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Investigating WTC Building 7: The Evidence Might Surprise You By Cynthia McKinney, August 14 2013

In the 12 years since the events of 9/11, independent researchers have assembled a body of evidence that overwhelmingly contradicts the official account of 9/11. A primary area of research has been the destruction of World Trade Center Building 7

Letter From Yemen By Felicity Arbuthnot, August 14 2013

The remarkable London-based legal charity,  Reprieve (i) which defends lives “from death row to Guantanamo Bay”, providing legal support for prisoners unable to pay for themselves, have released  a letter to President Obama, and Yemen’s President Hadi from Faisal bin …

The New East-West Military Confrontation By Manlio Dinucci, August 14 2013

Since Putin has returned to the presidency, Russia has reinforced its “anti-American rhetoric” by using “old Cold War stereotypes,” said President Obama after cancelling the meeting set for September.

The straw that broke the camel’s back was the asylum Russia …

Korean Peace and the Asia-Pacific Pivot By James Corbett and Ramsey Clark, August 14 2013
Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark delivers an address on the threat of war in the Asia-Pacific at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan on August 1, 2013. The speech is part of a series of events held in Pyongyang, Seoul and Tokyo around the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Korean War armistice agreement on July 27, 1953.
Fracking and the Shale Gas “Revolution” By Igor Alexeev, August 14 2013

Many US shale companies that have been beating the drums of shale “revolution” are now facing oil and gas well depletion. In February 2013 the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) warned that “diminishing returns to scale and the depletion of …

The Obama Regime’s Fabricated “Terror Conspiracy” in Defense of the Police State By Prof. James Petras, August 14 2013
The entire terror conspiracy propaganda blitz, launched by the Obama regime and propagated by the mass media, is based on the flimsiest sources imaginable, the most laughable pretext.
Israel: The Killers of Peace By Nicola Nasser, August 14 2013

 The Israeli Jewish settlers of the Palestinian territory, which was occupied by Israel in 1967, are dictating unilaterally the demarcation of the borders with any future Palestinian state, thus rendering its creation impossible; holding the Israeli decision-making process hostage, they

Futile Peace Talks – Again. The Jewish State’s Bottom Line By Jonathan Cook, August 14 2013

There are many flies waiting to spoil the ointment of the Middle East peace talks, not least Israel’s recent announcement of a rash of settlement-building. That triggered an angry letter to Washington last week from the Palestinian leadership, though it

Media Disinformation: US Warns Zimbabwe on Secret Uranium Deal with Iran By Timothy Alexander Guzman, August 14 2013

In The Times of London, the UK-Based newspaper report titled ‘Zimbabwe running huge risk if it sends uranium to Iran, US warns’ that a US State Department official stated that the “UN Security Council Resolution 1737 prohibits the sale or

Humanity Is Drowning In Washington’s Criminality. Neoconservatism has created a new Dangerous American Nationalism. By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, August 14 2013
Americans will soon be locked into an unaccountable police state unless US Representatives and Senators find the courage to ask questions and to sanction the executive branch officials who break the law, violate the Constitution, withhold information from Congress, and
Professor Richard Shepherd and the Unnatural Death of Dr David Kelly: Haemorrhage from Cutting the Ulnar Artery. A Sole Cause of Death? By Dr. David Halpin, August 13 2013

These are three sentences from a short letter written by the author and published in the Morning Star 16th of December 2003.

As a past trauma and orthopaedic surgeon I cannot easily accept that even the deepest cut into one …

Two Births: A Gilded Arrival and a Poisoned Legacy By Felicity Arbuthnot, August 13 2013

” … war in our time is always indiscriminate, a war against innocents, a war against children.” (Howard Zinn, 1922-2010.)

On 22nd July two babies were born – in different worlds. Prince George Alexander Louis, son of Britain’s …

Iraq’s Dysfunctional Elite By Harith Hasan, August 13 2013

An electrician walks past wires connected to a local generator in Baghdad, Jan. 23, 2011. (photo by REUTERS/Saad Shalash)

Last month, demonstrators in the southern Iraqi cities of Nassiriya and Basra organized nightly rallies to protest the government’s failure to …

Fukushima: Uncontainable By Stephen Lendman, August 13 2013

Japan’s apocalypse continues. Emergency conditions persist. No end in sight looms. Fukushima’s radioactive discharges can’t be stopped. They continue. They’re uncontainable.

At issue is by far the worst environmental disaster in history. It’s multiples worse than Chernobyl. It’s an unprecedented …

Banking Scandals as a Mirror to the Struggle for World Domination By Valentin Katasonov, August 13 2013

Global banks: a continuous series of scandals

Despite some stabilisation in the financial markets by the time the first wave of the crisis had come to an end (2007-2009), global banks are still not leading a quiet life. Since the …

Obama Appoints Fox to Investigate Spying In the Henhouse: Spymaster James Clapper to Lead Investigation into Spying By Washington's Blog, August 13 2013

When Obama announced last Friday that he’d reform NSA spying, we documented that it wasn’t wise to trust him.

Friday, Obama promised an independent group or experts would investigate spying:

We’re forming a high-level group of outside experts

Obama’s Campaign to Glorify the War on Vietnam By David Swanson, August 13 2013

Wars exist because lies are told about past wars.

When President Obama escalated the war on Afghanistan, he revived virtually every known lie about the war on Iraq, from the initial WMD BS to the “surge.”  While Americans remain unfathomably …

Protests at Greek Detention Camp Highlight State Violence Against Immigrants in Europe By Stefan Steinberg, August 13 2013

Protests over the weekend by immigrant workers in Greece highlight growing state violence against immigrants throughout Europe.

On Saturday evening, dozens of immigrants at the Amygdaleza detention centre near Athens refused to return to their sleeping quarters and set fire …

Former SEC Enforcement Head Joins Wall Street Law Firm By Gabriel Black, August 13 2013

Robert Khuzami, the former head of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s enforcement division, has joined Kirkland & Ellis, a multi-billion dollar law firm that represents major corporations and banks. He signed a two-year contract with the firm, which will …

Cynthia McKinney Supports ReThink911 Building 7 Investigation By Cynthia McKinney, August 12 2013
Encircling Empire: Obama’s Scramble for Africa By Maximilian Forte, August 12 2013

Special thanks for leads and commentary that were useful for this report goes to Crossed Crocodiles, a website devoted to Africa and U.S.-African relations.

This report – the last Encircling Empire Report for 2013 – is fairly long given …

Why Are We At War in Yemen? By Rep. Ron Paul, August 12 2013

Most Americans are probably unaware that over the past two weeks the US has launched at least eight drone attacks in Yemen, in which dozens have been killed. It is the largest US escalation of attacks on Yemen in more …

Memo from Oslo: If Peace Is Prized, a Nobel for Bradley Manning By Norman Solomon, August 12 2013

The headquarters of the Nobel Committee is in downtown Oslo on a street named after Henrik Ibsen, whose play “An Enemy of the People” has remained as current as dawn light falling on the Nobel building and then, hours later,

The Bi-polar World of Rich Bankers. Wall Street “Take-Off” 2012 – 2013 By Prof. James Petras, August 12 2013

On July 16, 2013, Goldman Sachs, the fifth largest US bank by assets announced its second quarter profits doubled the previous year to $1.93 billion.  J. P. Morgan, the largest bank made $6.1 billion in the second quarter up 32% …

The Secret “Good News” from Fukushima By Washington's Blog, August 12 2013

Fukushima Proved that Dry Casks Work

Many bad secrets have been revealed about Fukushima.

For example:

  • Plant operator Tepco just admitted that it’s known for 2 years that massive amounts of radioactive water are leaking into the groundwater and Pacific
The Euro Crisis: German Economists Rehearse a Rebellion By Ingo Schmidt, August 12 2013

The fear of losing one’s social and economic status and the distrust of EU institutions and international financial markets, which have greatly increased since the outbreak of the euro crisis, are the raw material for the construction of the electoral

Boston’s Custom Designed Terror: “Operation Urban Shield” By James F. Tracy, August 12 2013

On  June 6, 2013 “Operation Urban Shield Boston” published videos via its YouTube Channel highlighting the so-named 2011 and 2012 law enforcement and emergency response drills that bore a remarkable resemblance to the April 15, 2013 Boston Marathon bombing allegedly

The California Prisoners Hunger Strike. The Truth By Joe Veale, August 12 2013