Comment: the refusal by the Marines to destroy the crop should not be surprising in and of itself. The impoverished Afghan farmers depend on it for income and in the “battle for hearts and minds,” that is an important consideration. Considering that other options are available, such as purchasing the opium to make medical morphine, [...]
Comment: In light of the massive volume of broadcasts available on this site about intelligence community involvement in drug trafficking, this should come as no surprise.
“NATO Rejects Russia’s Demand to Destroy Afghan Poppy Fields”; New Europe; 3/26/2010.
NATO and Russia clashed on 24 March over how to tackle the drug problem in Afghanistan, where Western nations [...]
Comment: The recent media flap about the assassination of a Hamas official in Dubai has obscured much about the political and economic reality of that small kingdom. Recently a threat to default and collapse the global financial system (until its rescue by a fellow Emirate), that country was one of the conduits for money to [...]
Comment: The Legacy of the Muslim Brotherhood and Third Reich geopolitics–before, during and AFTER World War II–looms large here.
“Germans Cringe at Hitler’s Popularity in Pakistan” by Hasnain Kazin; Spiegel Online; 3/17/2090.
Germans are popular in India and Pakistan, but not always for the right reasons. Many in South Asia have nothing but admiration for Adolf Hitler and [...]
Comment: the success of the fascist LaRouche organization–Webster Tarpley’s background is with the LaRouchies–in penetrating the so-called progressive sector is underscored by this disturbing post, as is the profound fascist and pro-terrorist nature of a disturbingly large portion of the “9/11 Truth” movement.
“NUJ Gets Nut to Write Terror Manual” by Brett; Harry’s Place; 3/11/2010.
The National [...]
Bosnian neo-nazi organization was birthed today that insists that Bosnia belongs to the Bosniaks, an invented nationality with which Bosnian Muslims identify in order to avoid their religious background when talking to the Western press.
Comment: the FBI has disproved its own theory about the 2001 anthrax attacks.
“The Anthrax Attacks Remain Unsolved” by Edward Jay Epstein; The Wall Street Journal; 1/25/2010; p. A19.
The investigation of the 2001 anthrax attacks ended as far as the public knew on July 29, 2008, with the death of Bruce Ivins, a senior biodefense researcher at [...]
by Diana West (10/05/07)
“ . . . In 2003 and 2004, President Bush asked Faizul Khan, who is affiliated with the Saudi-funded Islamic Center of Washington, D.C., and serves on the board of directors of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), to give the blessing. This year, the Justice Department officially labeled ISNA as [...]
In early 2008, an official at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security sent a report to his superiors detailing what he called “the most significant development in the criminal exploitation of aircraft since 9/11.”
Saudi money power helps them evade 9/11 guilt; investigation revealing connection between Bush administration and terror financing moves forward; CIA’s [ex] Scheuer’s treasonous remarks; Syrian nuke investigation continues.