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Afghanistan Qur'an burning protests leave seven people dead | World news | The Guardian
Afghanistan Qur'an burning protests leave seven people dead | World news | The Guardian: "Violence spreads across Afghanistan in second day of protests against burning of holy book by foreign troops at Bagram airbase"
JPMorgan, Citi, BofA sued for $949 million by Sealink | Reuters
JPMorgan, Citi, BofA sued for $949 million by Sealink | Reuters: (Reuters) - "JPMorgan Chase & Co., Citigroup Inc., Bank of America Corp. and more than a half dozen other major banks are being hit with a new lawsuit over $949 million in residential mortgage-backed securities."
Fukushima: Return to the disaster zone - Asia - World - The Independent
Fukushima: Return to the disaster zone - Asia - World - The Independent: "A year since the Fukushima nuclear plant was destroyed, the fight to prevent disaster goes on. In an exclusive dispatch from the reactors, David McNeill becomes the first European journalist to revisit Japan's ground zero"
Iran raises tension by threatening pre-emptive action | World news | The Guardian
Iran raises tension by threatening pre-emptive action | World news | The Guardian: "Deputy chief of Iranian armed forces says regime 'will act without waiting for enemies' actions' if national interests are put at risk"
Once Bush had carte blanche to pre-emptively bomb Iraq other leaders were sure to follow. Preventive War will only escalate hatred which will only bring riches to weapon makers such as Lockheed, Haliburton and GE ... Also see the Bush Doctrine in the next post.
Bush Doctrine, From Wikipedia
The Bush Doctrine is a phrase used to describe various related foreign policy principles of former United States president George W. Bush. The phrase was first used by Charles Krauthammer in June 2001[1] to describe the Bush Administration's unilateral withdrawals from the ABM treaty and the Kyoto Protocol. The phrase initially described the policy that the United States had the right to secure itself against countries that harbor or give aid to terrorist groups, which was used to justify the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan.[2]
Different pundits would attribute different meanings to "the Bush Doctrine", as it came to describe other elements, including the controversial policy of preventive war, which held that the United States should depose foreign regimes that represented a potential or perceived threat to the security of the United States, even if that threat was not immediate; a policy of spreading democracy around the world, especially in theMiddle East, as a strategy for combating terrorism; and a willingness to unilaterally pursue U.S. military interests.[3][4][5] Some of these policies were codified in a National Security Council text entitled the National Security Strategy of the United States published on September 20, 2002.[6]
The phrase "Bush Doctrine" was rarely used by members of the Bush administration. The expression was used at least once, though by Vice President Dick Cheney, in a June 2003 speech in which he said, "If there is anyone in the world today who doubts the seriousness of the Bush Doctrine, I would urge that person to consider the fate of the Taliban in Afghanistan, and of Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq."[7] Source: Wikipedia
Syrian troops fire on Damascus protesters | World news | The Guardian
Syrian troops fire on Damascus protesters | World news | The Guardian: "Syrian forces open fire with live ammunition on demonstrators in Damascus as unrest spreads in the capital"
US and Nato apologise for Afghan Qur'an burning | World news | The Guardian
US and Nato apologise for Afghan Qur'an burning | World news | The Guardian: "Officials issue speedy apology to protesters over 'error' that caused incineration of religious books at Bagram military airbase"
Eurozone reaches deal on second Greece bailout after all-night talks | Business | guardian.co.uk
Eurozone reaches deal on second Greece bailout after all-night talks | Business | guardian.co.uk: "Eurozone finance ministers approve rescue package deal worth €130bn after 14 hours of negotiations in Brussels, but Greece's communist party vows to fight the plan"
Silicon Valley: The rise of the adolescent CEOs | Reuters
Silicon Valley: The rise of the adolescent CEOs | Reuters: (Reuters) - "Josh Buckley, chief executive of an online gaming start-up, is looking forward to next month's Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, particularly for the parties and the accompanying schmoozing with industry A-listers."
Foreclosure abuse rampant across U.S., experts say | Reuters
Foreclosure abuse rampant across U.S., experts say | Reuters: (Reuters) - "A report this week showing rampant foreclosure abuse in San Francisco reflects similar levels of lender fraud and faulty documentation across the United States, say experts and officials who have done studies in other parts of the country."
Iran says would act against enemies if endangered | Reuters
Iran says would act against enemies if endangered | Reuters: (Reuters) -" Iran would take pre-emptive action against its enemies if it felt its national interests were endangered, the deputy head of the Islamic Republic's armed forces was quoted by a semi-official news agency as saying on Tuesday."
- "If Israelis can defend their country from attacks than so can Iranians. Why is it that in the 21st century we are still violating countries' sovereignty and murdering masses of civilians to impose the 1%'s vision of what the world should be? Enough is enough, peoples are peoples and thus all have natural rights as human beings, and we must demand that our governments no longer violate these rights." vcc
Syria sends tanks towards Homs despite Red Cross ceasefire talks | World news | The Guardian
Syria sends tanks towards Homs despite Red Cross ceasefire talks | World news | The Guardian: "Fears that Assad regime is preparing ground assault on rebel stronghold ahead of referendum"
Facebook rehab - Features - Al Jazeera English
Facebook rehab - Features - Al Jazeera English: "Obsessive use of the internet is changing the way people communicate and interact - even the way our brains function."
Campaign against birth control is religious fanaticism - Opinion - Al Jazeera English
Campaign against birth control is religious fanaticism - Opinion - Al Jazeera English: "Catholic and Evangelical leaders are fighting for "religious freedom" and US citizens of all faiths are paying for it."
Does AIPAC want war? - Opinion - Al Jazeera English
Does AIPAC want war? - Opinion - Al Jazeera English
"If a bill pushed by Lieberman passes, it could give the US "political authorisation for military force" against Iran."
�200,000 test-tube burger marks milestone in future meat-eating | Environment | The Guardian
�200,000 test-tube burger marks milestone in future meat-eating | Environment | The Guardian: "Project funded by anonymous individual aims to cut number of cattle farmed for food and reduce greenhouse gas emissions
• Could lab-grown meat solve food crisis?
•Artificial meat could slice emissions, say scientists"
• Could lab-grown meat solve food crisis?
•Artificial meat could slice emissions, say scientists"
Canada threatens trade war with EU over tar sands | Environment | guardian.co.uk
Canada threatens trade war with EU over tar sands | Environment | guardian.co.uk: "The row over the EU's plan to label tar sands oil as highly polluting escalates as Canada says it 'will not hesitate to defend its interests'"
It is very polluting and we all should stop the pipeline from being built. Has oil not done enough damage?
Oil hits 8-month high on Iran, China moves | Reuters
Oil hits 8-month high on Iran, China moves | Reuters: (Reuters) - "Brent crude rose on Monday, briefly hitting an eight-month high above $121 a barrel, as Iran halted exports to British and French companies ahead of a European Union embargo."
Briton jailed for extensive Facebook hack | Reuters
Briton jailed for extensive Facebook hack | Reuters: (Reuters) - "A British student, who hacked into Facebook's internal network risking "disastrous" consequences for the website, was jailed for eight months on Friday in what prosecutors described as the most serious case of its kind they had seen."
The pressing question is why are people on Facebook?
Why east Europeans chose internet piracy | Reuters
Why east Europeans chose internet piracy | Reuters: (Reuters) -" Vitezslav, a 31-year-old Czech, is one of many people in the European Union's emerging east whose opposition to a new anti-pirating pact culminated this month in huge protests across the bloc that may now torpedo the treaty."
Iran stops oil sales to British, French companies | Reuters
Iran stops oil sales to British, French companies | Reuters: (Reuters) - "Iran has stopped selling crude to British and French companies, the oil ministry said on Sunday."
Two justices suggest Citizens United ruling should be reconsidered in Montana case - The Washington Post
Two justices suggest Citizens United ruling should be reconsidered in Montana case - The Washington Post
"Two Supreme Court justices suggested Friday that the court reconsider its controversial 2010 decision that allowed unlimited corporate and union spending in elections."
"Two Supreme Court justices suggested Friday that the court reconsider its controversial 2010 decision that allowed unlimited corporate and union spending in elections."
Birdy author's memoirs tell of his involvement in a war crime | Books | The Observer
Birdy author's memoirs tell of his involvement in a war crime | Books | The Observer: "William Wharton's autobiography describes how his US army unit killed German prisoners in the second world war"
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