DhafirTrial

A must-watch video Information Clearing House 12/7/06

John Perkins, author of “Confessions of an Economic Hit Man” blows the lid of U.S. imperialism and provides the reasons as to why we are at war in the Middle East.

Go to: Why We’re At War?: George Bush Is Not The Problem..

In his latest column for the New Statesman, John Pilger reports an unprecedented study by three UK universities which found that, contrary to myth, 80 per cent of the media followed “the government line” on Iraq and only 12 per cent challenged it. He analyses the subtleties and insidious nature of censorship in free societies and asks why this is neglected by many media colleges. (more…)

The Associated Press IHT 12/6/06

STOCKHOLM, Sweden: Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked secret Pentagon documents during the Vietnam war, said Wednesday that he believed the U.S. would attack Iran before 2008 and urged Washington insiders to make new disclosures to prevent a new war. (more…)

By Leila Choukroune From: Libération
Translated by Leslie Thatcher of Truthout 12/5/06

August 20, the People’s Court of Yinan in the Shandong province condemned Chinese defense advocate Chen Guangcheng to four years and three months of prison for “intentional destruction of property” and the organization of “gatherings designed to disturb traffic.” On appeal, a parody of justice has just flouted the most elementary rights of defense once again. (more…)

Published on Wednesday, December 6, 2006 by the Financial Times
by Chris Giles commondreams.org 12/6/06

Personal wealth is distributed so unevenly across the world that the richest two per cent of adults own more than 50 per cent of the world’s assets while the poorest half hold only 1 per cent of wealth. (more…)

By Norman Solomon Truthout 12/6/06

The lead-up to the invasion of Iraq has become notorious in the annals of American journalism. Even many reporters, editors and commentators who fueled the drive to war in 2002 and early 2003 now acknowledge that major media routinely tossed real journalism out the window in favor of boosting war.

But it’s happening again. (more…)

By Jeff Stein, CQ National Security Editor 12/1/06

It’s amazing what you can find if you turn over a few rocks in the anti-terrorism legislation Congress approved during the election season.

Take, for example, the John W. Warner Defense Authorization Act of 2006, named for the longtime Armed Services Committee chairman from Virginia. (more…)

Both pieces were written shortly after the arrests were made in 2003.
By Brett Marston: : brettmarston.com 3/5/03

‘HELP THE NEEDY’: FEDS INSINUATE TERRORIST CONNECTION

In a bail hearing for Ayman Jarwan, a defendant in the case, prosecutors made the following moves, according to an article in the Syracuse Post-Standard:

[Asst. U.S. Attorney] West urged the court to consider reports that terrorists were planning to detonate a “dirty bomb” designed to spread radioactive material. (more…)