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02 December 2010
The invisible government
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Robert Koehler
Once again, the curtain of secrecy is drawn back and Olympus looks more like Oz. The machinations of empire turn out to be banal and ordinary.

In a time of endless war, when democracy is an orchestrated charade and citizen...
02 December 2010
Wikileaks: Russian bribes "Infected" bout's extradition case to U.S.
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Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- The U.S. Ambassador to Thailand warned that bribes, lies and a plot to have two U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents arrested in Bangkok had "infected" the extradition trial of alleged Russian arms smuggler...
29 November 2010
WikiLeaks: Demystifying “Diplomacy”
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Norman Solomon
Compared to the kind of secret cables that WikiLeaks has just shared with the world, everyday public statements from government officials are exercises in make-believe.

In a democracy, people have a right to know what...
27 November 2010
Cambodia's festival stampede kills 378
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Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Cambodian officials are investigating why a huge crowd panicked during a joyful Water Festival in Phnom Penh and stampeded across a narrow bridge, killing at least 378 people in Cambodia's worst tragedy since the Khmer...
26 November 2010
Afghanistan is about perpetual war
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Harvey Wasserman
The war in Afghanistan is about perpetual war, not Afghanistan.

It's about preventing democracy in the United States, not bringing it to Southwest Asia.

And it is the tombstone of the Obama Presidency.
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26 November 2010
"Die for a Tie" -- How the Korean War began
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David Swanson
An excerpt from the just published book "War Is A Lie" War is a Lie
After two world wars with a depression in between, none of which Americans had submitted to voluntarily, President Harry S Truman...

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