Archive for January 6th, 2006
Hard to say what to make of this. Disinformation (to convince the world that Iran is nearing a nuclear weapon or has such ambitions) or a real slip-up. Or not a slip-up at all, just a media hype. One thing is clear though, the US has an unhealthy obsession with Iran.
Guardian - Mistake piled on [...]
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January 6th, 2006
Björn Hallberg
Because apparently they’re dangerous. Terrorism experts note that they “have added operational benefits in very tight security situations” without pondering the credibility or likelihood of the threat, just moving right along to the next “logical” conclusion.
CSM - Mary Fallot looks as unlike a terrorist suspect as one could possibly imagine: a petite and demure white [...]
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January 6th, 2006
Björn Hallberg
You break it, you pay for it? Apparently not by American standards. And yet, they hold others to these very high standards. Even after decades. I’ll keep it in mind. For the US is a store filled with pretty porcelain, waiting to be broken.
Guardian - The Bush administration has scaled back its ambitions to rebuild [...]
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January 6th, 2006
Björn Hallberg
Kurt Nimmo and Juan Cole pick the latest Washington scandal apart, and come up with some pretty noteworthy conclusions regarding the Abramoff-Zionist connection. Indeed, “most Americans are blissfully unaware of the true nature of these crimes, as they are unaware of the obvious fact the “war” in Iraq was waged in the name of Israel, [...]
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January 6th, 2006
Björn Hallberg
Israel sure is a busy bee, laying the ground work for an early season strike against Iran. These stories just wont die. Disinformation or not, signs indicate that Israel is indeed preparing for something. How can you tell? Quite simple really. Because the Holocaust Industry is rearing its ugly head elsewhere.
So, on the other, and [...]
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January 6th, 2006
Björn Hallberg
Robert Fisk examins how language can is regularly altered in middle-east reporting to make one thing seem like something else altogether.
I FIRST REALIZED the enormous pressures on American journalists in the Middle East when I went some years ago to say goodbye to a colleague from the Boston Globe. I expressed my sorrow that he [...]
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January 6th, 2006
Björn Hallberg
The trailer for “Flight 93″ (production site) is online. 2006 is the year movie studios address the events of Sept. 11 it seems. And like every Hollywood-augmented introspection into American history, it promises, together with Oliver Stone’s as of yet unnamed project, and “102 Minutes” to extoll (and indeed invent) American heroes and build mythos. [...]
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January 6th, 2006
Björn Hallberg