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Obama in Afghanistan
by Stephen Lendman
He left Washington Saturday. He arrived in Afghanistan Sunday. It was his fourth visit. He stayed less than four hours.
Earlier trips were in March 2010, December 2010 and May 2012.
Obama addressed
US troops. He did so at Bagram Air Base. It houses one of America's notorious torture prisons.
Dozens of others operate globally. Guantanamo is the tip of the iceberg.
Bagram is called the Parwan Detention Facility (aka Bagram Theater Internment Facility).
It's next to Bagram's air field. It was formerly called the Bagram Collection Point.
In mid-2011, it held 1,100 political prisoners. Maximum during Bush years was 600. None have POW status. All are political prisoners. They illegally held.
Political Prisoner Nabeel Rajab Freed
by Stephen Lendman
Bahrain's Al Khalifa monarchy rules despotically. Ruthlessly. Extrajudicially. State terror is official policy.
Activists are targeted, arrested, tortured, and imprisoned. Kangaroo court proceedings deny justice.
Nabeel Rajab is one of Bahrain's best. He's a prominent human rights leader. A courageous one. Committed for right over wrong.
In 2002, he, current political prisoner Abdulhadi Alkhawaja, and others co-founded the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR).
Post-Ukrainian Election Violence
by Stephen Lendman
Billionaire oligarch mega-crook Petro Poroshenko is Ukraine's new president. Illegitimate coup-appointed officials anointed him.
Sham election-rigging rubber-stamping followed. Fascism defeated democracy.
Obama said "we commend the resolve of all those who participated, as well as the efforts of the Ukrainian government to conduct these elections in the face of those threats."
NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen is a convenient US stooge.
He "congratulate(ed) the people of Ukraine, who peacefully exercised their right to vote in Sunday's presidential election."
"They showed their commitment to freedom and democracy and their determination to decide their own future."
Does Tom Wheeler Really Not Get It or Is He Saying One Thing and Doing Another?
And, What You Can Do To Assure Net Neutrality
By Kevin Zeese
The path for an open Internet that functions without discrimination is evident: polls of the American people, the courts, federal communications law and reality all point to the Internet being treated as a common carrier, a public utility that operates without discrimination. The Chair of the FCC, Tom Wheeler, is saying he wants an open Internet without discrimination. Why isn’t he taking a path that leads there?
Once it became known that Tom Wheeler was going to recommend a tiered Internet with different levels of service based on fees, the negative reaction was massive and swift. The reaction included emails, petitions and phone calls roaring into the FCC demanding net neutrality. Margaret Flowers and I began an encampment at the FCC’s door one week before their Open Meeting where this proposal was going to be discussed. Within the week, the camp grew to 25–30 people. The pressure mounted and Wheeler changed course by including our view in the rule-making process but he continued to cling to his view that the Internet was not a common carrier.
Neocon WaPo Editors Urge War on Syria
by Stephen Lendman
WaPo editors long ago fell from grace. Credibility is entirely gone. Watergate-type exposes are verboten.
Editorial policy fronts for power. Extreme hawkishness defines it. New owner Jeff Bezos has CIA ties. He's in bed with the devil.
He was bought. He was paid off. He got a $600 million CIA contract.
It's double what he paid to buy WaPo. Late last year he said: "We look forward to a successful relationship with the CIA."
Perhaps it involves much more than meets the eye. He expects lots more business. For sure CIA officials want plenty back besides Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Capitalists, Technocrats and Fanatics: The Ascent of a New Power Bloc
James Petras
Introduction
The sweeping electoral victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in India is the latest expression of the world-wide advance of a new power bloc which promises to impose a New World Order harnessing ethno-religious fanaticism and narrowly trained technocrats to capitalist absolutism.
The far-right is no longer at the margins of western political discourse. It is center-stage. It is no longer dependent on contributions by local militants; it receives financing from the biggest global corporations. It is no longer dismissed by the mass media. It receives feature coverage, highlighting its ‘dynamic and transformative’ leadership.
Punishing Palestinians Ruthlessly
by Stephen Lendman
Occupation harshness continues unabated. Gaza remains besieged. Multiple West Bank communities are targeted daily.
East Jerusalemites suffer horrifically. Rogue states operate this way. Israel is one of the world's worst.
It's punishing Palestinians ruthlessly. Rule of law principles don't matter. Democracy is pure fantasy. None whatever exists.
Sham Ukrainian Presidential Election
by Stephen Lendman
Presidential aspirants were all putschist-approved. They're fascists. Ballot choices excluded democrats.
Several legitimate candidates dropped out. They were threatened. They feared for their lives.
Ukrainians chose a president, Kiev mayor, Kiev Council deputies and six regional center mayors - in Mykolaiv, Odessa, Sumy, Kherson, Cherkasy and Chernivtsi.
Media Scoundrels on Sham Ukrainian Elections
by Stephen Lendman
Their comments didn't surprise. They supported sham Ukrainian elections. Throughout the run-up, voting and aftermath.
They endorse sham US ones. They pretend fantasy democracy is real. They do it every time. Unapologetically. With a straight face.
US-Led NATO's War on Humanity
by Stephen Lendman
US-led NATO threatens humanity. It's an imperial tool. It's a global killing machine.
It prioritizes war. It deplores peace. Humanity's survival hangs in the balance.
It includes 28 member nations, 22 Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) ones, seven Mediterranean Dialogue countries, and four Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI) states.
They comprise nearly one-third of world nations. NATO plans exponential expansion. It wants new members and partners.
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