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Golden Globe Awards to Honor 1 Million Dead Iraqis

HOLLYWOOD, CA-- The 2012 Golden Globe Awards this Sunday will take a moment to honor... more

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ACLU Report Card Puts Ron Paul Above President Obama!

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The Iraq War Ends

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Cheney calls for air strike on Iran over captured drone

By David Edwards Tuesday, December 13, 2011 Former Vice President Dick Cheney said... more

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Airforce Dumped Ashes of Troops Remains in Landfill

The Air Force dumped the incinerated partial remains of at least 274 American troops... more

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24 Dead Pakistani Soldiers Brought Back to Life After U.S. Apology

Dear Dirty Newswire PAKISTAN -- 24 dead Pakistani troops magically returned to life... more

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Malaysian ‘Tribunal’ Finds Bush, Blair Guilty of War Crimes

Source: Raw Story / Press TV Malaysian ‘tribunal’ finds Bush, Blair... more

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Enforced disappearances in Pakistan

The practice of enforced disappearances has increased dramatically since Pakistan... more

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Voice in the Wilderness: If You Vote In Another "Upper-Class" President, I Promise You This Will Continue

Stop The Insanity and vote in a "middle-class" president in office... more

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Bush, Santorum, and the War of the Codpiece

Well, if by lost you mean not flying around aircraft carriers within sight of San... more

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Failed Terror Plot Too Strange To Be True?

Attorney General Eric Holder and FBI Director Robert Mueller held a press conference... more

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Triage – I first learned the word from MASH.

–-i-first-learned-the-word-from-mash/ Me- long isn’t it? But, fairly... more

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It Could Be You: The Sad Story of Jose Padilla, Tortured and Denied Justice | Truthout

For nine and a half years – almost as long as the “war on terror”... more

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Thom Hartmann: ''Wanted, Dead or Alive'' US Citizens!?

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Money and money-making is at the center of modern wars!

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The True Nature of the War in Afghanistan

In her book, A Woman among Warlords, Malalai Joya speaks out on the real purpose of the United States’ occupation, and the war’s disastrous consequences

The Afghanistan war is not the good war we should have fought instead of Iraq. It is not about making us safer from terrorism. It is not about suffocating the rising tide of Islamic extremism. It is not about spreading women’s rights. And it is certainly not about exporting democracy. The war is a part of the grand chess game being played out by the United States and its rivals in what state planners have long regarded as “the most strategically important area in the world”— the Middle East. In A Woman Among Warlords, the Extraordinary Story of an Afghan who Dared to Raise Her Voice, Malalai Joya—a young Afghan who has served in Parliament, stood up to the warlords and faced countless assassination attempts while heroically leading the struggle for her country’s freedom— describes in graphic detail the true nature of the war, and the disastrous consequences it has wrought.

“The real purpose” of the occupation, she writes, “is for the United States and its allies to establish permanent bases to serve their strategic aims.” Joya explains that “Central Asia is a key strategic region, and the United States wants to have a permanent military presence there to counteract China’s influence in particular.” Furthermore, “Central Asia is also very rich in oil and natural gas resources. One of the reasons that NATO wants to stay in Afghanistan is to ensure that the West has better access to these riches.” For example, “it was recently announced that a pipeline is to be built from the Caspian Sea, through Turkmenistan and Afghanistan, and then on to Pakistan and India. The West does not want these resources flowing through Iran or Russia.” Finally, “Afghanistan has many other untapped natural resources,” such as “massive deposits of copper,” “iron,” and “other metals in Eastern Afghanistan.”

Continue reading: http://thebloodycrossroads.com/the-true-nature-of-the-war-in-afghanistan/221235/In her book, A Woman among Warlords, Malalai Joya speaks out on the real purpose of... more

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Honor The Victims of 9/11. Learn What Happened & Why

For anyone interested in marking the 10th anniversary of 9/11 by learning more about it I recommend the History Commons as a good place to start. Not a collection of conspiracy theories but a well researched timeline of over 6,000 events that made up that day and the trail of events leading up to it.
Or as they put it in their own words.
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“This timeline is meant to be a comprehensive resource for anyone attempting to understand 9/11 and the “war on terrorism” in general. Polls show that Americans are extremely uninformed about 9/11. A third of Americans can’t even correctly guess the year 9/11 took place and about half of all Americans mistakenly believe Saddam Hussein had a role in the attacks.

But it is vital for everyone to understand 9/11, what led to it, and what the fallout from it has been. Terrorism directly and indirectly affects our lives in many ways and dominates the political discourse. Those of us working on the 9/11 timeline are striving to boil the news on terrorism down to a reasonable level so citizens can stay well informed.

We strive to be objective and keep any layers of interpretation as thin as possible. If you see specific examples of bias anywhere in the timeline, please point them out so we can make changes. But at the same time, we unabashedly focus on failures, problems, and controversies instead of success stories. That’s because those are the things we need to learn from and fix and hold people responsible for when necessary.

9/11 and terrorism generally are flashpoints for what people call “conspiracy theory.” This 9/11 investigative project contains no conspiracy theories. In fact, it does not offer any theories at all. Rather it simply lays out the facts so readers can come to their own conclusions. Biases may show at times because no human being is completely objective and judgments have to be constantly made; for instance, to include this particular fact or that one when editing decisions have to be made to keep the length down. We rely on each other and ask readers to point out when we are missing important facts or skewing the information.”

http://www.historycommons.org/project.jsp?project=911_project

And now here we have an odd thing. It is the morning of 9/11 and I thought share this would be a great thing to share here on Current. When I went to check on the link am now finding that I can't get on the site at all. I've never had any problems before, hmm. So hopefully it's because so many people are trying to access the site and not for some "darker" reason.

Another good resource for exploring the deeper causes of9/11 is this great 3 hour tv special called The Power of Nightmares now playing on our Mindsi2 YouTube station. Where we examine the growth of the American empire.
http://www.youtube.com/user/Mindsi2?feature=mheeFor anyone interested in marking the 10th anniversary of 9/11 by learning more about... more

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The best of Current's 9/11 anniversary coverage: Michael Moore, Olbermann and top documentaries

Ten years after 9/11 the images of the Twin Towers crashing down are still as powerful... more

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Is War On Terror Profiteering Linked To The Downturn In The Economy?

An examination of the expansion of the "war on terror", and it's... more

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Ron Paul for president 2012! (Obama epic Fail) - YouTube

America it's time you wake up and vote for Dr. Ron Paul 2012 he is our only hope

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