Israel attacks aid ship, kills at least 10 civilians

by Glenn Greenwald, Salon … It hardly seemed possible for Israel — after its brutal devastation of Gaza and its ongoing blockade — to engage in more heinous and repugnant crimes.  But by attacking a flotilla in international waters carrying humanitarian aid, and slaughtering at least 10 people, Israel has managed to do exactly that.  [...]

PCC-772 Cheonan – Russian experts review results in South Korean ship sinking

A Russian investigation team began working with Korean experts going over their evidence that the Cheonan was sunk by a North Korean torpedo. China has already rejected the findings. Russia claims they will have a report ready in one week’s time by June 7th. … The Russian team — including torpedo and submarine experts — [...]

Robert Fisk: Western leaders are too cowardly to help save lives

by Robert Fisk, The Independent Has Israel lost it? Can the Gaza War of 2008-09 (1,300 dead) and the Lebanon War of 2006 (1,006 dead) and all the other wars and now yesterday’s killings mean that the world will no longer accept Israel’s rule?  Don’t hold your breath.

Emily Henochowicz, U.S. Art Student, Shot in the Face With a Tear-Gas Gun by IDF Soldier at Protest

by Scott Creighton “One sees clearly only with the heart. Anything essential is invisible to the eyes.” Antoine de Saint-Exupéry This is a picture of a U.S. citizen being carried to a hospital by a Palestinian and being cared for by another Palestinian after being shot in the face with a tear-gas canister by an IDF [...]

‘Israel is a Lunatic State’ – Finkelstein on Gaza Flotilla Attack

German President Resigns Because He Admitted Global Free Market Wars are All About Trade

German President Horst Köhler resigned on Monday in response to controversy surrounding his remarks about Germany’s military mission in Afghanistan. … In an interview with a German radio reporter who accompanied him on the trip, he seemed to justify his country’s military missions abroad with the need to protect economic interests. “A country of our [...]

Memorial Day Massacre: Israel Has Attacked Gaza Flotilla – Casualties and Fatalities Reported – BETWEEN 16 AND 20 DEAD, 30 TO 60 INJURED

It is being reported on German and Turkish News that between 10 and 19 are dead at this point… all members of Free Gaza Obama is waiting for his Israeli Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel (son of an Irgun Terrorist) and his AIPAC aligned Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, to tell him what to do.  [...]

Understanding the Global Free Market Wars: The IMF and Iraq

Next Stage Of US Occupation – Economic Colonization of Iraq Led By The IMF Half a Million Displaced Iraqis Face Grim Future In Squalid Squatter Camps  and it will get worse.

PCC-772 Cheonan: China and Russia Seem to Reject the Conclusions of the U.S.-Led “Objective” Investigation

by Scott Creighton Last week the reports quoting ”anonymous senior officials” couldn’t have been more wrong; China did not end up endorsing the Hilary Clinton pro-war talking point that North Korea was responsible for sinking the Cheonan. Perhaps we should stop quoting the lies of our anonymous “senior officials” before we let them start another war for profit. [...]

American Radical – The Trials of Norman Finkelstein

“A famous English aristocrat once said that if a person were to walk down the streets of London telling the truth to people he met, he would probably be killed before he went a couple hundred meters.” Noam Chomsky Part 1 “This past week one of Israel’s main television networks broadcast the documentary AMERICAN RADICAL [...]

New war unlikely over sinking of S.Korean warship – Russian experts

RIANOVOSTI May 27, 2010 Russian experts do not expect the sinking of a South Korean warship to provoke a new war and say the investigation into the incident has not been provided with enough evidence.

Russia not to raise SKorean ship sinking incident in UN Security Council-FM

ITAR-TASS May 26, 2010  Russia will not bring the South Korean corvette Cheonan sinking incident to the attention of the U.N. Security Council, the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday. Nor will Russia support any attempt to raise this issue in the U.N. Security Council until it gets 100 percent proof that the ship was sunk [...]

US Signs, Then ‘Regrets’ Call for Nuclear Free Mideast – NPT Declaration Urges International Disarmament, But Mentions Israel

(Obama signed it, but he didn’t want to sign it, because it mentioned Israel’s nukes.) by Jason Ditz, AntiWar The Obama Administration’s somewhat bipolar position on nuclear disarmament was in full view today, as the administration publicly signed an NPT declaration calling for a nuclear-free Middle East, then publicly condemned the same deal.

Did an American Mine Sink South Korean Ship?

by Yoichi Shimatsu, from New American Media South Korean Prime Minister Lee Myung-bak has claimed “overwhelming evidence” that a North Korean torpedo sank the corvette Cheonan on March 26, killing 46 sailors. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton claimed that there’s “overwhelming evidence” in favor of the theory that North Korea sank the South Korean [...]

PCC-772 Cheonan: Photographic Evidence that “No. 1″ Written on Top of Rust

by Scott Creighton The official lie about the sinking of the Cheonan is falling apart so the government is cracking down. “Prime Minister Chung Un-chan ordered the government to come up with a measure to stop the widespread rumors surrounding the Cheonan’s sinking.”  Joong Ang Daily, May 29, 2010 My first article is being attacked in [...]