από τη φασκομηλιά πολιτών
Οι αναπάντητες ερωτήσεις για 9-11 δεν μπορούν πλέον να αγνοηθούν. Μια νέα, περιεκτικότερη έρευνα από το αμερικανικό συνέδριο απαιτείται, λαμβάνοντας υπόψη όλα τα ασυνήθιστα λεπτομερή στοιχεία σε 9-11. Αν και συνέβη 6 έτη πριν, οι ερωτήσεις ακριβώς δεν θα πάνε μακριά. Εκτός αν μια τέτοια έρευνα γίνεται, οι θεωρίες συνωμοσίας μόνο […]

Κανένα τέτοιο πράγμα όπως την κακή χοληστερόλη: Διάλυση του μύθου μάρκετινγκ
Η χοληστερόλη φαίνεται να είναι ένα από εκείνα τα πράγματα που χτυπά το φόβο στις καρδιές πολλές, σα να λέμε. Αλλά είναι η φήμη που αυτή η ελαιούχος ουσία έχει αποκτήσει αληθινά αξιμένος; What is certain is that the ‘little knowledge’ that the media often imparts means many […]

Republican Presidential hopeful Ron Paul says some of the policies of the Bush administration set the stage for a deep looming recession.
In a Thursday Republican debate, the 10-term congressman said the US economy is falling into recession which has been directly influenced by the flawed economic strategies pursued by the current administration.
Criticizing Washington’s monetary […]

U.S. Army unit Probed for killing Iraqi prisoners
The US Army has opened a criminal investigation into an allegation of “battlefield deaths” of detainees captured by a US brigade that operated last year in southwest Baghdad, an army spokesman said.
The allegation involved the 2nd Combat Brigade of the 1st Infantry Division, which returned to its home […]

Stephen Lendman
RINF Alternative News
Life in occupied Gaza was never easy, but conditions worsened markedly after Hamas’ surprise January 2006 electoral victory. Israel refused recognition along with the US and the West. All outside aid was cut off, an economic embargo and sanctions were imposed, and the legitimate government was isolated. Stepped up repression followed along […]

From CagePrisoners
US Attorney H. Candace Gorman has revealed that her client Abdul Hamid Al-Ghizzawi has been infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Al Ghizzawi believes the infection happened during medical procedures at Guantanamo in 2004 when he was given a blood test which resulted in alarm amongst the hospital staff. Al Ghizzawi was not […]

COPENHAGEN : Denmark will demand answers from the United States for the “unacceptable” use of a Danish airport in Greenland for secret CIA flights, the country’s foreign minister said on TV Wednesday.
According to a documentary called “The CIA’s Danish Connections”, the US agency secretly used Danish airspace and airports as transit for its airplanes.
Planes flying […]

AFP
US Attorney General Michael Mukasey said Tuesday that waterboarding is not currently authorized for CIA interrogations, but said he would not answer questions from Congress on the technique’s legality in general.
Mukasey, who is to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, said that since becoming attorney general on November 9 he had been briefed […]

A Turkish official has refused a US request to scrutinize and then suspend the activities of the Turkey-based Iran’s Bank Mellat.
“What binds Turkey are the resolutions of the UN and not US presidential decrees or Congressional decisions,” a Turkish diplomat told the Turkish Daily News.
US officials have told bankers around the world that Iran […]

By ROBERT BROOKS
A CATALOGUE of errors involving sensitive personal data has led MP Alan Beith to back calls for the Government to scrap its identity card plans.
He says the law to make carrying a card compulsory will become a “bureaucratic nightmare”, which won’t prevent illegal working or help stop crime or terrorism
As chairman of the […]

Book Charges Zelikow May Have Interfered With the 9/11 Commission’s Report
By JUSTIN ROOD
The former executive director of the 9/11 Commission denies explosive charges of undisclosed ties to the Bush White House or interference with the panel’s report.
The charges are said to be contained in New York Times reporter Philip Shenon’s unreleased book, “The Commission: The […]

In Los Angeles, medical marijuana patients can now get their drug with a dose of convenience. The Los Angeles Herbal Nutrition Center installed medical marijuana vending machines to give patients a dose of convenience with their grass. The nutrition center’s owner said they also offer low prices, safety and privacy.California allows marijuana use for medical […]

The Profile of a Third World Country
By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS
It is difficult to know where Bush has accomplished the most destruction, the Iraqi economy or the US economy.
In the current issue of Manufacturing & Technology News, Washington economist Charles McMillion observes that seven years of Bush has seen the federal debt increase by two-thirds while […]

EDWARD HEATHCOAT AMORY
When it was passed into law, the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (2000) sounded a pretty innocuous piece of legislation. But in truth it represented a significant victory for the busybody state over our ancient liberties.
Labour claimed it was responding to demands from civil liberties campaigners for more control over state snooping.
But it […]

Research conducted by a leading British polling group shows that more than one million Iraqis have died as a result of war in their country.
The survey, conducted by Opinion Research Business (ORB) with 2,414 adults in face-to-face interviews, found that 20 percent of people had had at least one death in their household because […]