Tony Blair’s Big Lie Omission
In his new book, the former British prime minister asks for a fair hearing on the Iraq war. But he ignores a key meeting where…
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Gulf Oil Spill: University Study Contradicts Government Estimates, Up To 79% Of Oil Could Remain
AP/Huffington Post A group of scientists say that most of that BP oil the government claimed was gone from the Gulf of Mexico is actually…
Will BP Skip the Relief Well, Declare Mission Accomplished, and Abandon Ship Without Permanently Killing the Oil Leak?
Washington’s Blog Yesterday, I pointed out that – while everyone is claiming that the oil well has been capped – it hasn’t really been capped….
Cameron: Israeli Blockade has Turned Gaza Strip into a ‘Prison Camp’
Nicholas Watt & Harriet Sherwood The Guardian David Cameron used a visit to Turkey to make his strongest intervention yet in the intractable Middle East…
Cameron Raids Dormant U.K. Accounts as Minister Attacks Banks
Robert Hutton Bloomberg U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron announced plans to use “hundreds of millions of pounds” from dormant bank accounts to fund community projects, while Business…
British Army ‘involved in torture mission with US troops’
Robert Verkaik The Independent Claims that British soldiers used water torture on a badly beaten Iraqi man before unlawfully handing him over to US interrogators…
Taxpayers Still Subsidize BILLIONS to Big Oil
As Oil Industry Fights a Tax, It Reaps Subsidies David Kocieniewski –New York Times When the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform set off the worst oil spill at…
Army Drops ‘Psy Ops’ to Erase ‘Nefarious Connotation’
Activist Post The Associated Press reported today that the Army is changing the name of their “Psy Ops” division, short for Psychological Operations. AP quoted Alfred…