Week in Review: Top Stories of the New Year


The Globalization of War: The “Military Roadmap” to World War III
ONLINE INTERACTIVE READER
– by Michel Chossudovsky, Finian Cunningham – 2012-01-31

The Pentagon’s global military design is one of world conquest. The military deployment of US-NATO forces is occurring in several regions of the world simultaneously.


VIDEO: The Gaddafi Mercenaries and the Division of Africa
Exclusive new report now on GRTV
– by Julien Teil, Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya – 2012-01-12


IRAQ: Tariq Aziz “They Killed our Country. We are all Victims of Britain and America.
– by Felicity Arbuthnot – 2012-01-12

Thousands Of US Troops To Arrive In Israel This Week
– by Mais Azza – 2012-01-12


Almost On Third of U.S. Warplanes Are Drones
– by Spencer Ackerman, Noah Shachtman – 2012-01-12


Are Drones Watching You? UAF Surveillance for “Non-Military Purposes”
– by Jennifer Lynch – 2012-01-12

Japan: “Goodbye, nuclear power!” Labor lends its weight to mounting protests
– by Jason Combs – 2012-01-11


Beyond Star Wars, America Seeks Hegemony in Cyberwarfare
– by Prof. Igor Panarin – 2012-01-11


U.S. Exploits Tensions For Military Containment Of China
– by Cui Haipei, Ma Liyao – 2012-01-11


NATO versus CSTO: The Clash between Competing Military Alliances
– by Dadan Upadhyay – 2012-01-11


Totalitarianism: The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), Latest Chapter In the Road towards “Police State USA”
– by Sherwood Ross – 2012-01-11


ACCURATE SATIRE: Henry Kissinger: “If You Can’t Hear the Drums of War You Must Be Deaf”
Kissinger, the most famous living practitioner of international statecraft
– by Alfred Heinz – 2012-01-11


Human Life: Beyong Money, Ideology and Productive Forces
Part III
– by Prof. John McMurtry – 2012-01-11


VIDEO: Fukushima: TEPCO Believes Mission Accomplished & Regulators Allow Radioactive Dumping in Tokyo Bay
Learn more on GRTV
– by Arnie Gundersen – 2012-01-11

PAKISTAN: Alleged “Taliban Terrorists” are Foreign Agents
– 2012-01-11


Western Imperialism and the Unspoken Tyranny of Colonization
– by Dr. Mahboob A. Khawaja – 2012-01-11

The World of Mercenary Companies and Private Military Contractors
– by Stephen Lendman – 2012-01-11


VIDEO: Syria: Endgame Approaches as Conspiracy Continues
Find out what’s happening on GRTV
– by James Corbett – 2012-01-11


Evolving Financial Crisis. Solvency of the Euro Zone
– by Bob Chapman – 2012-01-11


US Steps Up Covert War Against Iran with yet Another Assassination of a Nuclear Scientist
It’s not just an act of war; it’s a taunt for response
– by Finian Cunningham – 2012-01-11

Theory and Practice in the “Occupy Movement”
– by Shamus Cooke – 2012-01-11


Guantanamo by Numbers: Close America’s Concentration Camp
– by American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) – 2012-01-11


Iraq: A Country in Shambles
– by Dahr Jamail – 2012-01-10


The Criminality of Nuclear Deterrence Today
– by Prof. Francis Boyle – 2012-01-10


Washington’s plan to isolate Iran is drifting towards a stalemate
– by Patrick Henningsen – 2012-01-10


Manipulation of the UN Security Council in support of the US-NATO Military Agenda
Coercion, Intimidation & Bribery used to Extort Approval from Reluctant Members
– by Carla Stea – 2012-01-10

Coercion, Intimidation and Bribery used to Extort Approval from Reluctant Members…


BREAKING: War Plan Iran: China Snubs Washington’s Best-Laid Plans to Destabilize Iran’s Oil Industry
– by Finian Cunningham – 2012-01-10


VIDEO: Mass Panic Over Bird Flu Experiments
Find out more in this week’s installment of GRTV Behind the Headlines
– by James Corbett – 2012-01-10


Regime Change in the Russian Federation? Why Washington Wants ‘Finito’ with Vladimir Putin
– by F. William Engdahl – 2012-01-10

OCCUPY: A Culture of Resistance was Born in 2011: the People United in an Independent Movement
In 2012, the Real Conversation will be in the Occupations, while Corporate Candidates have a False Conversation
– by Kevin Zeese, Margaret Flowers – 2012-01-10


China Perceived as a Global Threat: Spiralling US Defense Spending, A Bid to Sustain Military Dominance
US defense review fixes strategic focus on Asia-Pacific and China
– by Tao Wenzhao – 2012-01-10

BREAKING: Readies for War On Iran: US Builds Military Hospitals in Georgia
Construction of facilities on threshold of a military conflict
– 2012-01-10

Washington To Deploy Snipers For Chicago NATO, G8 Summits
– 2012-01-10


Who Says What on the Internet: Homeland Security Collects “Personal Identifiable Information” on Users of Social Media
– 2012-01-09

Football Pitch-Sized Batteries Could Change the World of Renewable Energy
– by James Burgess – 2012-01-09


Saving the Post Office and Postal Banking : The Models of Kiwibank and Japan Post
– by Ellen Brown – 2012-01-09


Freedom: An Endangered Species in America
– by Stephen Lendman – 2012-01-09

BREAKING: Iran Not Building A Nuclear Weapon: Leon Panetta
– by Common Dreams – 2012-01-09


War Plan Iran: The US Finally Admits Its Criminal Bankruptcy.
“Are they trying to develop a nuclear weapon? No.”
– by Finian Cunningham – 2012-01-09

“Are they trying to develop a nuclear weapon? No.” says US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta. So if Iran is not even trying to develop a nuclear weapon, what then is the criminal US warmongering predicated on?


How to Start a War: The American Use of War Pretext Incidents.
– by Richard Sanders – 2012-01-09

Throughout history, war planners have used various forms of deception to trick their enemies. The most common pretext for war is an apparently unprovoked enemy attack. Such attacks, however, are often fabricated, incited or deliberately allowed to occur. They are then exploited to arouse widespread public support for ilitary “retaliation.”


Trigger an “Accidental Confrontation” as a Pretext to Wage War on Iran
– by Deniz Yeter – 2012-01-09


Life Value, The Common Life Interest of Legitimate Rights and Social Justice
Part II
– by Prof. John McMurtry – 2012-01-08


The Historical Roots of the Global Economic and Social Crisis
Part II
– by Dr. Eric Toussaint – 2012-01-08


Manipulating the Figures on US Unemployment: December Payroll Jobs Report
– by Paul Craig Roberts – 2012-01-08


The March Toward The Abyss
– by Fidel Castro Ruz – 2012-01-08

No other era in the history of mankind has known the dangers that today faces humanity…


VIDEO: Obama’s Arsenal of Doom: Strip Benefits and Buy More Weapons
– 2012-01-08


Western oil firms remain as US exits Iraq
– by Dahr Jamail – 2012-01-08


When War Games Go Live. Preparing to Attack Iran. “Simulating World War III”
– by Michel Chossudovsky – 2012-01-08

With ongoing war games on both sides, armed hostilities between the US-Israel led coalition and Iran are, according to Israeli military analysts, “dangerously close”.


The Geo-Politics of the Strait of Hormuz: Could the U.S. Navy be defeated by Iran in the Persian Gulf?
– by Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya – 2012-01-08

The Pentagon’s own war simulations show that a war in the Persian Gulf with Iran would spell disaster for the U.S. Navy.


American, British, Israeli and Iranian Warships Sailing Towards Confrontation
– by Washington’s Blog – 2012-01-07


Iraqi Torture Scandal Touches Highest Levels of NATO
– by Jeffrey Kaye – 2012-01-07

US Obligated to Take Iran Dispute to International Arbitration
– by Sherwood Ross – 2012-01-07

Arrest US War Criminals to stop war on Iran
– by Carl Herman – 2012-01-07

Russia Electoral Fraud Story was … a Fraud?
– 2012-01-07

SYRIA. US-NATO Sponsored Suicide Attack? Report: Terrorist Bombing in Damascus
– 2012-01-07


Waging War against Iran is a Criminal Act, in Violation of International Law
The death toll from World War III will be incalculable…
– by Prof. Francis A. Boyle – 2012-01-07


The US Economy in the Doldrums: No Evidence of Solvency or Recovery
– by Bob Chapman – 2012-01-07


The Dismal Economic Outlook For The New Year.
– by Dr. Paul Craig Roberts – 2012-01-07


SYRIA: British Special Forces, CIA and MI6 Supporting Armed Insurgency. NATO Intervention Contemplated
– by Michel Chossudovsky – 2012-01-07

British Special Forces Training Syrian Rebels
– 2012-01-07


Obama’s New Military Strategy: Targeting Nations which Challenge US Hegemony
– by Stephen Lendman – 2012-01-07


Why Not Attack Iran?
Iran will retaliate against U.S. troops and Israel
– by David Swanson – 2012-01-06

The New York Times is Lying About Iran’s Nuclear Program
– by Robert Naiman – 2012-01-06


IMPLOSION OF THE MIDDLE EAST: Destabilizing Iraq and Syria, Recalibrating America’s War Plans directed against Iran
– by Dr. Ismail Salami – 2012-01-06


DHS Now Issuing Thousands of New Photo ID’s for ‘Voting Purposes’
– by Patrick Henningsen – 2012-01-06


The US-Iran Economic War: Worldwide Depression. Skyrocketting Oil Prices?
– by Pepe Escobar – 2012-01-06


The IMF and US African Command (AFRICOM) Join Hands in the Plunder of the African Continent
– by Nile Bowie – 2012-01-06

US Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania conducted a series of African war game scenarios in preparation for the Pentagon’s expansion of AFRICOM…

WAR PREPARATIONS REPORT: U.S. and Israel Preparing for ‘Biggest Defense Drill Ever’
– by Elad Benari – 2012-01-06


AMERICA ON A WAR FOOTING: Thousands of US troops deploying to Israel
– 2012-01-06

Iran To Hold Largest-Ever Naval Drills Near Strait Of Hormuz
May coincide with US-Israeli major naval exercises in the Persian Gulf
– 2012-01-06


Avoiding Another “Long War”: Intelligence Officials Reveal “Dubious” IAEA Report on Iran’s Alleged Nuclear Weapons Program
– by Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity – 2012-01-05

“Game Over” for the Planet if XL Oil Pipeline is Built to Tap Alberta Tar Sands
– by Sherwood Ross – 2012-01-05


America’s “Mini Air Force”: Long-range drones directed against China
– by Michael Richardson – 2012-01-05

Exposed: The Military’s Freakiest ‘Non-Lethal’ Weapon Ideas
– by Katie Drummond – 2012-01-05


Why Attacking Iran Will Not Work in 2012. Failure could Result in a US-Israel Military and Economic Tailspin
– by Patrick Henningsen – 2012-01-05

The Iowa Elections: “GAME ON:” Our Media Fostered Political Circles Move North
– by Danny Schechter – 2012-01-05

US Defense Act 2012: Open-ended War
Interview
– by Scott Horton – 2012-01-05

Reserve Airmen to be Deployed to the Middle East
More than 120 Airmen of the 934th Airlift Wing, Air Force Reserve, will deploy to Southwest Asia
– 2012-01-05

On the Brink of a Global Conflict
– by Anastasiya Pershkina – 2012-01-04


Iran/Iraq ‘Defectors’ and Disinformation
– by Robert Parry – 2012-01-04


THE WAR ON IRAN: The Deployment of Thousands of US Troops to Israel, The Integration of US-Israeli Command Structures
– by Michel Chossudovsky – 2012-01-04


Israel: “Wiped off The Map”. Rumor of the Century, Fabricated by the US Media to Justify An All out War on Iran
– by Arash Norouzi – 2012-01-04


Romney, Santorum in Virtual Tie in Iowa Republican Caucus
– by Patrick Martin – 2012-01-04

Israel, US to hold largest ever missile defense exercise. Thousands of US soldiers will be deployed in Israel.
– by Yaakov Katz – 2012-01-04


Prelude to War? US Sanctions: No Coup de Grace for Iran
– by Ismail Salami – 2012-01-04


Iraq. Began with big lies. Ending with big lies. Never forget.
– by William Blum – 2012-01-04


Money Power Runs America
– by Stephen Lendman – 2012-01-04


BREAKING NEWS: The Pentagon to Send US Troops to Israel. Iran is the Unspoken Target
Blacked-out news story in America…
– 2012-01-04


The War on Libya: Revelations of Former French Foreign Minister. Crimes against Humanity Committed by Sarkozy & French Military
– by Alexander Mezyaev – 2012-01-04


The European Ponzi Scheme and the Euro
– by Bob Chapman – 2012-01-04


Media Manipulation and the Drums of War: How Media is used to Whip the Nation into Wartime Frenzy
Faking It: How the Media Manipulates the World into War
– by James Corbett – 2012-01-03

Canadian Researcher: US Targeting Syria to Change Region’s Geo-Political Reality
– by H. Sabbagh – 2012-01-03


War Imminent in Strait of Hormuz? $200 a Barrel Oil?
– by John C.K. Daly – 2012-01-03


FINANCIAL WARFARE: US Sabotage of Iran’s Currency: A New Twist of the Screw to War
– by Finian Cunningham – 2012-01-03


Hollywood: “War Horses” and the “Great War” of 1914-1918.
A Comment on Steven Spielberg’s most recent movie
– by Jacques R. Pauwels – 2012-01-03


UAV Remote Video Warfare: The U.S. has Opened A Pandora’s Box with Drones
– by Darrell L. Shahan – 2012-01-03


Final Curtain: Obama Signs Indefinite Detention of Citizens Into Law As Final Act of 2011
– by Jonathan Turley – 2012-01-03

How Congress Has Signed Its Own Arrest Warrants in the NDAA Citizen Arrest Act
– by Naomi Wolf – 2012-01-03


Tyranny in the Forecast: The Outlook for the New Year
– by Dr. Paul Craig Roberts – 2012-01-02

Happy New Year: Don’t Bother Asking for an Attorney When You’re Detained
– by Gale Courey Toensing – 2012-01-02


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