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Afghanistan: US Airstrike Kills 11 Civilians By Andrea Germanos, September 11 2014

A Black Hawk helicopter flies near Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo:  philmofresh)

A U.S. airstrike killed 11 civilians, including women and children, in the Kunar province of Afghanistan, local officials said Wednesday.

The deaths are reportedly the result of a strike, …

The Mainstream Media Calls War Criminal Henry Kissinger “the Most Celebrated Foreign-Policy Strategist of our Time” By Peter Hart, September 11 2014

Americans are sometimes astonished when foreign leaders who are responsible for horrendous atrocities are treated like statesmen in their own countries, asked polite questions by journalists all too aware of the consequences of speaking truth to power.

So let’s talk …

9/11 Truth: The WTC Buildings were Brought Down Through Controlled Demolition By Richard Gage, September 11 2014

 

 

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FBI Whistleblower: Pentagon, CIA, NATO and MI6 Were Masterminds Behind 9/11 By Washington's Blog, September 11 2014

“As Far As People Who Ran The Show, It Was The Highest Levels of NATO, the U.S., MI6, CIA And The Pentagon”

Sibel Edmonds has just released her fantastic spy thriller, The Lone Gladio (available on Amazon).    Here’s our

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9/11 After Thirteen Years: Continuous Warfare, Police State, Endless Falsehoods By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, September 11 2014
The tragedy of 9/11 goes far beyond the deaths of those who died in the towers, for 13 years a new generation of Americans has been born into the "9/11 myth" that has been used to create the American warfare/police state.
Oh, Ye Masters of War: Marking 9/11 Again With A New Dragon To Slay By Danny Schechter, September 11 2014

When will 9/9, the day of the release of the new IPhone and Watch replace 9/11 in the consciousness of Americans who put consumption way ahead of civil activism?

The wizards of Apple, who will soon have a device on …

Never Forget … Countries from Around the World Admit They Use “False Flag Terror” By Washington's Blog, September 11 2014

Governments from Around the World Admit They Do It

Governments from around the world admit they’ve used the bully’s trick … attack first, and then blame the victim:

  • A major with the Nazi SS admitted at the Nuremberg trials that
Massive Radiation Plume from Fukushima Heading Toward American West Coast According to a Scientific Report By David Gutierrez, September 11 2014

According to scientific modeling systems used by the European Union, the radioactive ocean plume released by the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster is likely to remain a massive clump of radioactivity until it slams into the West Coast of the United …

NBC Reporter: Boots Already on the Ground in Iraq – “They Are Embedded with Local Fighters” By Paul Joseph Watson, September 11 2014

During his prime time speech last night, President Barack Obama vowed that no combat troops would fight on foreign soil in the pursuit of ISIS, an assertion contradicted by NBC’s chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel, who says that U.S. boots …

Camouflage and Coverup: The Dutch Commission Report on the Malaysian MH17 Crash is “Not Worth the Paper it’s Written On” By Peter Haisenko, September 11 2014
The wordings "penetrated" & "high-energy objects" are interesting. It remains unclear how far these "objects" entered, or even if they went through the entire cockpit and came out on the other side of it
9/11: The Mother of All Big Lies By Stephen Lendman, September 11 2014
Afghanistan is a geopolitical prize. At issue is controlling Eurasia's vast oil, gas and other resources. It's controlling the world's largest opium supply. It provides enormous profits for Wall Street. It gives CIA access to billions of dollars in elicit drug money.
Thirteen Years After the September 11 Attacks: CIA Torture and the “War on Terror” By Joseph Kishore, September 11 2014

Today marks the thirteenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. The events of that day were followed within days by the proclamation of a “war on terror” by the Bush administration, a so-called war that has continued

Obama Announces Open-Ended War in Iraq and Syria By Patrick Martin, September 11 2014

In a perfunctory speech on national television Wednesday night, US President Barack Obama announced an open-ended escalation of US military violence in the Middle East.

Using the crimes of the Muslim fundamentalist group ISIS as a pretext, Obama announced he

History of World War II: Commemorating the Enigmatic Battle of Arnhem By Tony Gosling, September 11 2014

From Wednesday 17th to Friday 26th September this year thousands of friends and relatives of the fallen and the final few who fought there 70 years ago will gather to commemorate the Battle of Arnhem.

In 1944, as the Allies …

The US and Global Wars: Empire or Vampire? By Prof. James Petras, September 11 2014

Introduction

To the growing army of critics of US military intervention, who also reject the mendacious claims by American officials and their apologists of ‘world leadership’, Washington is engaged in ‘empire-building”.   

But the notion that the US is building an …

The US and Israel are the Main Sponsors of The “Islamic State” (ISIS) By Fars News Agency, September 11 2014

Commander of Iran’s Basij (volunteer) force Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Naqdi lashed out at the US and Israel for sponsoring the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

“The criminal US created, equipped and armed the ISIL terrorist group

Health Effects of Radiofrequency Emissions. Quebec Campaign against “Smart” Meter Deployment By Jean Hudon, September 11 2014

On October 5, 2012, the Energy Board of Quebec gave the green light to Hydro-Quebec to begin the Phase 1 of the deployment of “new generation” meters on all buildings in the metropolitan area of Montreal. Then on June 13,

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Law Enforcement Related Deaths in the US: “Justifiable Homicides” and the Impacts on Families By Peter Phillips, September 11 2014

Project Censored Editors note: The full version of this study with all of the citations will be published in Censored 2015: Inspiring We the People, edited by Andy Lee Roth, Mickey Huff, and Project Censored, Seven Stories Press, official

Big Banks Manipulated $21 Trillion Dollar Market for Credit Default Swaps…as well as Every Other Market By Washington's Blog, September 11 2014

Derivatives Are Manipulated

Runaway derivatives – especially credit default swaps (CDS) – were one of the main causes of the 2008 financial crisis. Congress never fixed the problem, and actually made it worse.

The big banks have long manipulated

Guatemalan Protestor Burned Alive for Speaking Out Against Canadian Mining Company GoldCorp By Timon Singh, September 11 2014

Guatemalan protestor was beaten and burnt to death after he dared to speak against the Marlin gold mine, which is owned by Canadian company GoldCorp. The man, who was a member of an indigenous tribe, was reportedly killed

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Hillary Clinton’s Poll Numbers Come Back Down to Earth By msnbc, September 11 2014

Hillary Clinton’s favorability ratings continue to tumble as she renters the political fray, with 43% of respondents now saying they view her positively, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, down from a high of 60% in 2009.

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ISIS and Israel Allies Against a Palestinian State By Jonathan Cook, September 11 2014

An image speaks a thousand words – and that is presumably what Israel’s supporters hoped for with their latest ad in the New York Times.

Two photographs are presented side by side. One, titled ISIS, is the now-iconic image of …

Report by Dutch Investigators of MH17 Crash Dispels Notion about Missile Attack. Michel Chossudovsky By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, September 11 2014

The preliminary report by the Dutch Safety Board (DSB) on the Malaysian MH17 crash suggests that the plane was not brought down by a missile, Michel Chossudovsky, director of the Center for Research on Globalization told RIA Novosti on Tuesday.

Terror and the Patriot Act of 2001, Implemented in the Immediate Wake of 9/11 By Prof. Graeme MacQueen, September 10 2014

In the fall of 2001 members of the U.S. executive branch terrorized Congress into passing the Patriot Act that assaulted the rights of citizens.

Tom Daschle was at the U.S. Capitol when news of the 9/11 attacks broke. He began

Malaysia Airlines MH17 Whodunnit Still a Mystery By Robert Parry, September 10 2014

Beyond confirming that Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 apparently was shot down on July 17, the Dutch Safety Board’s interim investigative report answered few questions, including some that would seem easy to address, such as the Russian military radar purporting to

Uncle Sam Does Ukraine: U.S. Meddling Dims Prospects for Peace By Mike Whitney, September 10 2014

“It’s Uncle Sam who’s pushing us into this slaughter. And let’s be frank, many politicians in Ukraine are just following his orders.”

– Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko

The Minsk Ceasefire Protocol has very little chance of succeeding. In fact, the

Obama’s War in Iraq and Syria By Barry Grey, September 10 2014

President Barack Obama will use his nationally televised speech tonight to officially announce what has already begun: a new US war in Iraq that will soon be extended to Syria.

The man who ran for president in 2008 as an

Ukraine’s Whitewashed Odessa Massacre Report By Stephen Lendman, September 10 2014

Ukraine is the epicenter of European fascist reemergence. May’s Odessa massacre revealed its ugly face.

Kiev bore full responsibility. What happened was no-holds-barred barbarism.

Reports at the time suppressed. Premeditated mass murder was committed as planned. More on this below.

No Airliner Black Boxes Found at the World Trade Center? Senior Officials Dispute Official 9/11 Claim By Consensus911.org, September 10 2014

NEW YORK – As disappearing airliners continue to dominate the headlines, new evidence is surfacing to negate official claims that the black boxes from the 9/11 planes were never found.

Firemen working at the Ground Zero in October 2001 claim …

Israeli Human Rights Group B’Tselem Refuses To Participate In Sham Israeli Army (IDF) Self-Investigation By Samer Badawi, September 10 2014

Hundreds of residents return to Khuza’a at the beginning of an August 1 ceasefire to dig out and collect bodies, and to salvage furniture, Khuza’a, east of Khan Younis, August 1, 2014. Khuza’a was cut off from the rest of

Former US Ambassador in Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad Suspected of Money Laundering By John Lee, September 10 2014

Bloomberg reports that A US probe into alleged money laundering by former Ambassador to Iraq, Zalmay Khalilzad (pictured), has led Austrian authorities to freeze a Vienna bank account linked to him.

Khalilzad allegedly transferred $1.4 million to a bank account …

Does Obama Plan To Announce the Bombing Of Syria On the Eve of the 9/11 Anniversary? By Brandon Turbeville, September 10 2014

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As the thirteenth anniversary of 9/11 draws closer so does the possibility that the United States and NATO will finally be able to realize their dream of direct airstrikes against the secular government of Bashar Al-Assad’s Syria.…

Hamas Rocket Launches Don’t Explain Israel’s Gaza Destruction – Israeli Forces’ Manipulated Figures and Fake Evidence By Gareth Porter, September 10 2014

Palestinians collect their belongings from under the rubble of a residential tower, which witnesses said was destroyed by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on Aug. 24. Credit: UN Photo/Shareef Sarhan

Israel and its supporters abroad have parried accusations …

Dutch Report into Ukraine Jetliner Disaster Continues Cover-Up By Robert Stevens, September 10 2014

The Dutch Safety Board’s (DSB’s) preliminary report into the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17) is being portrayed by imperialist governments and their media spokesmen as confirmation that anti-Kiev rebels in eastern Ukraine shot the plane down with a

Ukraine Ceasefire: Underlying Political Conflicts Unresolved By Roger Annis, September 10 2014

A ceasefire in the war in eastern Ukraine was announced in Minsk, Belarus on September 5. Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko made a simultaneous announcement in Wales where he was a special guest at the summit meeting of the NATO military

Deleted BBC Report. “Ukrainian Fighter Jet Shot Down MHI7”, Donetsk Eyewitnesses By Global Research News, September 10 2014
In a bitter irony, The BBC is censoring its own news. Every eyewitness interviewed by the BBC indicated the presence of a Ukrainian military aircraft right beside the Malaysian Airlines Boeing MH17 at the time that it was shot down
The US “Pivot to Asia”, the China Specter and the Australian-American Alliance By Vince Scappatura, September 10 2014
Obama’s ‘Pivot to Asia’ directed against China has undergone significant developments. Not least has been the emergence of Australia as a central part of Washington’s plans to strengthen American influence and military reach across the Asia-Pacific.
Financial Warfare: “The Anglo-American Caliphate” Confronts BRICS By Peter Koenig, September 10 2014

Ever since the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) expressed their unison through the formation of a joint Development Bank – Durban, South Africa on 27 March 2013 – the Zionist-Anglo-Saxon caliphate attempted to divide them. The BRICS

Who’s Going After the US-Saudi Sponsored ISIS Terrorists? Syria Army Targets a Training Camp for ISIS Terrorists By Global Research News, September 10 2014

Units of the armed forces on Monday continued to launch large-scale operations against terrorists, inflicting heavy losses upon them in many areas across the country.

A Military Source told SANA that the Army targeted a training camp for terrorists of …

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To the Bankers, He’s “Super Mario 2.0” Draghi: Neoliberalism Prevails. The Devastating Impacts of the ECB’s Policies By Eric Toussaint, September 10 2014

The ECB announced on Thursday 4 September, 2014 that it would maintain and extend the measures adopted at the meeting of 5 June, 2014. This is being done at a time when it is clear that the policies the central

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North Korea Condemns Escalation of US-South Korean Nuclear Military Threats By Carla Stea, September 10 2014

On August 25, 2014, Ri Tong Il, Deputy Ambassador of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to the United Nations held a press conference at the United Nations, announcing that on August 18 the DPRK had presented a letter to

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Preparing To Asset-strip Local Government? The Federal Reserve’s Bizarre New Rules. Destabilizing Economic Impacts Across America By Ellen Brown, September 10 2014

In an inscrutable move that has alarmed state treasurers, the Federal Reserve, along with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, just changed the liquidity requirements for the nation’s largest banks. Municipal bonds,

“War on Terror” Fearmongering: ISIS Is Going to Attack America’s Electric Grid By Melissa Dykes, September 10 2014

Leading into another 9/11 anniversary, the normal al Qaeda scare fest is nowhere to be found. This year’s fear-mongering is all about ISIS, and September started by taking the rhetoric up a notch.

Back in August, it was all about …

British and US Attacks against ISIS: Obama and Cameron: “Air Strikes on Syria would be Legally Justified” By Cem Ertür, September 10 2014

One wonders how British Prime Minister David Cameron would try to justify his patently criminal statements in front of a war crimes tribunal…

This is how the British press covers the issue of “Going After ISIS” as part of a …

Europe Plays Russian Roulette. The Destabilizing Economic Impacts of the Sanctions Regime By Bill Holter, September 10 2014

The sanctions game of the West versus Russia is taking another notch upwards.  Europe is rumored to announce soon what few believed they would, they are placing sanctions on Russian energy firms Gazprom, Rosneft and Transneft.  I am personally quite

New Documentary on September 11, 2001 “False Flag”: “9/11 in the Academic Community” By Dr. Gary G. Kohls, September 10 2014

Thursday, Sept 11, 2014, was the 13th anniversary of the controlled demolitions – by obviously pre-planted high explosive and incendiary cutter charges – of the three World Trade Center skyscrapers 1, 2 and 7. From my and many other’s

“Refuse Israeli Ships Campaign”: Palestine Solidarity War Coalition in Vancouver Blocks Israeli Ship By Free Palestine Movement, September 10 2014

In a four-day standoff pitting human rights groups and organized labor against Israeli shipping giant Zim, the giant was defeated today in Vancouver, Canada.  

The huge container ship Zim Djibouti first docked at the high-tech Deltaport facility on September 5, …

Amnesty International Diverts Attention Away from Ukrainian Armed Forces Responsibility for War Crimes By David Garrett, September 10 2014

On 05 September, Amnesty International, a non-governmental organisation focused on human rights, published “Ukraine: Mounting evidence of war crimes and Russian involvement”http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/ukraine-mounting-evidence-war-crimes-and-russian-involvement-2014-09-05

Analysis of the 738-word Amnesty article reveals clear bias in the NGO’s reporting on …

MH17 Boeing Crash Investigation: DSB Report Hides Truth. Plane Shot Down by Ukrainian Aircraft By Pravda.ru, September 10 2014

Romanian military expert, pilot and former deputy commander of Otopeni military airport, Valentin Vasilescu, commented on the report about the investigation of the reasons of the Boeing-777 crash in Ukraine.

1. “The available images show that the pieces of wreckage …

Redrawing the Map of the Russian Federation: Partitioning Russia After World War III? By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, September 10 2014
US-NATO's end goal is to divide (balkanize) & pacify (finlandize) Russia, the world’s biggest country, & to establish a blanket of perpetual disorder (somalization) over its vast territory similarly to what is being undertaken in the Middle East & North Africa.
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Media Attacks Directed against the Critics of Biotechnology and Genetically Modified Agriculture By Colin Todhunter, September 10 2014

Hot on the heels of a much publicised article in the New Yorker that set out to attack Vandana Shiva comes another on the Scroll.in website (on September 3). Girish Shahane mounts an attack on Shiva and what he believes

The IMF’s New Cold War Loan to Ukraine By Prof Michael Hudson, September 10 2014

Image: Prof. Michael Hudson’s latest book

In April 2014, fresh from riots in Maidan Square and the February 22 coup, and less than a month before the May 2 massacre in Odessa, the IMF approved a $17 billion loan program

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The Ukraine Crisis Remains Unresolved. Will the Cease Fire Hold? By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, September 09 2014

Some Western commentators interpret the cease fire in Ukraine obtained by President Putin as a victory for Russia. The reasoning is that the cease fire leaves Ukraine with disputed borders, which rules out Ukraine’s membership in NATO. 

 But will the

U.S. Economic Recovery? Small Business Ownership at an All-Time Low, Concentration of Wealth Increasing By Michael Snyder, September 09 2014

According to the Federal Reserve, the percentage of American families that own a small business is at the lowest level that has ever been recorded.  In a report that was just released entitled “Changes in U.S. Family Finances from

Dutch Safety Board (DSB) Report: Malaysian MH17 was Brought Down by “A Large Number of High Energy Objects”, Contradicts US Claims that it Was Shot Down by a “Russian Missile” By Prof Michel Chossudovsky and Julie Lévesque, September 09 2014
While the report does not identify the nature of the “high energy objects”, the assessment suggests that the plane was perforated by “a large number” of unspecified projectiles.
“Civility”: Israel Lobby’s New Weapon Against Free Speech on US Campuses By Ali Abunimah, September 09 2014

“Civility” comes in many forms, sometimes wearing a uniform. (Ali Abunimah)

As I was driving through Indiana en route to Michigan this weekend, I saw this billboard for a local sheriff’s election campaign. There, above the uniformed police …

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US “Counter-Terrorism” in Somalia: Alleged Al-Shabaab Bomb Attack against African Union Mission (AMISOM), Four U.S. Personnel Killed By Abayomi Azikiwe, September 09 2014

A reported car-bomb rammed into a convoy of troops from the African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) on Sept. 8 killing at least twelve people including four from the United States.

The attack was the first major response in the

The East Ukraine “Cease Fire” and the Economic Sanctions Regime Directed Russia By Stephen Lendman, September 09 2014

On September 8, Reuters said EU “governments delayed signing off on a new package of sanctions against Russia…”

They’re doing so to discuss how to suspend them if the Southeastern Ukraine ceasefire holds.

It began Friday evening. It’s shaky at

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Decapitating the Union, Seceding from the United Kingdom: The Scotland Drive for Independence By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, September 09 2014

It is a union that has lasted 307 years.  On September 18, Scotland goes to the polls to see whether it will secede from the United Kingdom.   The polls are getting closer, and shocks have been felt with the suggestion

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Media Coverup of Israeli Crimes against Humanity in Gaza: An Urgent Call to Confront the Mainstream Media By Karin Brothers, September 09 2014

After 50 days of Israeli attacks on a basically defenseless civilian population in Gaza, the pro-Israeli media is now trying to blame the victims for the devastation.  Worse, Israel’s supporters are running scurrilous ads that malign Hamas, even comparing it

Racism and Segregation in America, Past and Present: Malcolm X in Ferguson By Dimitris Fasfalis, September 09 2014

Protests, riots and police violence in Ferguson (a suburb of St. Louis), Missouri, last August have laid bare “America’s racial rift” says The Guardian Weekly.[1] Mainstream opinion-makers have tended to interpret the Michael Brown case and the protests

MH17 Preliminary Report: Plane Hit by “Large Number of High-Energy Objects” By Ria Novosti, September 09 2014

On July 17, Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crashed in eastern Ukraine while en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, killing all 298 people on board. The cause of the crash is still not clear, with the Ukrainian government placing the

Seeing No Neo-Nazi Militias in Ukraine By Robert Parry, September 09 2014

In the Ukraine crisis, U.S. and European politicians and media have relentlessly condemned Russia for violations of international standards, particularly Moscow’s acceptance of Crimea’s hasty vote to secede from Ukraine and rejoin Russia. But the West has gone nearly silent

American Imperialism and the Rise of Islamic Extremism in Syria and Iraq By Niles Williamson, September 09 2014

Just one year after the Obama administration backed off on plans to bomb Syria in the face of popular opposition in the United States and the UK, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has conveniently emerged as the

U.S. War Crimes and The Need To Recognize The Psychology Of Evil By Carl Herman, September 09 2014

Around 1969 as a young boy, I looked-up the definition of the word, evil. I found something like, “Preference and actions for one’s own material wealth over the well-being of others.”

I’ve always remembered that definition as the one that …

CIA Employed “Medieval” Torture that Brought Prisoners “to the Point of Death” By Thomas Gaist, September 09 2014

The CIA engaged in brutal torture that brought prisoners to the brink of death, according to a report published over the weekend in the British newspaper, the Telegraph. The methods used far exceed what has been previously acknowledged by the

Obama’s ISIS War: Profit for Military Contractors By Kurt Nimmo, September 09 2014

Earlier this week Stars and Stripes, the Pentagon-run newspaper and website, posted an article calling for contractors to fight ISIS and provide other services in Iraq.

The U.S. Army Contracting Command posted a notice last month seeking contractors willing

Stop the Disinformation War Machine: Support Independent Media By Global Research and Global Research, September 09 2014

Our website at www.globalresearch.ca was established 13 years ago on the 9th of September 2001, two days before the tragic events of September 11. Barely a few days later, Global Research had become a major news source on the New …

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The Pentagon — The Climate Elephant By Sara Flounders, September 09 2014

There is an elephant in the climate debate that by U.S. demand cannot be discussed or even acknowledged. This agreement to ignore the elephant is now the accepted basis of all international negotiations on climate change.

It is well understood …

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Ebola Outbreak Attributed to Economic Underdevelopment, Political Crises By Abayomi Azikiwe, September 09 2014

Nurses and physicians in Liberia where the Ebola virus has killed many people went out on strike on Sept. 1-2 due to lack of pay and the dangers associated with the minimal resources to address the burgeoning healthcare disaster.

This …

GRTV Interview: NSA Whistleblower William Binney, AE911Truth Richard Gage Call for New 9/11 Investigation By James Corbett and Richard Gage, September 09 2014

William Binney was a 30 year career official at the NSA who resigned in October 2001 because of the flagrant and deliberate violations of the constitution that the agency was engaging in. For the last 13 years he has been …

Iran-Russia-China Axis to Fight Western Sanctions By Fars News Agency, September 09 2014
Iranian Deputy Oil Minister for Planning Mansour Moazzemi announced that the country has started a new set of cooperation with Russia and China to confront the sanctions imposed by the West.

“We have started a serious job with the Chinese

The Toronto Hearings on 9/11: Academics Examine the Evidence, Uncover the Deception By Global Research News, September 08 2014

For the 13th anniversary commemoration of  9/11 we invite our readers to listen to the Global Research News Hour Series on this controversial topic.

First aired in 2013, the 5 episodes highlight the research undertaken into the World Trade Center

Historical Origins of the Islamic State (ISIS): Who Was Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi? By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, September 08 2014
The US intelligence apparatus has created it own terrorist organizations. And at the same time, it creates its own terrorist warnings concerning the terrorist organizations which it has itself created.
Upcoming Currency Crisis? The Contradictions of Europe’s “Negative Interest Rate Policy” By Bill Holter, September 08 2014

 NIRP, “negative interest rate policy”, what an interesting concept this is.  Last week the ECB announced a 10 basis point “cut” in their deposit rates for banks who hold balances at the ECB.  The lowered rate now makes the rate

U.S. Africa Command’s “Humanitarian” Activities Designed to “Facilitate Military Operations and Achieve U.S. Objectives” By Nick Turse, September 08 2014

[This story was reported in partnership with the Investigative Fund at the Nation Institute. Additional funding was provided through the generosity of Adelaide Gomer.]

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania — Movie night in Mouloud, Djibouti.  Skype lessons in Ethiopia.  …

COINTELPRO and U.S. State Terrorism Against the Black Panther Party By Angela A. Allen-Bell, September 08 2014

This past July, students from Northwestern University’s Medill Justice Project visited the infamous Louisiana State Prison known as Angola. While there, students landed an impromptu interview with Warden Burl Cain, where they asked him about an inmate at …

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Commemorating 9/11: The “Ghost of Osama Bin Laden” at Ground Zero’s 9/11 Museum By Prof Jason Kissner, September 08 2014

Let us all intone in unison: “Obama killed Osama on May 1, 2011 in Abbottabad, Pakistan.”

There’s zero evidence that this is what happened, of course, and plenty of evidence that bin Laden had been dead for more than a

No Economy For Americans By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, September 08 2014

The Dow Jones stock average closed Friday at 17,137, despite the fact that the payroll jobs report was a measly 125,000 new jobs for August, an insufficient amount to keep up with the growth in the working age population.

The

Israel’s Biggest Land Grab in the West Bank in Three Decades Shows Netanyahu Unbowed After Gaza By Jonathan Cook, September 08 2014

Israel’s latest settlement drive confirms its leaders have no intention of making a concession on Palestinian statehood to Abbas.

With Israel and Hamas locked in military stalemate after their 50-day confrontation in Gaza, attention had returned to reviving a peace …