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Video - History of Iran-US Relationship Since 1953   Video  Sixty years ago, the CIA and the British SIS orchestrated a coup d'etat that toppled the democratically elected government of Mohammad Mossadegh. The prime minister and his nationalist supporters in parliament roused Britain's ire when they nationalised the oil industry in 1951, which had previously been exclusively controlled by the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company. Mossadegh argued that Iran should begin profiting from its vast oil reserves.

Muslim USAF veteran again barred from flight - Air Force News | News from Afghanistan & Iraq - Air Force Times OKLAHOMA CITY — A Muslim U.S. Air Force veteran who had trouble entering the country last year to visit his terminally ill mother was barred again Saturday from trying to return home to Qatar, the second time this month that he’s been prohibited from boarding a flight in Oklahoma City because his name appears on a government no-fly list.

The Hidden History of Water Torture by Tom Engelhardt -- Antiwar.com Sometimes, the world can be such a simple, black-and-white sort of place.  Let me give you an example.  Imagine for a moment that the Iranians kidnap an American citizen from a third country .  (If you prefer, feel free to substitute al-Qaeda or the North Koreans or the Chinese for the Iranians.)  They accuse him of being a terrorist.  They throw him in jail without charges or a trial or a sentence and claim they suspect he might have crucial information (perhaps even of the “ticking bomb” sort — and the Iranians have had some genuine experience with ticking bombs). Over the weeks that follow, they waterboard him time and again. They strip him, put a dog collar and leash on him.  They hood him, loose dogs on him. They subject him to freezing cold water and leave him naked on cold nights. They hang him by his arms from the ceiling of his cell in the “strappado” po...

Major Protests, Hunger Strikes after Palestinian Detainee Dies of Torture -- News from Antiwar.com Major protests have broken out in the occupied West Bank and reports say every single one of Israel’s 4,500 Palestinian detainees took part in a hunger strike today to protest the death of detainee Arafat Jaradat in custody on Saturday.

US Special Forces Ousted From Afghan Province Over Torture -- News from Antiwar.com Afghan President Hamid Karzai has ordered all US special forces out of the Wardak Province today after probes into torture and “disappearances” of innocent civilians turned up evidence of US involvement.

The Moral Depravity of "Lincoln" The Moral Depravity of "Lincoln" By Sam Husseini February 24, 2013 " Information Clearing House " -  There is not a substantial character in the movie "Lincoln" who argues -- on moral grounds -- that African Americans are equal to whites.  The movie opens with President Lincoln listening to a soliloquy of a young black man who argues for how he wants to get ahead; which is fine I suppose, but hardly the same as a moral case against slavery.  Abolitionists -- who should be regarded as heroes -- are viewed throughout the movie as near nut jobs on the few occasions when they are not ignored.  The radical Republican congressman Thaddeus Stevens is depicted going through contortions to  not argue that blacks are inherently equal to whites.   A pivotal scene is between him and Lincoln in which he pleads for Lincoln for follow his moral compass. Lincoln responds that one cannot go straight north when there is a swamp t...

When “War is Peace”: “Peace Prizes” Awarded to War Criminals February 24, 2013 " Information Clearing House " -  French President François Hollande was awarded UNESCO’s Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize for  “valuable contribution to peace and stability in Africa”  according to the United Nations website:  www.un.org .  Former Mozambique President Joaquim Chissano, chaired the Jury of the Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize stated that “After analyzing the global situation, it is Africa that held the attention of the Jury with the various threats affecting the continent”  with instability affecting Northern Mali by various Al-Qaeda elements created by the west, gave France an opportunity to invade the former colony.  “Having assessed the dangers and the repercussions of the situation on Africa, and on Mali in particular, as well as on the rest of the world, the Jury appreciated the solidarity shown by France to the peoples of Africa.”   Does appr...