Monthly Archives: August 2009

The Rise of Mercenary Armies: A Threat to Global Security

The Rise of Mercenary Armies: A Threat to Global Security Help White House Thwart Peace Movement by Sherwood Ross Global Research, August 31, 2009 The growing use of private armies not only subjects target populations to savage warfare but makes … Continue reading

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Liquidity to Keep the Financial System from Collapsing in a Heap

Liquidity to Keep the Financial System from Collapsing in a Heap by Mike Whitney Global Research, August 31, 2009 Ben Bernanke never should have been reappointed as Fed chairman. Obama made a big mistake. The main thing to remember about … Continue reading

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Escalating tensions over hunt for oil and gas in the Arctic

Escalating tensions over hunt for oil and gas in the Arctic by Yuri Solozobov Rossiyskaya Gazeta (Russia) – 2009-08-28 Two years ago, Russian submarines planted a rustproof titanium flag on the seabed beneath the North Pole. Although a potentially provocative … Continue reading

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Goodbye to Cheap Oil

Goodbye to Cheap Oil by Prof. Michael Klare June 15, 2009 tomdispatch.com Buckle your seatbelt, you may be going nowhere — and it could be a very bumpy ride. Oil futures have just passed $71 for a barrel of “light, … Continue reading

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The West's Final Assault On the Former Soviet Union

Eastern Partnership: The West’s Final Assault On the Former Soviet Union by Rick Rozoff February 13, 2009 Stop NATO At a meeting of the European Union’s General Affairs and External Relations Council in Brussels on May 26 of last year, … Continue reading

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The IMF Collects Debts on Behalf of the World's Largest Banks

The IMF Collects Debts on Behalf of the World’s Largest Banks Make Iceland pay for Incompetent British Bank Deregulation by Michael Hudson Global Research, May 11, 2009 Last month the G-20 authorized the International Monetary Fund to increase its loan … Continue reading

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CIA Discovered Planning “Soft Revolution” in Early 2009

CIA Discovered Planning “Soft Revolution” in Early 2009 Mehr News Agency 2009-06-19 TEHRAN, Jan. 19 (Mehr News Agency) — Iran has broken up a CIA-backed network that sought to carry out a “soft revolution” in Iran through people-to-people contacts. The … Continue reading

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Color Revolutions: Bulgaria vs Ukraine: Don't blink

Color Revolutions: Bulgaria vs Ukraine: Don’t blink by Eric Walberg July 21, 2009 Al-Ahram Weekly Obama’s geopolitical demarche in Russia’s backyard is moving ahead nicely… First there was the election in Bulgaria 5 July which brought a new party to … Continue reading

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Venezuela & Iran: Whither the revolutions?

Venezuela & Iran: Whither the revolutions? by Eric Walberg July 1, 2009 Al Ahram Weekly June was a busy month for two of Washington’s real ‘Axis of Evil’. Venezuela’s Chavez completed his nationalisation of oil and Iran’s Ahmedinejad stemmed a … Continue reading

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Color Revolutions, Old and New

Color Revolutions, Old and New by Stephen Lendman Global Research, July 1, 2009 In his new book, “Full Spectrum Dominance: Totalitarian Democracy in the New World Order,” F. William Engdahl explained a new form of US covert warfare – first … Continue reading

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