| UN Gaza Flotilla Report Gravely Flawed | September 16 |
Michael Ratner: Palmer report wrongly states Israel's Gaza blockade is legal
In response to the report which states that the blockade was imposed as a measure of Israeli national security, Ratner argues that the blockade is “about collective punishment of the people of Gaza”. Ratner points out that “UN bodies have consistently said that the blockade is illegal”. In spite of this the Palmer report justifies the blockade.
| Pre-9/11 FBI Headquarters had Information to Support Warrant for Moussaoui | September 16 |
Philip Shenon: Investigation shows FBI
Headquarters had linked Moussaoui to Al Qaeda but didn't share info
that would have allowed computer searchShenon calls the FBI’s decision to ignore warnings about Zacarias Moussaoui from the Minneapolis field office “one more crazily missed dot in the summer of 2001”.
| Ain Shams University Demand Dismissal of University Leaders | September 16 |
At Ain Shams University, student protests demand dismissal of current University leadership and free election of new leaders. | Obama Pushes NAFTA-Style Trade Policy Despite 2008 Promise | September 15 |
Timothy A. Wise: US pushing Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement without key reformsIn some key areas such as patent extension and food security, the Obama administration’s Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement represents “a real step backwards on the part of the Obama administration from previous attempts to improve on the NAFTA model”. This comes in spite of Obama’s 2008 critiques of NAFTA.
| US Poverty Level Reaches Record High | September 15 |
EuroNews: Nearly one in six Americans are living in poverty. That is the result of the US Census Bureau's annual report.New census bureau annual report says poverty rate has risen four years in a row and that it is at its highest level since 1993.
| UK Cuts to Public Sector Not Leading To Private Sector Growth | September 15 |
Ch4: Government austerity in UK leading to higher unemployment not growthUnemployment figures soar and quick economic recovery seems unlikely. 58% cut in investment spending threatens economic recovery.
| Gaza Children In Israeli Hospital After Drone Attack | September 14 |
A month after recent escalation between Israel and Gaza two Palestinian children in critical condition in an Israeli hospital.In a harrowing report from Israel, Lia Tarachansky speaks with the fathers of two Palestinian children seriously wounded in an alleged silent drone attack last month. The IDF refuses to comment to TRNN about the incident and stands by IDF actions taken “against suspected terrorists in Gaza”.
| Post 9/11 Wars And Violations Of Civil Liberties Continue | September 14 |
Michael Ratner: Obama administration has reversed very little of Bush policyDomestic surveillance is “the same if not worse” under Obama, says Michael Ratner. Wars abroad, lack of privacy –the events of 9/11 justified these actions and to some extent they continue to do so. Ten years on, surveillance tactics are being deployed against people resisting cutbacks and austerity legislation.
| Evidence That Al-Qaeda Killed Hariri | September 13 |
Gareth Porter: UN inquiry ignored confessions and other facts in order to pin assassination on HezbollahIn spite of evidence pointing to al-Qaeda’s is responsibility for Hariri’s death, the UN refuses to address the evidence. Porter cites a “a general orientation on the part of Western governments” to name Hezbollah “the bad guys” and remarks that an investigation into the UN’s motives is a “story still to be written”.
| Suppressing Investigation About The Role Of Saudi Arabia In 9/11 | September 12 |
Saudi link to 9/11 hijackers found in Sarasota but not revealed by FBI Investigative Journalists Summers and Swan recount that these connections have been kept from the public. Evidence of phone calls between Saudis and hijackers based in Florida before 9/11 is further evidence connecting Saudi Arabia and the 9/11 attacks. This evidence was largely kept from the Congressional joint committee investigating 9/11.
| Bush Ordered Investigation To Suppress Saudi 9/11 Connection | September 12 |
Summers and Swan Pt.2: Sen. Bob Graham wanted to publish results of Saudi investigation, Bush ordered it redacted28 pages of the 9/11 report were blacked out - redacted. What was in those pages? Why were they redacted? And who ordered that they be blacked out? Summers and Swan suggest what was in those omitted parts of the report and why it was suppressed.
| 9/11 Not An "Intelligence Failure" | September 11 |
Ray McGovern and Jason Leopold: The intelligence agencies had the information; the question is why didn't they use it?McGovern wonders why information about targets and suspects was kept quiet. He also wonders why the mainstream media has not picked up on this story. After all, as he summarizes, what has come to light in Clarke’s willingness to speak is “a principal advisor to President Bush accusing the head of CIA of dereliction of duty at the very least, and saying that had he done his job, 9/11 might have been prevented”.
