US prepares contingency plans to seize Pakistani nuclear triggers

(WSWS) -- On November 9, the New Yorker magazine published a lengthy article by veteran correspondent Seymour Hersh...

Rumors Of Coups And War: U.S., NATO Target Latin America

(The Intelligence Daily) -- There is no way of overestimating the challenge that the emergence of ALBA and the overall...

US-occupied Iraq, Afghanistan among world’s most corrupt countries

(WSWS) -- US-occupied Afghanistan is the world’s second most corrupt country—after Somalia, where no...

•  NATO offering carrot to ex-Soviet states - analyst

(RIA Novosti) -- The creation of a Ukrainian-Polish-Lithuanian peacekeeping brigade is an attempt by the West to woo former post-Soviet countries while not formally admitting them to NATO, a Russian...

•  Is the Swine Flu vaccine dangerous? The facts and the fiction

(The Intelligence Daily) -- Despite the urgent advice of the government and reassuring words from the minister responsible, there remains much doubt. To be or not to be vaccinated against the Swine...

•  Pentagon’s Global Reach: Around The World In 12 Days

(The Intelligence Daily) -- On January 20 a changing of the guard occurred in the United States White House with two-term president George W. Bush being replaced by former freshman senator Barack...

•  The Fallacy Of Alternative Energy

(CounterCurrents) -- The term “alternative energy” starts its life as something like an oxymoron. A “source of energy” either exists or it does not. If it exists, it is being...

•  China continues its aggressive pursuit of Africa’s resources

(WSWS) -- The ministerial Forum on China-Africa Cooperation met in Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt, last week, attended by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and representatives of more than 300 Chinese companies. Wen...

•  A Gesture from the Invisible Hand

(The Intelligence Daily) -- It’s been a long road, but we’ve finally reached the point in these essays at which it’s possible to start talking about some of the consequences of the...

•  How we got to Zero: General Eikenberry's Hail Mary

(The Intelligence Daily) -- U.S. Afghan Envoy Urges Caution on Troop Increase "WASHINGTON -- The United States ambassador to Afghanistan, who once served as the top American military commander...

•  Clinton Appoints Former Embassy Hostage

(The Intelligence Daily) -- When the Iranian Revolution exploded on the world scene three decades ago, John Limbert was a greenhorn diplomat assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. After that station...

•  What to choose... The vaccine or a natural remedy for the Swine Flu? The facts and the fiction.

(The Intelligence Daily) -- Long lines are forming at health centers that are administering the Swine Flu vaccine. But the vaccine isn't getting to everyone. Many doctors and nurses don't dare take...

•  1989-2009: Moving The Berlin Wall To Russia’s Borders

(The Intelligence Daily) -- November 9 will mark the twentieth anniversary of the government of the German Democratic Republic opening crossing points at the wall separating the eastern and western...

•  Russia-India-China: The Bush curse

(The Intelligence Daily) -- Moscow is trying to draw India and China closer to put out the flames now flaring across the continent, from the Caucasus and Central Asia, to Iran and Pakistan, notes...

•  Berlin Wall: From Europe Whole And Free To New World Order

(The Intelligence Daily) -- “When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, NATO was an Alliance of 16 members and no partners. Today, NATO has 26 members – with 2 new invitees, prospective...

•  Israel: Forging NATO Missile Shield, Rehearsing War With Iran

(The Intelligence Daily) -- “This is the most complete air missile defense system we’ve ever done anywhere in the world.” The distance between Tel Aviv and Tehran is 993 miles...

•  Honduran Accord Solidifies Coup D'Etat Rule

(The Intelligence Daily) -- On October 29, Honduran coup d'etat "president" Roberto Micheletti announced that:"....a few minutes ago I authorized my negotiating team to sign a final agreement" to let...