"The War is Worth Waging": Afghanistan's Vast Reserves of Minerals and Natural Gas

Rebel Newsflash: "The War is Worth Waging": Afghanistan's Vast Reserves of Minerals and Natural Gas (plus 50 more items)

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• "The War is Worth Waging": Afghanistan's Vast Reserves of Minerals and Natural Gas
• Failure to ID the perps
• Hawaii Elections Official: Obama not born here! JUNE 10, 2010 - SMOKING GUN?
• Jews reveal their plans for the world
• Turkey Accepts the Challenge; Middle East is Changing
• Bloody Sunday, Bloody Monday
• A Zionist State of Mind, A Dreamscape Of Ghosts
• Noam Chomsky and Alan Dershowitz debate Israel and Palestine (2005)
• Aarron Dykes Reports on Bill Gates's Strong Desire to be Top Eugenicist
• 'The Surge of Ideas'
• World Says Gaza Blockade Must Go
• Is Benjamin Netanyahu Rational?
• Congressional Commission to Examine Contractors in War
• Alex Newman Reveals Fed Manipulations & 'Bernanke's Trillions'
• Taking Israel's Side
• The World's Longest Con
• It Will Be Interesting to See How This Plays Out
• MSNBC's Cover-up of Provable Population Control Plan
• 10 Things I've Learned About Writing For TV
• Israeli Nazism is the Root-Cause
• The Afghanistan coincidence
• Just ask Jenny
• Who's more harmful than a yeshiva boy?
• Don't give in to Immanuel
• Globalist Family Ties & Obama's Hidden Agenda
• The Tragic Death of Haji Abdul Jabar
• While No One's Looking, the Palestinians Are Building a State
• A Short History of a Bad Metaphor
• Are Foreign Lives of Equal Worth to Ours?
• It Takes Two to Reset
• NATO rethinks its mission, perhaps too reluctantly
• UN Secret Detention Report (Part Two): CIA Prisons in Afghanistan and Iraq
• The Big Greene Monster
• Why Jews are to be considered dangerous to the well-being of all non-Jews (Part 3)
• Canadian Women Prosper at Expense of Men/Families
• Spain Plays High-Stakes Poker Game with Germany as Borrowing Costs Surge
• BP Admits That - If It Tries to Cap the Leak - the Whole Well May Blow Up
• Turks, by gOsh, Do Not Act by Guess and by Golly
• There's No One Under the Bus
• The Great Faux-White "Liberal" Babbles Again
• The Fed's Purchase of US Sovereign Debt: "The US Treasury is under the Control of the Fed's Owners".
• White House Correspondent Helen Thomas—A Casualty of Zionist Duplicity
• Afghanistan Through Teenagers' Eyes
• Rape and Spillage
• The Talented Tenth
• Independent Journalists Dismantling Israel's Hold on Media Narrative
• Afghanistan: The Longest Lost War
• Baroness Dr Jenny Tonge's Speech at UN Conference in Istanbul
• Israel Demolishes Buildings in East Jerusalem
• Feds Demand Balkanization
• Voters Are Entitled To Know Their Votes Are Properly Counted, Says ACLU In Letter To South Carolina State Election Commission

"The War is Worth Waging": Afghanistan's Vast Reserves of Minerals and Natural Gas Posted: 17 Jun 2010 03:36 PM PDT The 2001 bombing and invasion of Afghanistan has been presented to World public opinion as a "Just War", a war directed against the Taliban and Al Qaeda, a war to eliminate "Islamic terrorism" and instate Western style democracy. The economic dimensions of  the "Global War on Terrorism" are rarely mentioned. The post 9/11 counter-terrorism campaign has served to obfuscate the real objectives of the US-NATO war. The war on Afghanistan is part of a profit driven agenda, a war of economic plunder.

Failure to ID the perps Posted: 17 Jun 2010 06:21 AM PDT I wrote this note tonight to a precocious young man who has helped put  together a website which catches the latest oil catastrophe news  fairly well, with the latest horrific predictions about the effects on  people's lives from foul air poisoned by oily water that I myself have  been forwarding around the Internet. As far as I know, the big  enchilada of this operation is a Jew named Ray Palmer, which is why  you will never see the magic word on this website.

Hawaii Elections Official: Obama not born here! JUNE 10, 2010 - SMOKING GUN? Posted: 17 Jun 2010 01:39 AM PDT BREAKING NEWS! Hawaii Elections Official: Obama not born here! JUNE 10, 2010 - SMOKING GUN?

Jews reveal their plans for the world Posted: 17 Jun 2010 01:29 AM PDT These quotes are from the Jews themselves.

Turkey Accepts the Challenge; Middle East is Changing Posted: 16 Jun 2010 08:56 PM PDT 'Even despots, gangsters and pirates have specific sensitiveness, (and) follow some specific morals.' The claim was made by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a recent speech, following the deadly commando raid on the humanitarian aid flotilla to Gaza on May 31. According to Erdogan, Israel doesn't adhere to the code of conduct embraced even by the vilest of criminals.

Bloody Sunday, Bloody Monday Posted: 16 Jun 2010 08:39 PM PDT   Six Londonderry men and seven teenagers were shot dead by soldiers of the British Parachute Regiment on Sunday 30 January 1972. Five of the wounded were shot in the back. The Widgery Tribunal was convened rapidly. The dead and wounded had been in a march with over 7000 people protesting against internment without trial. The Widgery Tribunal was appointed under the Tribunals of Inquiry (Evidence) Act 1921.

A Zionist State of Mind, A Dreamscape Of Ghosts Posted: 16 Jun 2010 08:30 PM PDT Although my mother fled Nazi Germany, as a child, on a Kindertransport, with a few family valuables sown into her clothing, and I was brought up on the myths and hagiography of the Zionist state, I, over time, came to recognize the folly of the whole colonialist enterprise — the folly of ethnic exclusion and expulsion, the inherent tragedy of nationalism based on the delusion of religious birthright. With much sorrow, I came to the sad realization that the dream of the State of Israel was based on European chauvinism and exceptionalism. This reckoning has been a difficult one for me to bear -- the hardest awakening of my adult life.

Noam Chomsky and Alan Dershowitz debate Israel and Palestine (2005) Posted: 16 Jun 2010 06:51 PM PDT We bring you a debate between Noam Chomsky and Alan Dershowtiz on the question, "Israel and Palestine After Disengagement: Where Do We Go From Here?" Dershowitz argued for a political solution based on an Israeli withdrawal from Palestinian towns and a mobile security fence to protect Israel's borders, while Chomsky insisted that the main obstacle to peace in the region is U.S.-Israeli insistence on maintaining settlements and rejecting minimal Palestinian rights. They faced off at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government last month.

Aarron Dykes Reports on Bill Gates's Strong Desire to be Top Eugenicist Posted: 16 Jun 2010 06:07 PM PDT Aarron Dykes Reports on Bill Gates's Strong Desire to be Top Eugenicist

'The Surge of Ideas' Posted: 16 Jun 2010 06:00 PM PDT EARLY THIS YEAR, Gen. David Petraeus, head of U.S. Central Command, spoke at a public event in Washington, D.C., about the situation in Iraq and the priorities of the U.S. military in the greater Middle East.[1] The event was hosted by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), a think tank led by Kimberly Kagan — spouse of the neoconservative writer Frederick Kagan — which claims to be a "non-partisan, non-profit, public policy research organization [that] advances an informed understanding of military affairs through reliable research, trusted analysis, and innovative education."

World Says Gaza Blockade Must Go Posted: 16 Jun 2010 06:00 PM PDT Under intense international pressure Israel declared last week that it would ease its crippling blockade on Gaza by permitting an additional but limited number of daily items, including food, into the coastal enclave. Following Israel's deadly assault on the Free Gaza (FG) flotilla several weeks ago in international waters, during which nine activists were shot dead and dozens wounded, as the flotilla tried to deliver desperately needed humanitarian aid to the besieged strip, Israeli authorities came under enormous pressure to lift the blockade.

Is Benjamin Netanyahu Rational? Posted: 16 Jun 2010 06:00 PM PDT Is Benjamin Netanyahu rational? The question has to be asked because Netanyahu, the leader of a country that is paranoid about its own security, controls a secret nuclear arsenal and has the capability to bomb just about anybody.  Rational behavior in the context of a head of state is admittedly an elusive quality, but it generally means that occasional lying is okay, particularly if it is tenuously based on something that might be true.  Lying with a straight face or completely evading critical questions might even be considered a perk of office.  But when the chips are down and hard decisions have to be made, a head of government should at least behave like a mature adult employing some logical process.  That would mean weighing up the plusses and minuses of various actions, risks versus gains, and coming up with a response that serves the country's interests with the least collateral damage possible.

Congressional Commission to Examine Contractors in War Posted: 16 Jun 2010 06:00 PM PDT Should private contractors like Blackwater be allowed to continue to provide armed security for convoys, diplomatic and other personnel, and military bases and other facilities in Afghanistan and Iraq? A bipartisan U.S. Congressional commission will spend two days cross-examining 14 witnesses from academia, government and the companies themselves to come up with an answer. "Some security tasks are so closely tied to government responsibilities, so mission-critical, or so risky that they shouldn't be contracted out at all," says Christopher Shays, a former Republican member of Congress from Connecticut.

Alex Newman Reveals Fed Manipulations & 'Bernanke's Trillions' Posted: 16 Jun 2010 05:20 PM PDT New American journalist Alex Newman talks with Alex about his latest article, Fed Manipulations in the Crosshairs. "It turns out that under the guise of "stabilizing" the economy, the Federal Reserve banking cartel had set in motion a series of actions that would eventually transfer trillions to the bankers at taxpayers' expense, all while decimating the investments of countless average Americans," writes Newman. Alex also covers the news and takes your calls.

Taking Israel's Side Posted: 16 Jun 2010 04:00 PM PDT The May 31st kerfuffle over Israel's interception of ships headed to Gaza brought forth some predictable reactions from the paleo-Right: Pat Buchanan, Stephen Walt, Ron Paul, and many others. Of this crop, Steve Sailer took the most defensible position—one that at least did not willfully distort reality, or demand that Israel practice a forbearance that no rational nation could practice:

The World's Longest Con Posted: 16 Jun 2010 04:00 PM PDT Is there anything worse than listening to those hucksters in South Africa going bananas over the ugly game called football? Modern society is dominated by emotion and propaganda, not to mention profit, and when all three are combined what we get is the World Cup. Technicolor pictures of fat men and women jumping up and down while blowing into a contraption called vuvuzela dominate the front pages, as if an order had come from up high to feature the most boorish and the fattest, cheering for the most foul mouthed and overpaid.

It Will Be Interesting to See How This Plays Out Posted: 16 Jun 2010 03:22 PM PDT This morning, I posted an article suggesting to the Turks that the problems in Kyrgyzstan afforded them the opportunity to float a trial balloon for Turkish and Russian cooperation, which article stated,   "Turks, if you believe there is hope of finding genuine friends among the Russians, and for that matter the Chinese, then you could perhaps view this contrived dilemma as an opportunity to gauge the Russians and offer up a cooperative diplomatic and aid effort to end the crisis. *** I would love to see Turkey and Russia become very friendly nations and promote peace, stability and prosperity throughout the Middle East and the World. This provides a testing grounds for a first attempt at such a joint venture, but be very, very careful, and do not forget the Chinese. Keep it diplomatic and peaceful and watch for the hidden hand of the Mossad stirring up the trouble and expose it to the World public."

MSNBC's Cover-up of Provable Population Control Plan Posted: 16 Jun 2010 02:29 PM PDT MSNBC In Cover-Up Of Manifestly Provable Population Control Plan Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet.com Wednesday, June 16, 2010 As part of his obsessive drive to smear anti-big government activists as insanely paranoid and dangerous radicals, Chris Matthews and his guest, establishment neo-lib David Corn, previewed tonight's "Rise of the New Right" hit piece by claiming that the elite's agenda to enact dictatorial population control measures was a "conspiracy theory". As we have documented on numerous occasions, while Matthews points fingers at his political adversaries for preparing to engage in violence, the only real violence we're witnessing out on the streets is being committed by Obama supporters, MSNBC thugs and other leftists who refuse to tolerate free speech that counters their propaganda.

10 Things I've Learned About Writing For TV Posted: 16 Jun 2010 02:21 PM PDT The first thing you need to know about pitching TV shows is, you are not going to get a show. Television is 1,000 burn victims trying to seduce a supermodel; what was considered an OK deal ten years ago looks like a lottery win today. The good news is, you get paid for each rejection. In fact, many of us burn victims make pretty good money getting rejected. Eventually, most throw up their hands and agree to work on someone else's show but that's giving up. So here's ten things I've learned about the Sisyphean stage before that. Before you even get started, you need to get like Tyson and surround yourself with people who are going to take your money. Give an agent and a manager 10% each and throw a lawyer another 5%. They get this until you die. If you try to pitch a show without an entourage and it works, weird things will happen like your credit card will stop working and restaurants will tell you they're closed even though you can see people in there, eating (people who play the game).

Israeli Nazism is the Root-Cause Posted: 16 Jun 2010 12:49 PM PDT Ever since the criminal piracy against the Gaza Freedom Flotilla on 31 May, Israeli and Zionist  leaders have been spreading all sorts of obscene lies to justify the colossal  crime of knowingly slaughtering innocent peace activists in international water. Needless to say, this poisoned and nearly totally mendacious propaganda stems from the racist Zionist view that the lives of non-Jews have no sanctity.

The Afghanistan coincidence Posted: 16 Jun 2010 11:48 AM PDT Is it really a coincidence that as the Congress debates another $33 billion war supplemental bill for 2010 and Democrats ask us to oppose it, the New York Times breaks a story that the U.S. Identifies Vast Riches of Minerals in Afghanistan. Yes the Times opening reads, "The United States has discovered nearly $1 trillion in untapped mineral deposits in Afghanistan, far beyond any previously known reserves and enough to fundamentally alter the Afghan economy and perhaps the Afghan war itself, according to senior American government officials.

Just ask Jenny Posted: 16 Jun 2010 10:44 AM PDT At first glance, two stories in Haaretz this week contradict each other. One, on Tuesday's front page, dealt with the decision of the High Court of Justice to deny government stipends to married yeshiva students because such practice amounts to discrimination against other students; the other story, in yesterday's pages, revealed the findings of Cornell and Tel Aviv University law researchers to the effect that the chances of having success in appeals against the state in civil and criminal cases are slight, as the state enjoys overwhelmingly superior power before the Supreme Court.

Who's more harmful than a yeshiva boy? Posted: 16 Jun 2010 10:44 AM PDT The similarity is striking: two insular and arrogant population groups, different and at times peculiar, powerful minorities with authoritative leaders, both with their own laws and norms. The settlers and the ultra-Orthodox - the former is some 300,000 strong, not counting settlers in East Jerusalem, and the latter numbers about 700,000, including Haredi settlers.

Don't give in to Immanuel Posted: 16 Jun 2010 10:44 AM PDT The discrimination in Immanuel contains in a nutshell the essence of the clash between the rule of law and separatist interest groups. The affair of the Haredi education system's discrimination against Mizrahi girls in Immanuel has, over the past few days, become a locus of aggression that puts the government, the education system and law enforcement to the test.

Globalist Family Ties & Obama's Hidden Agenda Posted: 16 Jun 2010 10:04 AM PDT Alex breaks down the hidden agenda behind the BP Oil spill and shows how all the Elite families of the world have secret ties to each other and their nwo Master.

The Tragic Death of Haji Abdul Jabar Posted: 16 Jun 2010 09:50 AM PDT What Afghanistan just lost. The Taliban scored another minor victory June 15 when Haji Abdul Jabar, the governor of Arghandab district, just north of Kandahar, was killed, along with his son, Kaduz, and a bodyguard, when his car was hit by a remote-controlled improvised explosive device. Jabar would appear to be just the latest of the dozens of local officials the Taliban has murdered -- but not to me. Two months ago, I spent a week in the district, much of that time in the company of the DG, as he is known. My article on Arghandab will appear this Sunday in the New York Times Magazine. What the article cannot reflect is the devastating effect the DG's death will have on Arghandab's people and on the rickety structure of local government painstakingly built by Afghan and U.S. officials there.

While No One's Looking, the Palestinians Are Building a State Posted: 16 Jun 2010 08:23 AM PDT Now it's time for the rest of the world to pitch in. In the world of Palestinian politics, the recent weeks have been a study in contrasts. The international media has trained its focus off the shores of Gaza, where the flotilla fiasco has generated dramatic images of dead civilians and battered Israeli soldiers. The politics of this incident reflect the traditional sturm und drang of the Palestinian national movement: full of grand gestures and transformative ambitions that might result in bloodshed and embarrassment for Israel, but make no substantive contribution to Palestinian liberation.

A Short History of a Bad Metaphor Posted: 16 Jun 2010 08:22 AM PDT Working with Russia isn't necessarily a bad idea. Reducing it to a catchphrase is. As policy initiatives go, the "reset button" didn't exactly have the smoothest of rollouts. On March 6, 2009, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton presented her Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov with a literal button meant to symbolize the Obama administration's intention to repair frayed ties with Russia. Unfortunately, one misplaced syllable on the Cyrillic label meant that the button actually said "overcharge," not "reset," and Clinton was subjected to a few days of media mockery in both capitals.

Are Foreign Lives of Equal Worth to Ours? Posted: 16 Jun 2010 08:20 AM PDT When a U.S. civilian is murdered in a foreign land or in the United States, we rightfully feel angry, sad, and some of us demand vengeance. These are normal, primordial, and instinctive feelings of group loyalty and herd mentality that have bound communities and countries for thousands of years. Should such human traits, which are often beneficial, emotional and irrational, continue to justify the retaliatory killing of innocent civilians in the 21st century?

It Takes Two to Reset Posted: 16 Jun 2010 08:06 AM PDT The Obama administration's efforts to reach out to Russia won't work as long as Russians don't take them seriously. With Russian President Dmitry Medvedev due to visit Washington next week, Barack Obama's administration is seemingly anxious to tout improved U.S. relations with Russia as one of its primary foreign-policy achievements. The two countries have "made significant strides in resetting relations" said the White House statement announcing the visit, a reference to the widely touted "reset button" policy announced last year. "President Obama and President Medvedev have collaborated closely to enhance the security and well-being of the American and Russian people," the statement continued.

NATO rethinks its mission, perhaps too reluctantly Posted: 16 Jun 2010 07:00 AM PDT NATO is years overdue for a major review of its purpose. The last time the transatlantic military alliance looked in the mirror was 1999 – before 9/11, before widespread cyberattacks, before Russia veered from the democratic path under Vladimir Putin. Now the alliance that was formed in 1949 to defend its members from a Soviet-bloc attack is finally getting around to drafting a new "strategic concept" – a new identity card. But did it wait too long? The timing does not work in its favor.

UN Secret Detention Report (Part Two): CIA Prisons in Afghanistan and Iraq Posted: 16 Jun 2010 05:58 AM PDT To complement my recent article, "UN Human Rights Council Discusses Secret Detention Report," in which I explained how, two weeks ago, the UN Human Rights Council had — after some delays — finally discussed the findings of the "Joint Study on Global Practices in Relation to Secret Detention in the Context of Counter-Terrorism," a detailed, 186-page report issued in February (PDF), I'm posting the section of the report that deals with US secret detention policies since the 9/11 attacks, in the hope that it might reach a new audience — and provide useful research opportunities — as an HTML document. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

The Big Greene Monster Posted: 16 Jun 2010 05:40 AM PDT I live in Georgia. My congressional representative is Hank Johnson, a Democrat whom I am unafraid to call stupid. In April at a House Armed Services Committee hearing, Johnson expressed genuine concern that sending more personnel to Guam would cause the island to "tip over and capsize." After watching that comment issue from Johnson's lips, I was certain he was the most mentally impaired politician in recorded history. Since I live in Georgia, I can see South Carolina from my kitchen. After last week's Palmetto State primaries, it is now apparent that Hank Johnson was merely John the Baptist announcing a frightening new idiocratic covenant—a dim-witted little voice in the wilderness prophesying the arrival of a figure whose cognitive deficiencies are so vast that they transcend mortals' understanding.

Why Jews are to be considered dangerous to the well-being of all non-Jews (Part 3) Posted: 16 Jun 2010 04:39 AM PDT Here is the last part of this smorgasbord of Jew self incrimination . This part is apparently all quotations from other Jews. There are literally thousands of these moral damnations – ONLY about the Jews. Interestingly No famous people ANYWHERE from ANY time period have condemned Arab people – nor ANY other ethnicity on earth for that matter – with such volume and consistency for immoral conduct as they have, that of the Jew.

Canadian Women Prosper at Expense of Men/Families Posted: 16 Jun 2010 04:09 AM PDT In 1986, the federal government passed the Employment Equity Act, which targeted the hiring of four designated groups:  women, aboriginals, visible minorities and the disabled. At the time this bill was drafted, men dominated the public service with 58% of the jobs and more than 95% of the executive jobs.

Spain Plays High-Stakes Poker Game with Germany as Borrowing Costs Surge Posted: 16 Jun 2010 04:03 AM PDT Spain has upped the ante in a high-stakes poker game with Germany, pushing for the release of EU stress test results for major banks in a move that risks precipitiating a dramatic escalation of Europe's financial crisis. "We're not afraid of transparency," said the Spanish Banking Association (AEB), saying the full truth would put an end to rumours battering Spain's instutitions. El Pais reported that the government backs the initiative, putting it on a collision course with Germany which insists on secrecy.

BP Admits That - If It Tries to Cap the Leak - the Whole Well May Blow Up Posted: 16 Jun 2010 03:52 AM PDT As I previously noted, oil industry expert Rob Cavner said that BP must "keep the well flowing to minimize oil and gas going out into the formation on the side"

Turks, by gOsh, Do Not Act by Guess and by Golly Posted: 16 Jun 2010 03:46 AM PDT Kyrgyzstan is in the armpit of the former Soviet Union and borders China and Kazakstan (a nation with a large and influential Russian population). It is also about as far away from Israel as Turks are likely to venture. The Jews are leading you into a trap, much like they have led the USA into the quicksand of Afghanistan. The Jews want to bog you down in conflicts with the Kurds, which also pull you eastward and consume your resources and hurt you in the eyes of the World public; and in "Pan-Turkey". Note that the Jews are stirring up trouble in Kyrgyzstan immediately after murdering your citizens in international waters. The Jews want you to intervene and pull you away from Israel and into a meat grinder between Russia and its allies and China. They want to suck you into a quagmire that will consume you.

There's No One Under the Bus Posted: 16 Jun 2010 03:37 AM PDT The charge that U.S. allies have been betrayed by the Russian reset is simply false. Critics of the Obama administration's "reset" with Russia have created a narrative that they repeat with striking consistency. In order to garner concessions from the Kremlin, they claim the administration has "neglect[ed] and even abandon[ed] other countries in region." What's more, President Barack Obama got practically nothing in return for these alleged betrayals. Perhaps his most-hyped accomplishment with Moscow, Russia's vote for tougher Iran sanctions, is comparable to a used rug.

The Great Faux-White "Liberal" Babbles Again Posted: 16 Jun 2010 03:34 AM PDT In The anti-white left and the non pro-white right Auster once again describes the aggression of "liberals", like David Zirin, who he never identifies as a tribemate. Once again Auster blames the "non pro-white right" "conservatives" for being worst: The liberal-left's bigoted campaign to delegitimize and dehumanize conservatives is thus total and absolute.

The Fed's Purchase of US Sovereign Debt: "The US Treasury is under the Control of the Fed's Owners". Posted: 16 Jun 2010 03:13 AM PDT Were it not for the Federal Reserves purchase of Treasury and Agency bonds the US would already be unable to raise funds to service debt and issue new debt, and it would already have descended into national bankruptcy. It is no wonder the Fed does not want to be audited. Through various artifices the Fed has been purchasing US treasury paper. No one knows how much, because when asked the Fed says it is a state secret. That is what all Americans love. A country run in secrecy. A privately owned corporation operating under the cover of secrecy, and protected by a Treasury Department, that is under the control of the Fed's owners. How is that for an incestuous relationship?

White House Correspondent Helen Thomas—A Casualty of Zionist Duplicity Posted: 16 Jun 2010 02:26 AM PDT Zionist operatives ambushed veteran White House correspondent Helen Thomas, a friend and a great American. When they won, America lost. When reviewing the unedited video of her "interview," what you see is a rabbi rephrasing her answers to a question about Israel. Her response: "They should get the hell out of Palestine." The United Nations long ago endorsed that stance.

Afghanistan Through Teenagers' Eyes Posted: 16 Jun 2010 02:25 AM PDT What happens when you give cameras to a group of Kabul teens? You see Afghanistan not as a place of war and violence, but as a country where children still play and life carries on. Last year, a group of teenagers at Afghanistan's Marefat School were given cameras as part of a photography project with teens at Philadelphia's Constitution High School. The students snapped away, and what emerged from the Afghan side were images of culture, friends, and daily life -- not car bombings and kidnappings. Above, a smiling boy sells eggs at an outdoor market, as photographed by Qasim Moradi, 18.

Rape and Spillage Posted: 16 Jun 2010 02:15 AM PDT What's with the president's war analogy on the oil spill? It's as if some alien force, "The Invasion of the Slippery Sludge," suddenly attacked us. "Abroad, our brave men and women in uniform are taking the fight to al-Qaida," President Barack Obama said Tuesday in his White House speech, "and tonight, I've returned from a trip to the Gulf Coast to speak with you about the battle we're waging against an oil spill that is assaulting our shores and our citizens."

The Talented Tenth Posted: 16 Jun 2010 01:58 AM PDT According to the business plan of the 10,000 Women project, an investment of $100 million over five years will create 10,000 female entrepreneurs in the developing world. The money goes to business education – MBAs – for women in the global south who, in turn, are expected to create businesses that employ people and grow the economy.

Independent Journalists Dismantling Israel's Hold on Media Narrative Posted: 16 Jun 2010 01:56 AM PDT "The systematic attempt and very deliberate first priority for the Israeli soldiers as they came on the ships was to shut down the story, to confiscate all cameras, to shut down satellites, to smash the CCTV cameras that were on the Mavi Marmara, to make sure that nothing was going out. They were hellbent on controlling the story," commented Australian journalist Paul McGeough, one of the hundreds of activists and reporters who witnessed the deadly morning attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla on 31 May ("Framing the Narrative: Israeli Commandos Seize Videotape and Equipment from Journalists After Deadly Raid," Democracy Now, 9 June 2010). McGeough was one of at least 60 journalists aboard the flotilla who were detained and their footage confiscated.

Afghanistan: The Longest Lost War Posted: 16 Jun 2010 01:47 AM PDT Despite almost a decade of warfare, including an invasion and occupation, the US military and its allies and client state armed forces are losing the war in Afghanistan . Outside of the central districts of a few cities and the military fortresses, the Afghan national resistance forces, in all of their complex local, regional and national alliances, are in control, of territory, people and administration.

Baroness Dr Jenny Tonge's Speech at UN Conference in Istanbul Posted: 16 Jun 2010 01:09 AM PDT I am sure most of you know the frustration and humiliation Palestinians suffer every day of their lives because of the checkpoints, the settler only roads, the arbitrary arrests, children included; the questioning, the searches; not to mention the land grabbing, uprooting of trees, destruction of crops sometimes by sewage from settlements and the chronic shortage of water which is controlled by the Israelis. One of the incidents I always remember was in Bethlehem a few years back, when they could expect water through their taps every now and then, I travelled up the road to a settlement where there were sprinklers on the lawns there, and watering garden olive trees, which had been transported from, destroyed Palestinian fields.

Israel Demolishes Buildings in East Jerusalem Posted: 16 Jun 2010 12:45 AM PDT Israel has resumed demolitions in East Jerusalem. Three buildings were demolished Tuesday morning (15 June) in the Al Abbasiya neighbourhood of Silwan and the neighbourhood of Ath Thuri. In Ath Thuri, the Jerusalem Municipality ordered the destruction of a 24 square meter garage used mainly for car repairs. Following the demolition, the owner of the structure received a fine from the municipality for the cost of the destruction of his own property.

Feds Demand Balkanization Posted: 16 Jun 2010 12:34 AM PDT The Federal Government is taking steps to make sure Americans vote sufficiently along racial lines. PORT CHESTER, N.Y. — Arthur Furano voted early – five days before Election Day. And he voted often, flipping the lever six times for his favorite candidate. Furano cast multiple votes on the instructions of a federal judge and the U.S. Department of Justice as part of a new election system crafted to help boost Hispanic representation.

Voters Are Entitled To Know Their Votes Are Properly Counted, Says ACLU In Letter To South Carolina State Election Commission Posted: 15 Jun 2010 04:00 PM PDT COLUMBIA, SC – The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of South Carolina sent a letter today to the South Carolina State Election Commission asking the commission to require South Carolina counties to copy or preserve the flash memory cards from voting machines used in the June 8 South Carolina primary elections for the U.S. Senate so that the information on the cards can be audited.

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