UK Analysis Newswire Archive
Jaded with the New McCarthyism
02-02-2007 15:17
Without wishing to revive Old Hat, I preferred to wait to see how the hulabaloo over the tactless Jade Goody played out. It seems more sinister than anyone has yet remarked.The Shortwave Report 2/2/07 ¡Listen Globally!
02-02-2007 01:51
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. Netherlands, Cuba, China, and Russia.Messianic Cult Cover-up for a Massacre?
01-02-2007 21:55
Expanding the War to Iran: Another “Urban Legend?”
01-02-2007 21:42
Rejecting the notion that the United States was planning to attack Iran and Syria, White House Spokesman Tony Snow called it a myth or an “urban legend.”As a journalist who covered Washington in the months leading up to the U.S. invasion of Iraq in March 2003, I recall the many “urban legends” that were circulating at that time.
The Origins of Iran's Nuclear Plants
01-02-2007 16:57
Although it now seems that the preferred argument to justify expanding the US-UK imperial slaughter in the Middle East to Iran is the alledged support for insurgents in Iraq, this wasn't the case until recently — the alleged Iranian nuclear weapons programme was the justification, and the nuclear plants the planned targets.
The War on Iran
01-02-2007 15:14
The war has already begun and it has nothing to do with nuclear weapons and threats against Israel and everything to do with who rules AmericaMembers of Blair’s inner circle arrested in “cash for honours” inquiry
01-02-2007 13:51
The arrest for the second time of Prime Minister Tony Blair’s chief fundraiser Lord Levy once again brings the “cash-for-honours” investigation to the door of Number 10.All the Prime Ministers men
01-02-2007 13:21
The cabinet are discussing House of Lords reform today, presumably to discuss lowering the membership costs. Not coincidentally, they also chose today to relase news that Tony Blair was again questioned by police in the 'cash for peerages' scandal last Friday. Perhaps Blair should convert to judaism rather than catholicism simply to ensure he has a safe haven to bolt to like Lord Levy has.The Miracle (of Propaganda) — Refashioning Goliath into David
01-02-2007 11:40
Our delusions of our underdog status would be laughable if they did not have such dire consequences for ourselves and the rest of the world. This David (read, the U.S.) versus Goliath (read, our ostensible enemies) story is told and retold to us to justify the worst crimes against humanity.Iran Blame Game Shifts into High Gear
01-02-2007 10:32
“The Pentagon is investigating whether an attack on a military compound in Karbala on January 20 was carried out by Iranians or Iranian-trained operatives, a U.S. official told CNN on Tuesday…. Some Iraqis speculate that the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps carried out the attack in retaliation for the capture by U.S. forces of five of its members in Irbil, Iraq, on January 11, according to a Time.com article published Tuesday.”Baptists stand by 'Jesus loves Osama' sign
01-02-2007 09:00
Saddam Hussein’s Last Words: "To the Hell that is Iraq!?"
31-01-2007 17:29
The execution was carried out, as a psychological weapon, to usher in sectarian violence and division throughout the Middle East. The timing also coincided with several announcements and news reports of war plans by the United States and Israel in regards to Syria and Iran. It is no coincidence that shortly after the execution, the U.S. President identified Syria and Iran as the enemies of Iraq and raided an Iranian Consulate in Iraqi Kurdistan.EDO Corp Forbes Listed As One Of The Biggest Losers of 2006
31-01-2007 15:25
Again EDO Corp get a bad report from Forbes.The Problem With...Being Normal
31-01-2007 09:59
Here is a small confession : I don't consider myself to be normal. I wish I was. I strive to save energy, reduce the damage I do to the planet and work hard to think of solutions to our environmental crisis. That is not normal. If it was, then I could probably carry on living with few cares in the world - except maybe what will happen to my children when they become teenagers!Reality knocks, nobody Home!
31-01-2007 05:15
All demagogues and most politicians are familiar with the curious phenomenon of the diminished intelligence of a crowd relative to the mean intelligence quotient of all the individuals that comprise it! The level of intelligence of a crowd decreases as the size of the crowd increases. Less known, however, is the diminished ability of the crowd to act without the assistance of an orchestrater or conductor. In the face of the most heinous crimes, today’s populations are conspicuous by their complacency, silence and inability to act. The crowd waits patiently for an appropriate catalyst or activator to trigger an appropriate response.7/7: Angels & agents of Tavistock Square
30-01-2007 23:52
Jafarzadeh and the Downing Street Dossier Redux
30-01-2007 21:42
Is it possible we are stupid enough to fall for it again?Lebanon Crisis Fails Mediation, Plays into Israeli Hands
30-01-2007 12:07
By Nicola Nasser*: The crisis in Lebanon is rapidly accumulating the potential to plunge the country in a second civil war, while Israel is closely watching on the sidelines for the right moment to exploit the ensuing security vulnerability and finish the Lebanese divide off by intervening militarily to conclude what it officially describes as the “inconclusive” war last summer.Suicide Bomber in Eilat: Blame al-Qaeda
30-01-2007 09:01
Just in the nick of time, as the US, Israel, and the “moderate” Mahmoud Abbas were about “to renew long-stalled peace talks,” a suicide bomber attacks a bakery in the Israeli resort town of Eilat.