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Titanic Battle or Insider Trading? The S&P Downgrade and the Bilderbergers: All Part of the Plan?

Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Global Research - By Ellen Brown - Aug. 22 (Investigative Report) - What just happened in the stock market? Last week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose or fell by at least 400 points for four straight days, a stock market first. The worst drop was on Monday, 8-8-11, when the Dow plunged 624 points. Monday was the first day of trading after US Treasury bonds were downgraded from AAA to AA+ by Standard and Poor’s. But the roller coaster actually began on Tuesday, 8-2-11, the day after the last-minute deal to raise the U.S. debt ceiling -- a deal that was supposed to avoid the downgrade that happened anyway five days later. The Dow changed directions for eight consecutive trading sessions after that, another first.

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Chernobyl: The Consequences of the Catastrophe for People and the Environment

Sun, 10 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Global Research - By Alexey Yablokov, Vassily Nesterenko, Alexey Nesterenko - Apr. 10 (Special Report) - "The tragic news uncovered by the comprehensive new research that almost one million people died in the toxic aftermath of Chernobyl should be a wake-up call to people all over the world to petition their governments to put a halt to the current industry-driven "nuclear renaissance.' Aided by a corrupt IAEA, the world has been subjected to a massive cover-up and deception about the true damages caused by Chernobyl."

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The Media in America: Selling Views, Calling it News

Fri, 14 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Global Research - By John Kozy - Jan. 14 (News Analysis) - America's journalists are not "newshounds." They are nothing more than salesclerks, hocking the products their employers want to sell. The pretty faces that now function as most television news anchors are no different than the pretty models used to sell other products. The American "free" press is comprised of nothing more than a number of retail outlets which sell stories slanted to please their target audiences. As such, they exist merely to sell snake oil.

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Israel Prepares Major Offensive against Gaza: Hopes of Gaza Cast in Lead

Sun, 09 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Global Research - By Prof Richard Falk - Jan. 09 (News Report) - The influential Israeli journalist, Ron Ren-Yishai, writes on December 29, 2010, of the likely prospect of a new major IDF attack, quoting senior Israeli military officers as saying "It's not a question of if, but rather of when," a view that that is shared, according to Ren-Yishai, by "government ministers, Knesset members and municipal heads in the Gaza region". The bloody-minded Israeli Chief of Staff, Lt. General Gabi Ashkenazi, reinforces this expectation by his recent assertion that, "as long as Gilad Shalit is still in captivity, the mission is not complete". He adds with unconscious irony, "we have not lost our right of self-defence". More accurate would be the assertion, "we have not given up our right to wage aggressive war or to commit crimes against humanity". And what of the more than 10,000 Palestinians, including children under the age of 10, being held in Israeli prisons throughout occupied Palestine?

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Illnesses linked to BP Oil Disaster: Widespread Sickness due to Toxic Chemicals

Sun, 09 Jan 2011 06:37:17 -0800

Global Research - Jan. 09 - Dr. Soto, whose list of patients related to the BP oil disaster continues to grow, feels similarly. "It's criminal for the government to tell people to eat the contaminated seafood, and that it's alright for people go to our toxic beaches and swim in the contaminated water," Dr. Soto concluded, "This crisis has to be taken seriously by the government and health care community."

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The Gulf of Mexico is Dying

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Global Research - By Dr. Tom Termotto - Dec. 30 (Editorial) - It is with deep regret that we publish this report. We do not take this responsibility lightly, as the consequences of the following observations are of such great import and have such far-reaching ramifications for the entire planet. Truly, the fate of the oceans of the world hangs in the balance, as does the future of humankind.

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The Toronto G20 Riot Fraud: Undercover Police engaged in Purposeful Provocation

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Global Research - By Terry Burrows - Jun. 28 (News Report) - It's standard police procedure now to send in agents provocateurs to incite civil disobedience,then send in the billion dollar riot squad as proof they were needed.The PM makes a speech about how terrible it is that people just can't protest within the law.His lies and religious intolerance to others form a sick ideology.

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An Act Of War: The US Congress is Actively Pushing for War on Iran

Fri, 23 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Global Research - By Ron Paul - Apr. 23 (Speech) - I object to this entire push for war on Iran, however it is disguised. Listening to the debate on the Floor on this motion and the underlying bill it feels as if we are back in 2002 all over again: the same falsehoods and distortions used to push the United States into a disastrous and unnecessary one trillion dollar war on Iraq are being trotted out again to lead us to what will likely be an even more disastrous and costly war on Iran. The parallels are astonishing.

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Mass Suicides by Indian Farmers, Shape of Things to Come

Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:27:16 -0700

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Bubble Economy 2.0: The Financial Recovery Plan from Hell

Sun, 15 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Global Research - By Michael Hudson - Feb. 15 (Special Report) - A true reform – one designed to undo the systemic market distortions that led to the real estate bubble – would have set out to reverse the Clinton-Rubin repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act so as to prevent the corrupting conflicts of interest that have resulted in vertical trusts such as Citibank and Bank of America/Countrywide/Merrill Lynch.

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War and Natural Gas: The Israeli Invasion and Gaza's Offshore Gas Fields

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Global Research - By Michel Chossudovsky - Jan. 08 (News Analysis) - The military invasion of the Gaza Strip by Israeli Forces bears a direct relation to the control and ownership of strategic offshore gas reserves. This is a war of conquest. Discovered in 2000, there are extensive gas reserves off the Gaza coastline. British Gas (BG Group) and its partner, the Athens based Consolidated Contractors International Company (CCC) owned by Lebanon's Sabbagh and Koury families, were granted oil and gas exploration rights in a 25 year agreement signed in November 1999 with the Palestinian Authority. The rights to the offshore gas field are respectively British Gas (60 percent); Consolidated Contractors (CCC) (30 percent); and the Investment Fund of the Palestinian Authority (10 percent). (Haaretz, October 21, 2007).

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It's Official: The Crash of the U.S. Economy has begun

Sun, 26 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Global Research - By Richard C. Cook - Oct. 26 (Not sure) - “The Takeover Boom, About to Go Bust”

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Missile Defense: Washington and Poland just moved the World closer to War

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Global Research - By F. William Engdahl - Aug. 18 (News Analysis) - The US plans to deploy a radar in the Czech Republic and 10 interceptor missiles in northern Poland as part of a US-controlled missile shield for Europe and North America, has been officially sold under the ludicrous argument that it is against possible attacks from "rogue states," including Iran.

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"Non-Lethal" Weapons: Where Science and Technology Service Repression

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Global Research - By Tom Burghardt - Jul. 11 (Special Report) - Acoustic microwave armaments? Laser induced plasma channels? Vortex ring guns? Are these high-tech MacGuffins spiffing-up the latest Hollywood near-future thriller? Regrettably, no. Welcome to the twisted world of "non-lethal" weapons research brought to you by the "fun" folks at the Pentagon's Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate (JNLWD).

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State-Sponsored Terror: British and American Black Ops in Iraq

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Global Research - By Andrew G. Marshall - Jun. 25 (Special Report) - In September of 2003, months after the initial invasion of Iraq in March 2003, Iraq's most sacred Shiite mosque was blown up, killing between 80 and 120 people, including a popular Shiite cleric, and the event was blamed by Iraqis on the American forces.[14] On April 20, 2004, American journalist in Iraq, Dahr Jamail, reported in the New Standard that, "The word on the street in Baghdad is that the cessation of suicide car bombings is proof that the CIA was behind them." Jamail interviewed a doctor who stated that, "The U.S. induces aggression. If you don't attack me, I will never attack you. The U.S. is stimulating the aggression of the Iraqi people!" This description goes very much in line with the aims outlined in the Pentagon's P2OG document about "inciting terror," or "preempting terror attacks."[15]

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Candidate McCain: A Risky Choice

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Global Research - By Rodrigue Tremblay - Jun. 03 (Opinion) - On the positive side, Senator McCain has built a long history of independence in the U.S. Senate, so much so that he is often referred to as a maverick. For example, Sen. McCain has displeased many Republicans by supporting political finance reform, by denouncing state torture and even by criticizing initially the way the Bush-Cheney administration launched the Iraq war. On the last issue, however, it can be said that Sen. McCain has since backed off and he has aligned himself more closely with the current Republican White House.

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The Pentagon Strangles Our Economy: Why the U.S. Has Gone Broke

Fri, 23 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Global Research - By Chalmers Johnson - May. 23 (News Analysis) - The military adventurers in the Bush administration have much in common with the corporate leaders of the defunct energy company Enron. Both groups thought that they were the "smartest guys in the room" -- the title of Alex Gibney's prize-winning film on what went wrong at Enron. The neoconservatives in the White House and the Pentagon outsmarted themselves. They failed even to address the problem of how to finance their schemes of imperialist wars and global domination.

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Potential Health Hazards of Genetically Engineered Foods

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Global Research - By Stephen Lendman - Feb. 22 (Special Report) - Genetically engineered foods saturate our diet today. In the US alone, over 80% of all processed foods contain them. Others include grains like rice, corn and wheat; legumes like soybeans and soy products; vegetable oils, soft drinks; salad dressings; vegetables and fruits; dairy products including eggs; meat, chicken, pork and other animal products; and even infant formula plus a vast array of hidden additives and ingredients in processed foods (like in tomato sauce, ice cream, margarine and peanut butter). Consumers don't know what they're eating because labeling is prohibited, yet the danger is clear. Independently conducted studies show the more of these foods we eat, the greater the potential harm to our health.

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Behind Obama and Clinton: Who's whispering in their ears says a lot

Sun, 17 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Global Research - Feb. 17 (Editorial) - Voters on the progressive wing of the Democratic Party are rightly disappointed by the similarity of the foreign policy positions of the two remaining Democratic Party presidential candidates, Senator Hillary Clinton and Senator Barack Obama. However, there are still some real discernable differences to be taken into account. Indeed, given the power the United States has in the world, even minimal differences in policies can have a major difference in the lives of millions of people.

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Operation Desert Slaughter

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Global Research - By Felicity Arbuthnot - Jan. 28 (Opinion) - As I write, on Holocaust Memorial Day, it is impossible not to reflect that is does not take forced labor camps, forced transport and Zyclon B to create a holocaust. When the figures of the dead in Iraq, Afghanistan and Gaza, reach six million, as the world stands by, will they too get their own Holocaust Memorial Day? Will we all, regardless of color or creed, ever learn, before it is too late?

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European press: It wasn't a miracle - Hillary won via a rigged vote

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Global Research - By Michael Carmichael - Jan. 14 (News Report) - The mainstream Italian media are reporting both the rigging of the New Hampshire primary for Senator Hillary Clinton and the official demands for a swift, accurate and impartial recount.

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The Military Drills of September 11th: Why a New Investigation is Needed

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:54:18 -0700

Global Research - By Elizabeth Woodworth - Sep. 27 (News Analysis) - The Military Drills of September 11th: Why a New Investigation is Needed by Elizabeth Woodworth Global Research, September 27, 2007 Email this article to a friend Print this article Editor's Note We bring to the attention of our readers this carefully researched analysis. "Given the warnings of incipient terrorist attacks that had been repeatedly received by the Administration and the FBI, why would anyone coordinate two major annual air training exercises at this time, and divert key resources to the North Pole on an outdated mission? Who was in a position to do this?" The 911 Commission carefully overlooked these considerations. "It ignored the issue of the drills and continuously pointed to FAA incompetence. Thus the the mock live hijackings which were apparently in progress on the morning of September 11th should be investigated as a plausible explanation for why the national defense was such an abysmal failure." Global Research, 27 September 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Information regarding military exercises is classified and difficult to research. Though there was unusually high and confusing drill activity on 9/11, this strange coincidence has not gained much public notice. This essay quotes military officials from their own magazines, and compares their statements to what the 9/11 Commission wrote about the so-called surprise factor, and also to the Commission's position that the drills aided the response. Though both the 9/11 Commission Report and members of the Bush Administration repeatedly stated that the use of planes as weapons could not have been predicted, other official sources indicate that military exercises had been underway to counteract this very possibility.

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Bush Executive Order: Criminalizing the Antiwar Movement

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 22:54:37 -0700

Global Research - By Prof. Michel Chossudovsky - Jul. 20 (News Analysis) - The Executive Order entitled "Blocking Property of Certain Persons Who Threaten Stabilization Efforts in Iraq" provides the President with the authority to confiscate the assets of whoever opposes the US led war.

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The Iran War Theater's "Northern Front": Azerbaijan and the US Sponsored War on Iran

Wed, 11 Apr 2007 19:03:05 -0700

Global Research - By Prof. Michel Chossudovsky - Apr. 11 (Special Report) - In a timely decision, Azerbaijan recently (mid-March) granted NATO the permission to use two of its military bases and an airport to "back up its peace-keeping operation in Afghanistan" including support for NATO's "supply route to Afghanistan". NATO's special envoy Robert Simmons insists that the agreement has nothing to do with US plans to wage aerial bombardments on Iran. Media sources in Baku have intimated that this timely agreement is directly related to ongoing US-Israeli-NATO war plans. Its timing coincides with US naval deployments and war games in the Persian Gulf.

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The Causes of Climate Change

Sun, 18 Mar 2007 07:10:17 -0700

Global Research - By Carl Wunsch - Mar. 18 (Statement) - Dear Mr. Green: I am writing to record what I told you on the telephone yesterday about your Channel 4 film "The Global Warming Swindle." Fundamentally, I am the one who was swindled---please read the email below that was sent to me (and re-sent by you). Based upon this email and subsequent telephone conversations, and discussions with the Director, Martin Durkin, I thought I was being asked to appear in a film that would discuss in a balanced way the complicated elements of understanding of climate change---in the best traditions of British television. Is there any indication in the email evident to an outsider that the product would be so tendentious, so unbalanced?

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