“A United Nations panel of human rights experts has accused Israel of war crimes through willful killing, unnecessary brutality and torture in its “clearly unlawful” assault on a ship attempting to break the blockade of Gaza in May in which nine Turkish activists died.”
Israeli Attack on MV Marmara: “No Case Can Be Made for the Legality of the Interception and the Mission therefore Finds that the Interception was Illegal” |
| By: Thursday September 23, 2010 2:15 pm |
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An Emerging Rupture in Iran |
| By: Niloufar Saturday August 28, 2010 3:19 am |
With the predominantly foreign fantasy regarding a ‘Green’ Iranian revolution basically over, it is easier to focus attention on divisions within Iran’s dominant political factions. A rupture appears to be manifesting itself more and more between the followers of President Ahmadinejad and Supreme Leader Khamenei.
The Israelis Are Now Caught Between Two Equally Unpleasant Possibilities |
| By: Tuesday June 1, 2010 5:00 pm |
Legally the Israelis have put themselves and their commandos in the situation of having to choose amongst some very unpleasant alternatives.
Deconstructing Myths of America: Pepe Escobar pt3 Time “for a real nuclear samba” |
| By: knowbuddhau Monday May 10, 2010 11:05 am |
Pep Escobar recently pointed out real-time political myth-making intended to obscure the real driving force behind the threat of nuclear war in the Middle East: nuclear terrorism by the US and Israel in the name of full-spectrum dominance. Such efforts make a mockery of every word spoken on nuclear weapons by the US.
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