Thatcher told Gorbachev Britain did not want German reunification

The fact that Thatcher didn't want reunification is spoiled by the title - Thatcher was not Britain. I know many, many people and I know that they as well as millions of other Briton's stayed up that night when the wall came finally down."Two months before the fall of the...

Obama is a Neocon Liar

The following is my commentary concerning, "UN Official Demands Torture Accountability," (by Edger. Antemedius.com. July 2, 2009) and specifically Edger's comment at the end of that post as follows, "Where is the...

Russia Marks 68th Anniversary of Nazi German Invasion in WWII

June 22, 2009 marks the 68th anniversary of Nazi German Invasion of Soviet Union. On June 22, 1941, Nazi Germans under the direction of Adolf Hitler began the unannounced invasion of the Soviet Union in what later...

Thoughts on Pravda, Izvestia and President Obama

Jake Tapper’s Political Punch post, about a “newsgathering” effort (see video above) launched recently by the Obama Administration, reminded of something I learned during my brief tenure as a graduate...

The `Great Game’

" BY URI AVNERY Green Left Weekly JERUSALEM — Some weeks ago, something curious happened: Israel discovered that Iran is the Great Satan. It happened quite suddenly. There was no prior sensational news, no new discovery. As if by the order of a drill-sergeant, the whole...

Chechen leader imposes strict brand of Islam

Chechnya was the breakaway republic of the old Soviet Union. The BBC has a well-written piece summarizing Chechnya's history. Chechnya's most recent events involves the attempts by Ramzan Kadyrov, the 32 year old...

Must Read: CIA Versus ISI

"Why CIA Is Engaged In Motivated Campaigns Against Pakistan’s ISI, Military? The American CIA almost killed Musharraf.  The ISI is familiar with terrorism inside Pakistan by the spy agencies of many countries. Even Libya’s Gaddafi once ordered a couple of bombings...

Unveiling the Mystery of Balochistan Insurgency

" A MUST READ report. Reporting by Tariq Saeedi in Ashgabat, With Sergi Pyatakov in Moscow, Ali Nasimzadeh in Zahidan, Qasim Jan in Kandahar and S M Kasi in Quetta. Additional reporting by Rupa Kival in New Delhi and Mark Davidson in Washington An...

Privatization linked to higher death rate in former Soviet Union

The British medical journal The Lancet has released a study that shows that rapid privatization of state industries in the 1990s led to significant increase in the death rate in the former Soviet Union....

Obama Appoints ‘Hammer and Sickle’ Thinkers

Though the breakup of the Soviet Union began early in 1985, liberals haven’t stopped embracing communism.  In fact, “hammer and sickle” thinking is gaining ground in the United States, thanks largely to...

Totalitarian Communism as a Manipulative Extraterrestrial Ruse

Gary Zeitlin documents in openseti.org that Manipulative Extraterrestrials use the counterfeit spirituality of religion and the alienated context of materialistic securalism, to keep humanity corralled into a certain plane of thought, that complements the agenda of...

History: Winter War started 69 years ago

06:50 without declaring war Soviet artillery opens fire and Soviet troops cross the border at several places. Invading Soviet 7th Army has 120,000 men on the Karelian Isthmus with some 900 field guns and trench mortars and 1,400 tanks.The Finnish covering force on the Isthmus...

Interview: Afghan Women's Rights and Rebuilding in the Face of Politics and W...

Afghani Women's Rights and Rebuilding in the Face of Politics and Western Presence, Part 1/3 view original video/audio interview here Pt 1 of 3 Homemakers Magazine editor in chief Kathy Ullyott speaks with...

Prez Hu Jintao signs China-Cuba trade deals

As the second official visit of Chinese President, Hu Jintao, to Cuba concludes, several deals have been reached. China would buy Cuban sugar nickel and other raw material. Beijing would also help Havana...

The Great Game Continues

"By Dr. Sachithanandam Sathananthan, a Visiting Research Scholar at the Jawaharlal Nehru University School of International Studies, read the following paper for the Ph.D. degree at the University of Cambridge There is great euphoria among Pakistani liberals over the...

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