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The Shortwave Report 2/23/07 ¡Listen Globally!

23-02-2007 01:14 | Analysis | World

A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio. With times and freqs for listening at home. 2 files- broadcast and slow-modem streaming. Free to rebroadcast. China, Netherlands, Cuba, and Russia.

Unit linked to death squads may be in Iraq

23-02-2007 00:49 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Iraq | World

Posted by Tony Gosling
Questions have been tabled in Parliament about reports that the shadowy Army unit linked to Troubles intelligence scandals is now operating in Iraq.

The Howard government, RAMSI, and the April 2006 Solomon Islands’ riots Part 2

22-02-2007 21:24 | Analysis | Repression | Social Struggles | World

The Howard government immediately moved to derail the official investigation, using all the dirty tricks at its disposal. Former Australian Federal Court Justice Marcus Einfeld, who was appointed head of the inquiry, became the target of an extraordinary media witchhunt in Australia, ostensibly over an unpaid $77 speeding fine. Following Einfeld’s announcement that he was resigning from the Solomons’ investigation, the barrage of sensationalist stories disappeared from the headlines as suddenly as they had emerged.

Inside Bristol's Royal Arch masonic temple

22-02-2007 18:15 | Analysis | Culture | Gender | World

You don't often see pictures from inside the secretive freemasons' halls
CHECK THIS!

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Manufacturing Islamophobia

22-02-2007 14:32 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Anti-racism | World

In India Islamophobia, and fear of Muslims has come on the top of ongoing RSS project of spreading Hate against Muslims which has been in operation since last more than seven decades. The interesting point is that a numerical majority has been indoctrinated to believe that this minority is a threat to them.

Iraq violence could end "within weeks" of foreign troop withdrawal - Al-Kewther

22-02-2007 13:57 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Iraq | World

Dr Munthir Al-Kewther was born in Najaf in 1965. He has studied Islamic and Western Philosophy at various Western and Iraqi universities. Dr Al-Kewther completed his PhD in Islamic Philosophy at Iraq’s Kufa University in 1995.

Dr Al-Kewther is currently Dean of the Faculty of Media and Journalism at Al-Huraa University in the Netherlands. He has an extensive background as a television presenter and broadcaster. From 2001-2006 he was a news reader and programme presenter at Al-Mustaqillah TV in London.

Dr Al-Kewther spoke with Mahan Abedin

Preparing for Cheney

22-02-2007 04:26 | Analysis | Other Press | Terror War | World

See how Australian conservatives run! “No Australian should be surprised. In fact I would like to think they would support it ... The people who murdered 100 Australians in Bali trained in this place with these people and that's why we're there." The statement by the Australian Defence Minister Brendan Nelson is his latest despicable attempt to garner support and justify increased Australian military involvement in Afghanistan – the truth is the Howard government is at the beck and call of the Americans, that is why ‘we’ are in Afghanistan, Mr. Nelson. Defence Minister Nelson, in preparation for Dick Cheney’s arrival in Sydney tonight, has resorted to flagrant LIES and K-Mart political strategies to demonstrate to Cheney that Australian conservatives are able emulators of their master’s cheap tricks and lying political methods.

Exclusive: The Official Draft of the Oil and Gas Law of The Iraq Republic

22-02-2007 02:49 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Terror War | World

Al-Ghad is publishing the full text of the draft Law of Oil & Gas which has been kept away from Iraqi and international public opinion. This will make possible an objective evaluation of this major project and its possible far reaching consequences for the Iraqi people and the world oil industry. We have already published an extensive analysis of the previous draft, by a prominent oil expert, and we are in the process of publishing an update by the same writer, we see no need to introduce this important document.

The Howard government, RAMSI, and the April 2006 Solomon Islands’ riots Part 1

22-02-2007 00:38 | Analysis | Repression | Social Struggles | World

Taken together, what is known about the events of April 18-19, 2006 leaves little doubt that Australian forces were deliberately stood down in order to allow for an extended eruption of violence. Certainly the least plausible explanation is that offered by Castles and other Australian officials.

"Theater Iran Near Term" (TIRANNT)

DUBAI, UAE, 21 February 2007. Code named by US military planners as TIRANNT, "Theater Iran Near Term" has identified several thousand targets inside Iran as part of a "Shock and Awe" Blitzkrieg, which is now in the final planning stages.

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Whose Carbon Is It, Anyway?

21-02-2007 22:32 | Analysis | Climate Chaos | Globalisation | World

This article is about the carbon emissions that many of us don’t know about, or perhaps choose to ignore. It is about the carbon emissions that are only indirectly related to what we do, but are most certainly caused by what we do. It is also about the way we behave, and how that can have a huge impact on those hidden carbon emissions.

Cheney’s trip to Japan and Australia: the preparation for new war crimes

21-02-2007 20:36 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Terror War | World

Cheney’s talks with political leaders in Japan and Australia constitute gatherings of what can only be described as an international criminal cabal. Behind the backs of ordinary people, sordid deals will be done to escalate the criminal violence emanating from Washington. In exchange for ongoing US support, Abe and Howard will be expected, at the very least, to echo US lies and fabrications about Tehran in the UN and other forums, as they did in relation to Iraq, thus providing a veneer of international support for further Bush administration war crimes.

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The Numbers Just Don't Add Up (and "They" Still Have the Guns)

21-02-2007 17:16 | Analysis | Terror War | World

In the Vietnam War protest song "Five to One," Jim Morrison of The Doors sings:

The old get old/And the young get stronger
May take a week/And it may take longer
They got the guns/But we got the numbers
Gonna win, yeah/We're takin' over

Putin and the Geopolitics of the New Cold War

21-02-2007 11:26 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Terror War | World

Or, what happens when Cowboys don’t shoot straight like they used to…

The frank words of Russia’s President Vladimir Putin to the assembled participants of the annual Munich Wehrkunde security conference have unleashed a storm of self-righteous protest from Western media and politicians. A visitor from another planet might have the impression that the Russian President had abruptly decided to launch a provocative confrontation policy with the West reminiscent of the 1943-1991 Cold War.

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U.S. Diplomacy Aborts Jerusalem Summit, Shuns Arab Allies

21-02-2007 10:01 | March 18 Anti War Protest | Analysis | World

Instead of building a diplomatic momentum on the political breakthrough mediated by their Saudi Arabian ally who succeeded in developing an Arab and Palestinian consensus on going along with the U.S.-steered Quartet efforts to revive the deadlocked peace process, the American diplomacy has turned their sponsored Palestinian – Israeli summit meeting in Jerusalem on Monday from a promising event into a missed opportunity.

George Monbiot’s Sour 9/11 Grapes

21-02-2007 08:45 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Terror War | World

It stinks of desperation. George Monbiot, inveterate leftist of the foundation financed environmentalist persuasion, has once again taken a swing at the “conspiracy idiots” who believe government is capable of mass murder, including the reflexive murder of its own subjects.

Blair’s withdrawal ensures Iran Attack

21-02-2007 03:10 | Analysis | Other Press | Terror War | World

Today’s sudden announcement of troop withdrawal by Bush’s poodle, Tony Blair, portends a grim future for Iran. Faced with ruination and possible war crimes trials, the tattered remnants of the coalition of willing criminals will no doubt resort to desperate acts in a futile attempt to fulfil their agenda and create further chaos. Instability and perpetual WAR is the ideology of neo-conservatives – have no doubt that America and/or its few remaining allies (Israel) will soon attack Iran.

Fabricating the case against Iran

21-02-2007 00:12 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Terror War | World

The Bush administration will attack Iran as early as spring 2007. The administration is on total war footing. Over the next few months, the administration and its allies and functionaries will create and provoke a pretext that forces a political consensus behind an attack on Iran.

New Iraq Oil Law To Open Iraq's Oil Reserves to Western Companies

20-02-2007 23:35 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Iraq | World

The Iraqi blogger Raed Jarrar has obtained a copy of the proposed oil law and has just translated it into English. He discusses the new law with Antonia Juhasz, author of "The Bush Agenda: Invading the World One Economy at a Time.”

A Disorderly Retreat: Australian Conservatives on the Back Foot

20-02-2007 16:55 | Analysis | Anti-racism | Other Press | World

The Australian Foreign Minister, Alexander Downer tonight made his first ’07 appearance on the popular current affairs program, Lateline. Downer, known locally as a gutless, smug, toff, was clearly on the back foot when confronted with the two principal issues that are decimating the conservative government; participation in the illegal invasion and occupation of Iraq and the abandonment of the Australian citizen, David Hicks.

World Analysis Newswire Archive

The Shortwave Report 2/23/07 ¡Listen Globally!

Unit linked to death squads may be in Iraq

The Howard government, RAMSI, and the April 2006 Solomon Islands’ riots Part 2

Inside Bristol's Royal Arch masonic temple

Manufacturing Islamophobia

Iraq violence could end "within weeks" of foreign troop withdrawal - Al-Kewther

Preparing for Cheney

Exclusive: The Official Draft of the Oil and Gas Law of The Iraq Republic

The Howard government, RAMSI, and the April 2006 Solomon Islands’ riots Part 1

"Theater Iran Near Term" (TIRANNT)

Whose Carbon Is It, Anyway?

Cheney’s trip to Japan and Australia: the preparation for new war crimes

The Numbers Just Don't Add Up (and "They" Still Have the Guns)

Putin and the Geopolitics of the New Cold War

U.S. Diplomacy Aborts Jerusalem Summit, Shuns Arab Allies

George Monbiot’s Sour 9/11 Grapes

Blair’s withdrawal ensures Iran Attack

Fabricating the case against Iran

New Iraq Oil Law To Open Iraq's Oil Reserves to Western Companies

A Disorderly Retreat: Australian Conservatives on the Back Foot

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