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Real reason behind Abdulmutallab Amestrerdam Plane Attack: Al-Qaeda?

This is the latest American government’s propaganda to heighten public fear, to curb their resent and encourage hatred.

Omar Faruk Abdulmutalleb

Omar Faruk Abdulmutalleb


This is the latest propaganda to push for more losses of liberties, more control over the general public, more governmental supervision and more wars, all of which directly translate into more easy money and more profit for the big Oil, Military and Security corporations.

Afghanistan war was initially launched to capture Osama Bin Landen.
What happened?
The only results were Hundreds of thousands have been killed and more hatred – No Bin Laden.

Iraq war was initially launched to find WMDs.
What happened?
Nearly a million innocent people have died.
Shockingly enough a child dies every six minutes in Iraq.
It has not only improved American or Global security, but has made it much worse.- No WMDs.

The war in Yemen, the poorest most raged Arab state, is in progress, as a result of another false flag and staged terrorism.

What will happen folks?

The same governments who claim to protect our freedoms are the ones destroying them.

These are the same people who claim to combat terrorism and themselves are the ones creating it.

These are Wars OF Terror; these are “Attacks on Liberties”; these are “Filling the Pockets of Big Corporations”

“None are more helplessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free”

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Cost of US War Compared to Other Social Costs

Here is an interesting graph that shows the cost of US led war compared against univesal health care, universal preschool, security, cancer research and immunization.

It is easy to see how much the American people are losing with these unjustified wars: masacring people within and abroad the country.

cost-of-us-war-against-healthcare

cost-of-us-war-against-healthcare



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Hamid Karzai’s Brother, Ahmed, Paid by CIA for More Than 8 Years

Recent news from The New York Times has suggested that Ahmed Wali Karzai, the brother of the president of Afghanistan, gets regular payments from the CIA and has for much of the past eight years.

Ahmed Karzai CIA Read the full story

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How Invasion of Afghanistan Worked for Opium Production

I was reading through some articles about the increase of opium production in Afghanistan and came across the following graph from Wikipedia.

afghanistan opium productionOpium Poppy Cultivation in Afghanistan (in Hectors)

This data was published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

It is interesting to note that during the period when Taliban was gaining power,  the opium production actually showed a downward trend to a point where in 2001 it was reduced to its a minimum record since 1994.

Many argue that this containment of opium production under the Taliban regime was not favorable to the American drug corporations, which consequently become one of the big factors in the invasion of Afghanistan and the decision to  overthrow the Taliban regime.

After which, the production of opium surely picked up again and kept rising up beyond previous records.

The fact that Pharmaceutical business is the second most profit making industry after oil is no secret and the American government benefited largely from this increased opium production.

Following is a list of Medical drugs produced from Opium:

Morphine 45.8%
Codeine 42.5%
Dihydrocodeine 5.4%
Pholcodine 1.9%
Hydrocodone 1.5%
Thebaine 1.4%
Oxycodone 0.9%
Ethylmorphine 0.6%


When considering the number of people around the world that use Acetaminophen daily, a pain killer that has Codeine as its main ingredient, the amount cash that is generated from having cheap opium at hand is astronomical.

Opium (cheap opium) creates huge profit margins for pharmaceutical companies.

By controlling the region and increasing the production of this plant, similar to oil, the American government kept its price reduced and well favorable, with no regards to regional and global effects of such massive opium surplus.

Sure the American companies have made billions of dollars, but at the cost of many Afghani, Iranian, Pakistani young men and women killed if not others around the world, many falling into the traps of addiction.

An addiction which devastates not only a single person, but many families, their offspring and eventually destroys the foundation for a functional society.

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Nothing Says Peace and Nobel Prize Like a 30,000 lb Bomb

The BBC has recently reported that the Pentagon is speeding up the deployment of an enormous bomb, one that would be the largest non-nuclear weapon ever in the U.S. arsenal.

The 30,000 lb (13600 kg) massive ordnance penetrator (MOP) carries about 2,400 kilograms of explosives and is so heavy no fighter can carry; it can only be carried on a B-2 stealth bomber.

The U.S. Department of Defence’s decision to award the $51.9 million US contract to Boeing Co. earlier this month signals a renewed commitment to the weapon.

The American president, Barack Obama gets the Nobel Peace prize and the approval of such budget for this bomb comes only days after it.

A Few Peaceful Thoughts:

bunker buster mop bomb Nothing Says Peace and Nobel Prize Like a 30,000 lb Bomb

Nothing says “Diplomacy” like a 30,000 lb bomb.

Nothing says “Cooperation” like a 30,000 lb bomb.

Nothing says “Love and Understanding” like a 30,000 lb bomb.

Nothing says “Security” like a 30,000 lb bomb.

Nothing saves “Lives” like a 30,000 lb bomb.

Nothing helps the “Economy” like a 30,000 lb bomb.

Nothing wins the “Nobel Peace Prize” like a 30,000 lb bomb.

and finally:

Nothing says “Peace” like a 30,000 lb bomb.


With files from: BBC, CBC
Photo Source: The Associated Press


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US Senate Passes Heavy Defence Bill

The US Senate has just passed a substantial defense bill for fiscal year 2010.

nancy pelosi us senate 583x298 custom US Senate Passes Heavy Defence Bill Photo: Speaker Pelosi

The “Defense” bill detail is as follows:

Total allocated sum: $636 billion

Approximate total sum for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan: $130 billion

The sum: $3.9 billion less than the amount requested by President Barack Obama’s administration.

Bill passed: 93-7 votes

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No Flu Shot Means No Job, No Raises and No Bonuses – New American Mandate


“No flu vaccine, no pay raise” Local Ohio hospital workers are being told.

Elsewhere, in New York, nearly 500,000 health care workers are forced to take swine flu shot or face losing their jobs.

Americans concered over mandatory shots

Americans concerned over mandatory shots

New York is the first state in the country to order flu vaccinations for its health care workers.
The initial doses of swine flu vaccine will be available for distribution within a week. Much of it is reserved for state health care workers however, there is growing opposition to required inoculations.

The mandate on flu vaccines has stirred up protests in both Ohio and New York

In New York health-care workers rallied at the state capitol.

Another, non-medical, group is also being forced to take the flue shot, however, they will not have a choice of protesting or opposition.

The military!

The Pentagon has bought 2.7 million vaccines, and 1.4 million of those will go to active duty military. National Guard troops on active duty are also required to receive the vaccine, as are civilian Defense Department employees who are in critical jobs.

Hence, the military personnel, experimentally,  are expected to provide health officials with an early assessment of the vaccine.

“Because I can compel people to get the shots, larger numbers will have the vaccine,” said Renuart, commander of U.S. Northern Command.

“They will, as a percentage of the population, be vaccinated more rapidly than many of us. So we may see some objective results, good or not, of the vaccinations.”

This is an alarming trend, whereby vaccinations being forced on the population in the US.

Certain question should certainly be asked…

How can anyone be sure about the integrity of the chemicals used in such vaccines?

Why should the general public be forced into taking a medication that has not proven its effectiveness?

Why should millions of tax payers dollars go to the pharmaceutical companies who are only filling their pockets based on massive public fear and propaganda?

Well…

Such questions need not be answered if the the government is to be obeyed  without question.

However, we should remind ourselves that…

Blind obeisance to the government and to the mainstream media denotes neither intelligence nor patriotism.

With files from: wcbstv.com, wcbstv.com, NBC4

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Why Walking out on Ahmadinejad’s Speech is Not Justified

A number of nations have declared that their representatives will walk out before the Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmedinejad makes his speech. This should be considered as not only a childish act but also a humiliating decision for any nation doing so. It blatantly shows whom these governments are catering to; and we can be sure that they are not catering to the majority of their population.

“I feel we are being ‘ruled’ by foreigners. I want my country back!.” Said David Henry one of the commentators on CBC (Canadian news) article.

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Ahmadinejad Arrives in New York for the 64th UN General Assembly

The Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has arrived in New York to attend the 64th session of the UN General Assembly.

The Iranian ambassador to the UN, a group of Iranians residing in the US, and “local officials” welcomed the Iranian delegation in New York on Tuesday, the Fars news agency reported.

For the first time all five lawmakers representing religious minorities in the Majlis (Iran’s parliament) are part of the Iranian delegation accompanying Ahmadinejad.  Previously, only one of the lawmakers representing religious minorities accompanied the Iranian president on his visits to the UN headquarters.

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Open Letter to Glenn Beck by Alex Jones

Prisonplanet- Alex Jones has addressed Glenn Beck in the form of an open letter, appealing to him to “be on the right side of history” by using his growing public platform to tell the truth rather than exploiting it to deceive grass-roots conservatives and libertarians into following a re-birth of the neo-con agenda that Beck has embraced all along.

 Open Letter to Glenn Beck by Alex Jones

Glenn Beck,

It is important to preface this letter by highlighting the fact that I do not attack people lightly and have defended you in the past when Van Jones was calling for you to be fired. I fully support your right to free speech.

Read the full story

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