MEDIA ROOTS — Various official claims of military victory and success have been pronounced as the continuing occupation of Iraq by U.S. mercenaries festers and causes misery for Iraqis. Even after having allegedly withdrawn all U.S. troops from the country, the Pentagon wants another $3 billion of taxpayer money for its imperialistic adventures, despite the astronomical costs already incurred. MR … Read More
Foreign Policy
Guantánamospeak and the Manufacture of Consent
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MEDIA ROOTS — On a recent KPFA radio broadcast, Project Censored discussed the ten-year mark of the U.S. Guantánamo Bay gulag and its implications for the Rule of Law. One of Project Censored’s featured guests, Dr. Almerindo Ojeda, delivered an Occupy UC Davis – Dissent Lecture on December 1, 2011 at the University of California at Davis. We present that … Read More
U.S. Covert Warfare Being Waged Against Iran
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MEDIA ROOTS — RT reported yesterday how Israeli “Mossad intelligence officers posed as CIA agents in order to recruit and train Iranian terrorists…” This comes after reports surfaced of Obama deploying thousands of troops to Israel in apparent preparation for a potential standoff with Iran. Both Israel and its Mossad are funded billions of dollars annually by the U.S. and … Read More
Project Censored on KPFA – Ten Years of Guantánamo
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MEDIA ROOTS – Today’s Project Censored Show on Pacifica Radio addresses Ten Years of Guantánamo and the Evisceration of the Rule of Law. Joined in studio by investigative journalist Andy Worthington, author of The Guantánamo Files; Almerindo Ojeda, professor of linguistics and director of the Guantánamo Testimonials Project at University of California, Davis; and Pardiss Kebriaei, an attorney with the … Read More
Obama Deploys Thousands of Troops to Israel
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MEDIA ROOTS — If one looks at a map of the Middle East’s US foreign policy points of interest over the last decade, it’s obvious the objectives stated in the neo-con think tank Project for a New American Century (PNAC)’s 2001 foreign policy prescription, Rebuilding America’s Defenses, have been carried out. One by one, the US has strategically taken out … Read More