I suspected as much. From the moment the committee had tried to implicate Galloway, they started out on some very thin ice. For starters they should have checked his background. Not just the bit about visiting Baghdad but rather his communication style. Hence, he made quite a ruckus. And put quite a few conniving senators [...]
Continue Reading May 20th, 2005 Björn Hallberg
NAOMI Klein’s latest article for The Nation contemplates the use of torture, not as a means for interrogation but rather social control and terror. Like I have previously speculated the leaks and denials from US headquarters may look flimsy at first but are more likely aimed at intimidation. And at this they succeed nicely. [...]
Continue Reading May 16th, 2005 Björn Hallberg
It did take awhile but thanks to a screening at Cannes, Adam Curtis’s "The Power of Nightmares - Rise of the Politics of Fear" did make the headlines, even CNN and corporate media caught on.
At a screening late on Friday ahead of its gala on Saturday, "The Power of Nightmares" by filmmaker and senior [...]
Continue Reading May 14th, 2005 Björn Hallberg
Is anyone surprised? Uzbekistan was, believe it or not, a close ally in the global "war on terror" set forth by the United States. Uzbekistan’s quirky regime has received support and aid from Washington since 9/11 and Karimov is by any account America’s new best friend in the region.
Remember Craig Murray, Britain’s former ambassador [...]
Continue Reading May 13th, 2005 Björn Hallberg
Too pessimistic? Not so. It’s a very real prospect. The US never could come to terms with ethnicity and the conflicts that it can bring. Nor do they understand how imposing "democracy" and a market economy could possibly be bad in terms of reinforcing these conflicts. Sadistic or rosy is anyone’s guess. But the goals [...]
Continue Reading May 13th, 2005 Björn Hallberg
This confirms what critics have been saying all along. There never was any genuine effort to resolve the Iraq conflict by any means besides military.
Reports in the British media this month based on documents indicating that President Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair had conditionally agreed by July 2002 to invade Iraq appear to [...]
Continue Reading May 13th, 2005 Björn Hallberg
Observer via Agonist. The United States dismissed the bulk of criticism out of hand. In some cases they claimed to have made changes but were later found out to be lying. Now comes yet another difficult scrutiny of the dubious practises at the infamous US facility.
An American soldier has revealed shocking new details of abuse [...]
Continue Reading May 8th, 2005 Björn Hallberg
Sean-Paul Kelley over at the Agonist takes a long hard look at Bush’s tour of eastern Europe and the revisionism that the US is trying to disseminate. Commenting of course on the latest mindboggling speach by George W Bush (AP; Second-guessing Roosevelt). The Guardian also has a recent article up that warn us not to [...]
Continue Reading May 8th, 2005 Björn Hallberg
Times Online via Agonist. The capture of a supposed Al-Qaeda kingpin by Pakistani agents last week was hailed by President George W Bush as �a critical victory in the war on terror�. According to European intelligence experts, however, Abu Faraj al-Libbi was not the terrorists� third in command, as claimed, but a middle-ranker derided by [...]
Continue Reading May 8th, 2005 Björn Hallberg
Well, it depends if by war they mean taking potshots at basically defenceless nations like North Korea. But a real conflict, probably not effectively. CSM is sceptical and so is most of the mainstream media.
Myers said any future armed conflicts "may result in significantly extended campaign timelines, and achieving campaign objectives may result in [...]
Continue Reading May 5th, 2005 Björn Hallberg
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