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Monday, February 8, 2010

Flight 253: Intelligence Agencies Nixed State Department Move to Revoke Bomber’s Visa

by Publisher2 February 8, 2010 Analysis
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By Tom Burghardt
Rightist demagogues, as they are wont to do, prattle-on how they, and they alone, can “keep America safe”–by shredding the Constitution.
 Waging a decades-long psychological war against the American people, corporatist thugs embedded within the National Security State assure us that secrecy, deceit and imperial adventures that steal other peoples’ resources are the [...]

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Romania: U.S. Expands Missile Shield Into Black Sea

by Publisher2 February 8, 2010 Analysis

By Rick Rozoff
(The Intelligence Daily) — When Romanian President Traian Basescu disclosed on February 4 that his nation’s Supreme Defense Council had “approved a U.S. proposal that Romania takes part in the anti-rocket shield system” and that “Terrestrial interceptors will be located inside the national territory,” [1] many readers may have been taken by surprise.
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Iraqi Insurgents Capture Human Terrain Team Member: Issa T. Salomi

by Publisher2 February 8, 2010 Commentary

by John Stanton
(The Intelligence Daily) — Steve Fondacaro and Montgomery Clough, senior program management of the US Army’s Human Terrain System (HTS), were warned as early as 2007 that Human Terrain Team members in Iraq and Afghanistan would become prey for insurgent groups. They were advised repeatedly that training must emphasize the dangerous environment [...]

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Peace Talks May Follow Ex-Taliban Mediators’ Plan

by Publisher2 February 8, 2010 Analysis

By Gareth Porter
(The Intelligence Daily) — If peace talks do ultimately begin between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and the Taliban leadership, they may well follow a “road map” to a political settlement drawn up by a group of ex-Taliban officials who have been serving as intermediaries between the two sides.
The four Taliban mediators have been [...]

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