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Nazis Planned EU-Style Fourth Reich
A writer who was collecting material for a fictional book based around
the premise that top Nazis, seeking to preserve their power at the end
of the second world war, conspired to create a Fourth Reich under the
auspices of the European Union, actually discovered documents proving
the plot to be true.
Somali
pirates guided by London intelligence team, report says
The Somali pirates attacking shipping in the Gulf of Aden and Indian
Ocean are directed to their targets by a “consultant” team
in London, according to a European military intelligence document obtained
by a Spanish radio station.
US
accused of illegal white phosphorus attack in Afghanistan
United States forces in Afghanistan are accused of illegally deploying
white phosphorus against civilians following a firefight with Taliban
militants, according to published reports.
US
soldier behind shooting at Iraq base: official
A US Army soldier opened fire on fellow members of the military at an
American base in Baghdad on Monday, leaving five dead, a US defense
official said.
CIA
terror suspects ‘kept awake for 11 days’
More than 25 of the CIA’s war-on-terror prisoners were subjected
to sleep deprivation for as long as 11 days at a time during the administration
of former president George Bush, according to The Los Angeles Times.
Media
Censoring Lethal Side Effects Of Flu Remedies
Donald Rumsfeld’s Tamiflu pushers (just as they were in 2006)
are set to be the big winners in the GSFS (great swine flu scare of
2009) lottery. Shares of Swiss drug-maker Roche Holding had fallen sharply
after their latest cancer drug failure—but the GSFS came just
in time to give their falling stocks a boost—just as the great
bird flu scare of 2006 did.
White
House aide resigns over Air Force One NY low flyover
The director of the White House military office has resigned over his
role in Air Force One’s £215,000 photo-opportunity flyover
above New York City that sparked panic and flashbacks to the Sept. 11,
2001 terrorist attacks.
White
House forecasts higher U.S. budget deficit
The White House on Monday pushed up its forecast for the U.S. budget
deficit for this year by $89 billion, reflecting the recession,
a raft of new unemployment claims and corporate bailouts.
Former
Top Rated NRA Senator to Introduce Gun Ban This Week
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Democrat and member of the so-called
Blue Dog Coalition, plans to introduce an assault weapons ban this
week. Gillibrand, the junior senator from New York, was at one time
highly rated by the NRA for her advocacy of the Second Amendment.
Iran
urges world action on Israeli nukes
Iran says Israel’s undeclared arsenal of approximately 200
atomic warheads is the only obstacle in the way of a nuclear-free
zone in the Middle East.
Prospects
of a quick economic recovery are but fool’s gold
Hoping for better times — for some, even the return to make-believe
“yesterday” — has now become our prescribed daily
medicine dispensed through the corporate media by our government
via injections of economic news or commentary.
Pakistani
president: Osama bin Laden is dead
Two weeks ago, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zadari suggested that
Osama bin Laden might be dead, saying that U.S. and Pakistani intelligence
agencies had been unable to detect any sign of the world’s
most wanted man since an audio recording of his voice was released
in March. Swine
flu hits China as global cases rise
China confirmed Monday its first case of swine flu on the mainland,
underlining the outbreak’s global spread, as the United States
reported hundreds more cases and warned of further deaths.
Obama’s
Middle East Imperialism
The velvet gloves are off and the reality of Obama’s Middle
East plans are being revealed: a bare-fisted pummeling of Afghanistan
and Pakistan — with Iraq’s fate yet to be determined.
