorneys for US citizen Jose Padilla — who was convicted of material
support for terrorist activities in 2007 — say that high-level
Bush Administration officials knew their client was being tortured during
the time he was held an enemy combatant in a South Carolina brig, because
of the command structure and that then-Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld
employed in approving harsh interrogation tactics.
Kleptocrats
of the World, Unite!
Perhaps the only commendable thing newly installed Economic Dictator
(and Barton Fink look-alike) Tim Geithner has done in a public career
otherwise devoted to serving the Power Elite was to "cheat"
on his taxes.
Defense
Department Announces Civilian Expeditionary Workforce
The Defense Department has established a "civilian expeditionary
workforce" that will see American civilians trained and equipped
to deploy overseas in support of worldwide military missions.
Protester
Knocked Out Cold by Nightstick-Wielding Thug Cop
From the land of the free - a protester is knocked out cold by a
coward cop’s nightstick. The protester was obviously posing
no physical threat to the cop - who should go to jail for assault
with a deadly weapon.
Survivalist:
Left of center now joining our ‘growing’ movement
Rawles, 48, is one of a rising number of “survivalists”
— Americans hunkering down for what they predict will be a
nightmare of economic failure, mass terrorism, pandemics and social
chaos.
Army
suicides at record high, passing civilians
Stressed by war and long overseas tours, U.S. soldiers killed themselves
last year at the highest rate on record, the toll rising for a fourth
straight year and even surpassing the suicide rate among comparable
civilians.
North
Korea cuts all links with South Korea
In a significant escalation of tensions on the Korean Peninsula,
North Korea has cancelled all agreements with the South, claiming
that the two Koreas were on the "brink of a war".
