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Mass murder in the Middle East is funded by our friends the Saudis

Mass murder in the Middle East is funded by our friends the Saudis December 10, 2013 " Information Clearing House - " The Independent " - - Donors in Saudi Arabia have notoriously played a pivotal role in creating and maintaining Sunni jihadist groups over the past 30 years. But, for all the supposed determination of the United States and its allies since 9/11 to fight "the war on terror", they have showed astonishing restraint when it comes to pressuring Saudi Arabia and the Gulf monarchies to turn off the financial tap that keeps the jihadists in business.

Bill Hicks & George Carlin: The Big Question

Bill Hicks & George Carlin: The Big Question

Obama Failed To Deliver Long-Overdue Apology To Mandela

Obama Failed To Deliver Long-Overdue Apology To Mandela December 11, 2013 " Information Clearing House - " This Cant Be Happening " - When Barack Obama, the first black president of America, delivered remarks Tuesday during a South African memorial service for that country’s first black president, he muffed a historic opportunity to right a grave wrong done by the American government – one that helped send Nelson Mandela to prison for nearly 30-years.

Beyond The Propaganda: The Secret History of How Cuba Helped End Apartheid in South Africa

Beyond The Propaganda: The Secret History of How Cuba Helped End Apartheid in South Africa

Where is Palestine’s Mandela?

Where is Palestine’s Mandela? The answer to my headline question is that he, Marwan Barghouti , is in an Israeli jail where he has been since his arrest in Ramallah by an IDF unit in 2002, after which, in 2004, he was sentenced to five life terms in prison. Some months before his arrest one of Israel’s security agencies tried and failed to assassinate him. A missile was fired at his bodyguard’s car and killed the bodyguard. (If the attempt on Barghouti’s life had succeeded, his killers would not have been brought to justice because as well as bulldozing Palestinian homes and stealing Palestinian land and water, Israel kills, murders, with impunity).

Seymour Hersh: Obama "Cherry-Picked" Intelligence on Syrian Chemical Attack to Justify U.S. Strike

Seymour Hersh: Obama "Cherry-Picked" Intelligence on Syrian Chemical Attack to Justify U.S. Strike                                                                                                                 Part 2