Bilderberg Exposed Meeting In Holland

The Bilderberg steering committee was exposed holding its winter meeting at the Bilderberg Hotel in Oosterbeek, Holland where the secret society got its name in 1954.

The Jan. 21-23 meeting was discovered by Henk Ruyssenaars of the Foreign Press Foundation.

Confirmed attendee's include Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende, former Secretary of State Colin Powell and Bill Gates wife Melinda Gates.

The Tragedy of American Diplomacy in Iraq by Carl Mirra

Despite these gruesome realities, Bush supporters say it is unrealistic to ask for immediate withdrawal. It is far more unrealistic to expect the very nation that belied world opinion and went to war any way, then destroyed and tortured a nation, to bring democracy to Iraq.

Why the US will not leave Iraq by Pepe Escobar

Americans - but not the rest of the world - are still unable to understand why the resistance has become so powerful. Every faction has its own reasons. Ba'athists are longing to recapture their lost power. Salafists want Iraq to be part of the new caliphate. Moderate Sunnis want the restoration of Sunni rule - which has always been the rule in Iraq. Iraqi nationalists want to kick the foreigners out - like they did with the Mongols, the Ottomans and the British. That's why the resistance is a relentless, ever-expandable proposition, but always under a unifying umbrella: to defeat the occupiers.

Arab reformers wary of America

While the United States' drive for democracy in the Middle East faced a crucial test in Iraq, reformers across the Arab world fear Washington's embrace of their cause could be a "hug of death".

The Shia Will Inherit Iraq by Robert Fisk

It may well produce a parliament so top-heavy with Shia candidates that the Americans will be tempted to 'top up' the Sunni assembly members by choosing some of their own, who will inevitably be accused of collaboration. But it will establish Shia power in Iraq--and in the wider Arab world--for the first time since the great split between Sunnis and Shias that followed the death of the Prophet Muhammad.

Why insurgents may be the winners by Ehsan Ahrari

In the final analysis, there remains an uneasy truce between the Shi'ites and the Kurds. That truce can be broken within no time after the elections, if or when either party concludes that its advantage stemming from the post-election political arrangement is being jeopardized or nullified by the other.

How the U.S. Became the World's Dispensable Nation by Michael Lind

The bullying approach of the Bush administration has ensured that the US will not be invited to take part in designing the international architecture of Europe and Asia in the 21st century. This time, the US is absent at the creation.

US politician hopes to speed building of third temple by Yaakov Katz

Prior to the festive dinner, the Temple Mount Faithful met in the foyer to look at the most recent temple artifacts Rabbi Menahem Makover, of the Temple Mount Institute in the Old City, has constructed.

Makover said his institute has already completed constructing all of the artifacts except for the altar, which needs to be physically constructed on the Mount.

Israel refuses to rule out attack on Iran by Anne Penketh

Israel's Defence Minister refused to rule out a pre-empt-ive strike on Iran yesterday, claiming that Tehran was "close to a point of no return" on its suspected development of a nuclear weapon.

Third Temple culture by Nadav Shragai

Moshe Feiglin, head of the Jewish Leadership division of the Likud, whose involvement with the Temple Mount and Temple movements grows more intense with every passing year, stated that Moshe Dayan removed the flag from the Temple Mount 'because our dream was his nightmare.' Feiglin spoke of a war of dreams: 'Our dream, the realistic one, versus their dream.'

Vote or no vote, we will kill you by Pepe Escobar

History will salute it in kind: the US administration of George W Bush, parts 1 and 2, has introduced to the world the concept of election at gunpoint. The guinea pig: Iraq, on January 30. The rules: candidates must be anonymous (otherwise they will be killed). Voters cannot go out and vote (otherwise they may be killed). Even if they wanted to vote, they wouldn't know where, because the location of the polling stations will be known only the night before the election.

Israeli psychological warfare unit set up

The Israeli army is set to activate a special psychological warfare unit (PWU) whose main role is to "disseminate disinformation" and "carefully manipulated information" about Iran and other countries in the Middle East deemed to be "hostile".

A geopolitical bridge too far by Arnaud de Borchgrave

Bush indirectly referenced Iran, Syria, Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar (where the U.S. Central Command's advance headquarters is located), Pakistan, China, and most of sub-Sahara Africa as countries that must opt for free elections and democratic institutions or our own freedoms will be imperiled. One can argue, equally convincingly, that if these countries followed Bush's prescription, our freedoms would indeed be imperiled.

Another Day in the Empire by Kurt Nimmo

It’s official: Pentagon spokesman Lawrence DiRita is either a liar or a wind-up doll stuck in denial mode. It was just the other day DiRita emphatically stated that the Strategic Support Branch (SSB), Rumsfeld’s own personalized version of the CIA, minus accountability—not that the CIA was ever sincerely accountable to Congress or the American people—was a fiction cooked up by the Washington Post. “There is no unit that is directly reportable to the Secretary of Defense for clandestine operations as is described in the Washington Post article of January 23, 2005,” said DiRita.

Israeli kleptocracy endangers every American by Andy Martin

Despite all of the good deeds performed by Americans, the United States Government is the most hated in the world, not the least because America’s resources have been placed under the control of the kleptocracy in Tel Aviv doing business as the government of “Israel.”

War Party's Atrocity Porn by William Norman Grigg

This is why the Founding Fathers, while understanding that just wars may need to be fought in defense of our liberty and national independence, sought to chain the dogs of war by vesting the war-declaring power in Congress, rather than the president. This isn’t a perfect solution; witness the fact that the Spanish-American War and U.S. involvement in World War I both followed constitutionally appropriate declarations of war by Congress. But the constitutional assignment of war powers is intended to make it difficult for our government to embroil our nation in unnecessary wars. But those constitutional mechanisms only work if sustained by an informed and morally serious electorate.

Bush to China: 'Do as I say, not as I do' by Mary Shaw

The Chinese have essentially labeled a dissident as an enemy combatant, put him in jail, incommunicado, with stalled due process, and tortured him. The trial was conducted secretly. His family was not informed of his whereabouts. It sounds very much like how the Bush administration has been dealing with those suspected of terrorist ties in Afghanistan, Iraq, Guantanamo Bay, and even right here on the mainland.

CIA in decline, Pentagon on the rise by Ustina Markus

A new Strategic Support Branch under the US Department of Defense (DoD) is taking on clandestine operations abroad to end what Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld calls the DoD’s “near total dependence” on the CIA for human intelligence. The unit had been operating in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other countries for close to two years. That revelation comes on the heels of an article by Seymour Hersh that caused a mild sensation. “The Coming Wars: What the Pentagon Can Now Do in Secret”, in the 24-31 January issue of The New Yorker, alleged that the DoD had been engaged in covert operations in Iran for the past six months.

PM supports giving Israelis right to absentee vote by GIL HOFFMAN

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon supports passing a bill to allow Israelis living abroad the right to vote in Israeli elections. Sharon told the Likud faction on Monday that he supported such a bill in the past when it was raised by Moshe Arens and that the matter must be investigated.

What Goes Around, Comes Around by William Bowles

One of the results of Bush’s reelection is the consolidation of the Bush Gang’s power base with Condi Rice’s appointment to head up the State Department, the one area of government still controlled by the ‘old guard’ – at least that’s how it appears and how the corporate press is generally presenting things. But closer examination reveals that the ‘old guard’ have never been out of power whether in or outside of ‘Foggy Bottom’. The key policy makers are the same Cold War warriors from the 1970s and even earlier, including some of the members of the original Committee for the Present Danger (CPD), formed in 1950 at the height of the Cold War and constituted following the adoption of National Security Directive 68 [1].

The battle of the tyrants by Ehsan Ahrari

Now, Bush is clear in stating that his fight is not against Islam, but he is not at all clear about what or whom he is fighting. Now he tells us he is fighting tyranny. But whose tyranny is he fighting against? Looking at the world from Islamabad, Cairo, Baghdad or Jakarta, there is no tyrant in their parts of the world. They see another tyrant. And you know who that is.

The USA on the road to new depths of ugliness and brutality by Uri Avnery

The inauguration of George Bush last week, therefore, had a special significance for Israel. The state-controlled TV channel broadcast it live. In many respects, the president of the United States is also the King of Israel.

War on Iran? - Madness in High Places by GARY LEUPP

In their own wacko scenario, today's 'stupidest,' remaining entrenched in power, relentlessly pursue the Ring of global domination. It makes no sense, of course, as the more level headed officials being purged from government, to say nothing of those in the antiwar movement, attest. But in the clouded minds of some of those in Washington, who are more confused and deluded than Saddam ever was, a widening of the present war is eminently practical and reasonable."

Does U.S. Occupation Prevent Civil War in Iraq? Think Again by Gareth Porter

As the U.S. occupation of Iraq heads toward its third year, there is a remarkable absence of debate over withdrawal, despite the evidence that a clear majority of the American people want out. Many conservatives are uneasy about the occupation but they are unwilling to challenge the administration publicly. Most liberals in politics and the media appear to believe that invading Iraq was a major blunder, but that withdrawal anytime in the foreseeable future would lead to civil war and chaos.

Another war on Iran not good for the U.S.

"When you're trying to stabilize Iraq and you've got this long border between Iran and Iraq, and you're trying to keep the Iranians from interfering in Iraq so you can get the Iraq government up and running, you shouldn't be picking a war with the Iranians," said Carafano.

The Lost Continent by Martin Kelly

The European Union is a de facto empire, its governors, the members of the European Commission, de facto satraps who wield almost unlimited and accountable power over the private lives and commercial affairs of nearly 500 million people. Its values are just as bankrupt as those concocted in the mental hellbroth of the American Enterprise Institute but the very fact of its existence holds great appeal for a great many continental Europeans, on an almost atavistic level.

Bush unclouded by doubt by Jim Lobe

"The rhetoric about the United States serving as a beacon for democracy and human freedom doesn't jibe well with the resentment toward the US that is building around the globe and with the chaos that has ensued in Iraq following the American invasion," agreed Charles Kupchan, a foreign-policy expert at the Council on Foreign Relations.

U.S. threats to Iran; psychological warfare - Kharrazi

Iran’s Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi described the U.S. recent threats against the Islamic Republic as a psychological warfare.

Analysis: China at Zhao''s death by Edward Lanfranco

If the handling of Zhao's death in state run media is an indicator, today's current fourth generation of Chinese leaders have not progressed to a proactive rather than reactive evaluation of Zhao: their silence speaks louder than words.

Once more, the heat's on Iran by Ehsan Ahrari

If the US really wanted to seek hard evidence about Iran's nuclear intentions, one wonders how much damage Hersh's story has done. Considering that its platter is currently full with the problems related to Afghanistan and Iraq, the Bush administration might not want to create another unmanageable mess by destabilizing Iran. There is also an outside chance that Hersh might have been given this story as a larger campaign of the US to forewarn Iran about the consequences of developing nuclear weapons.

Terrorists May Be Coming Soon to a Mall Near You by Kurt Nimmo

Strausscons, of course, with a lot of help from the “New Pearl Harbor” of September 11, planned it this way. Terrorism is a good thing—as Binyamin Netanyahu said after the attacks on New York and the Pentagon—and rest assured the Strausscons don’t give a whit about the murder of average citizens who, as the Strausscon Lawrence Kaplan says, don’t have the “stomach” for World War IV. As dead Israelis killed in terrorist attacks serve the purposes of Ariel Sharon and the Likudites, so do dead Americans serve the Strausscons.

Chicoms in chaos by Dr. Jack Wheeler

Dr. Jack Wheeler, creator of a unique intelligence website dubbed "the oasis for rational conservatives," says the Communist government in Beijing is planning a war with Taiwan as a means to suppress the burgeoning wave of rebellion across China.

Iraqi Elections: Farce of the Century by Felicity Arbuthnot

Registration for ex-patriate Iraqis to vote in the Iraq elections began on Monday in fourteen countries - Australia, Britain, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Iran, Jordan, the Netherlands, Sweden, Syria, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and the United States, and runs until January 23. However, according to a renowned expert on international law, Sabah Al Mukhtar, the London based President of the League of Arab Lawyers, the election is not alone fatally flawed, it is illegal.

Middle East peace needs no middlemen by Linda S. Heard

It is all part of the 'divide and rule' syndrome. It doesn't even pretend to be an honest broker any more, so why should Arabs and Israelis wait for a sprinkling of White House manna to sort out their own regional problems? It just isn't going to happen."

United Press International: Israel to kill in U.S. By Richard Sale

Israel is embarking upon a more aggressive approach to the war on terror that will include staging targeted killings in the United States and other friendly countries, former Israeli intelligence officials told United Press International.

Globalisation driving sweeping changes in world order

Forces of globalisation are ushering in an age of pervasive insecurity, eroding the relative power of the United States, driving the rise of Asian powers and enabling loose networks of extremists to exploit resentment among those left behind, a US intelligence study released Thursday finds.

A Fischer of Nations: the World Bank takes over the Bank of Israel by Barry Chamish

To put Fischer's role in global mischief in perspective, we turn to the incisive American analyst, William Jasper: "ECOSOC, the UN's mammoth globocracy, oversees an alphabet soup of dozens of agencies, commissions, committees, and ad hoc bodies (UNESCO, UNIDO, FAO, UNEP, WHO, IMF, UNCTAD, UNFPA, etc.) employing tens of thousands and dispensing billions of dollars worldwide. The globalists have placed their operatives in all the key posts.

The Great Wall of shopping by Pepe Escobar

But in a country where in 2003 (the latest data available) the average per capita disposable income in urban areas was 8,472 yuan ($1,033) a year, while for farmers it was only 2,622 yuan ($319) a year, who's really climbing the Great Wall of shopping?

THE COMING WARS by SEYMOUR M. HERSH

The C.I.A. will continue to be downgraded, and the agency will increasingly serve, as one government consultant with close ties to the Pentagon put it, as “facilitators” of policy emanating from President Bush and Vice-President Dick Cheney. This process is well under way.

America's New Civilizing Mission by M. SHAHID ALAM

The American response to 9-11--including the invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq, the planting of military bases all over the Islamicate world, and plans for attacking Iran--provides fuel to the campaign by al-Qaida and its affiliates to energize the Islamicate world to recapture its historical autonomy. The American and Israeli designs on the Islamicate world--so it appears to a growing number of Muslims--are even greater than they were before 9-11, when they preferred to dominate the Islamicate world through surrogates. Their new designs go further: they are now demanding that the Islamicate world--and Islam itself--reform itself on American terms.

Non-violent Resistance by Arundhati Roy

Though our governments try and take the credit, we know that it was the result of years of struggle by many millions of people in many, many countries. What Cancun taught us is that in order to inflict real damage and force radical change, it is vital for local resistance movements to make international alliances. From Cancun we learned the importance of globalising resistance.

Does the Bible Predict President Bush Will Start WWIII in 2006? by Thomas Horn

A former senior U.S. intelligence official told Sale, "I don't usually find myself in sympathy with the Bush neo-cons, but I think there is enough fire under this smoke to justify such action."

According to United Press International, one former senior CIA official, usually an administration critic, said, "We should send a cruise missile into south-side Damascus and blow the Mukharbarat headquarters off the map. We should first make clear to them that they are the target."

The War Against World War IV by Norman Podhoretz

Will George W. Bush spend the next few years backing down from the ambitious strategy he outlined in the Bush Doctrine for fighting and winning World War IV?

To be sure, Bush himself still calls it the 'war on terrorism,' and has shied away from giving the name World War IV to the great conflict into which we were plunged by 9/11.

GLOBALIZATION NOW EATS THE HANDS THAT FED IT by Samuel Francis

What worries a good many of the economists cited in the article is that the basic assumption of free trade theory—the doctrine of comparative advantage, as it's called—doesn't add up. Under the doctrine, "most economists have concluded that countries gain more than they lose when they trade with each other and specialize in what they do best. Today, however, advances in telecommunications such as broadband and the Internet have led to a new type of trade that doesn't fit neatly into the theory. Now that brainpower can zip around the world at low cost, a global labor market for skilled workers seems to be emerging for the first time—and has the potential to upset traditional notions of national specialization."

Russian Missiles Put Israel on Alert by Lyuba Pronina

"Israel scrambled Wednesday to head off the sale of Russian missiles to its sworn enemy Syria, which Tel Aviv accuses of supporting Palestinian militants and Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas."

Israeli think tank: Only U.S. can neutralize Iran

The Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies said an Israeli attack on Iran would fail to either destroy all of its nuclear facilities or halt the program. The report said Teheran could retaliate by launching massive rocket and missile strikes on the Jewish state — from either Iran or Lebanon.

Harry says sorry for Nazi costume

Prince Harry has apologised for wearing a swastika armband to a friend's fancy dress party . . . Former armed forces minister Doug Henderson MP said the picture showed the prince was "not suitable" for the prestigious royal military academy Sandhurst, which he is due to attend later this year.

EU Constitution gets the nod

"The EU assembly, meeting in Strasbourg, France, voted 500 to 137, with 40 abstentions, to ratify the new treaty, which is to take effect in 2007 if unanimously ratified across the 25-nation bloc."

Golems of violence by Mark LeVine

In his recent surprise visit to Baghdad, British Prime Minister Tony Blair exclaimed that the battle in Iraq is "between democracy and terror". He and his friend Bush keep leaving out one-third of the true equation - empire. Iraq has become a battleground among democracy, terror and empire. And empire has always been sustained by religious chauvinism, exclusivity and the violence they breed. Unless and until imperialism and religious extremism are removed from the equation, democracy will continue to lose out to terror, in Iraq, in the United States and across the globe.

Democracy cannot work with occupation by Linda S. Heard

Carried away by the fiery rhetoric, upon hearing of Israel's killing of seven teenage Palestinians in a strawberry field, Abbas denounced the Israeli military as "the Zionist enemy". He was later to apologise due to US pressure putting his slip of tongue down to the emotion of the moment. Israel, however, is never made to apologise for the killing of Palestinian civilians.

Outside View: Israeli hubris vs. the U.S. by Youssef M. Ibrahim

"The real message to Israel and its supporters is: 'Thou shall not spy against America.' It seems to be the same message being delivered now over the Franklin affair to American Jewish Organizations."

Vote, declare victory and come home by Joseph L. Galloway

The problem is that there is no way we can win - defeat the insurgents and install a stable, democratic, friendly government - and bad things are going to happen anyway. There is no way Americans are willing to pay the price even of stalemate, never mind an unattainable victory.

Profile: Mahmoud Abbas

"Despite his popularity in the United States and Israel, Abbas never had the complete support from his own people. He doesn't have Arafat's charisma and many Palestinians believe that he is too conciliatory toward the Israelis."

Likud rebels decide to vote against new gov't by Mazal Mualem

The rebels' decision left the fate of the Likud-Labor-United Torah Judaism government in question, despite Sharon aides' prediction Sunday that the new coalition was likely to win a majority in the Knesset vote.

The right to rule ourselves by Azzam Tamimi

And who is the real victim in all of this? It is none other than democracy itself, whose name has been tarnished and whose values are increasingly associated in the minds of many Arabs and Muslims with military invasion to replace one corrupt despotic secular regime with another more willing to bend the knee to US and western diktat.

Europe Retreats From America's Quagmire by Christopher Deliso

To the outside, antiwar-minded observer, the fabulous "Coalition of the Willing" may well seem to be crumbling for all the right reasons; however, while the effect may in the end be the same, it is not as if the governments involved have suddenly been hit by the divine light and espoused noninterventionism. Rather, what is happening now is the unremarkable unfolding of an alliance that was never meant to be permanent and for which real individual influence was never envisioned. Coalition "partners" were little more than set pieces wheeled out to create an impression of legitimacy for America's war.

WorldNetDaily: Has U.S. threatened to vaporize Mecca?

"On his website, To the Point, Wheeler explains how the Bush administration has identified the potential of wiping Mecca off the map as bin Laden's ultimate point of vulnerability - the Damoclean Sword hanging over his head. "

Children of a Lesser God by Israel Shamir

Your Excellencies, this conference is indeed an extremely important, historic event, to be compared with Constantine’s Edict of Milan or with Nicene Council of the Church. I am not sure that all of you fully understand what you did, what is the meaning of the code-words ‘Struggle against anti-Semitism’.

No Peace in Palestine by Charley Reese

The sticky wicket for Americans is this: When Osama bin Laden decided to declare war on the United States, he shrewdly chose the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as one of his main reasons. He did this not because he gives a hoot about the Palestinians – he doesn't. He did it because he knew the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the one issue on which the entire Arab world agrees. The United States, by completely siding with the Israelis, has made itself the enemy of most of the Arab population.

Show Me Your Friends and I Will Tell You Who You Are by Faisal Sanai

The Arabs can hardly be called saints in their moral or judicial obeisance. However, not standing on the moral pulpit and preaching the very ethos of ethical dehiscence distinguish us. On the other hand, our European and American counterparts readily forge questionable alliances with even more questionable totalitarian regimes. When confronted with a larger threat, they willingly shed all moral compulsions.

An historic rabbinical decision

The undisputed leader of the Ashkenazi Haredi community, nonagenarian Rabbi Shalom Elyashiv, made an historic decision to reverse that trend, instructing the four-member United Torah Judaism bloc in the Knesset to join the ‘disengagement coalition.’

The other tsunami by John Pilger

The hypocrisy, narcissism and dissembling propaganda of the rulers of the world and their sidekicks are in full cry. Superlatives abound as to their humanitarian intent while the division of humanity into worthy and unworthy victims dominates the news. The victims of a great natural disaster are worthy (though for how long is uncertain) while the victims of man-made imperial disasters are unworthy and very often unmentionable.

The US "Liberation" of Iraq

Rethinking Middle East Security by Patrick Seale

The first years of this 21st century have seen a systematic assault on Arab sovereignty and independence. The assault has been direct, physical, and neo-colonial, inviting comparison with the restructuring of the region and the imposition of western Mandates after the First World War . . . Today, they have been replaced by a new imperial partnership of the United States and Israel, equally intent to take control of the Arabs and their resources.

Civil war threats and responses

There was speculation this morning that the reason for the latest delays in United Torah Judaism’s decision to join the government was that Finance Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is trying to scuttle the new coalition before it is formed by sending backp-channel messages to the UTJ that he cannot guarantee that the monies being promised to UTJ pet projects by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s coalition negotiators will ever reach the ultra-Orthodox party.

Abbas pitches for hardliners with talk of 'Zionist enemy' by Donald Macintyre

Mahmoud Abbas made an unabashed pitch to a boisterous rally of the Fatah faithful last night after angering Ariel Sharon's ministers by referring to Israel as the "Zionist enemy" for the killing of seven young Palestinians in Gaza.

Military Power Wins Battles for the U.S. And Israel, But Not the War by Rachelle Marshall

Were it not for the huge cost in human suffering, there would be something ludicrous about the conflicts now raging in the Middle East. In Israel a nuclear power armed with helicopter gunships and tanks nearly the length of a city block is unable to end mortar attacks by Palestinians who carry homemade missiles around on donkey carts. In Iraq the world’s only superpower is unable to protect its soldiers from roadside ambushes or prevent police stations from being blown up by car bombs. No matter how much firepower the Israelis and the Americans bring to bear, resistance to the two armies of occupation continues.

Iraq War is Bad for Business by Jim Lobe

The latest poll found that more than two-thirds of European and Canadian consumers have had a negative change in their view of the United States as a result of U.S. foreign policy over the past three years. Nearly half believed that the war in Iraq was motivated by a desire to control oil supplies, while only 15% believed it was related to terrorism.

NEW MARC RICH LINK STINK by NILES LATHEM

Rich was listed as a secondary buyer of oil contracts originally allocated by Saddam to mysterious French and Egyptian companies.

The questionable deals began a month after sanctions-buster Rich, a convicted tax dodger, received his midnight pardon from then-President Bill Clinton.

Trouble with Optimism by KATHLEEN CHRISTISON

Optimism allows us, allows politicians and commentators, to ignore the real situation on the ground; it allows us all to ignore Israel's explicitly stated intention never to relinquish its domination of the West Bank (most recently elucidated by Sharon's senior political adviser Dov Weisglass, who crowed openly about having put the Palestinian issue in "formaldehyde" and, with full U.S. knowledge and support, frozen the peace process so that "you prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state and you prevent a discussion about the refugees, the borders and Jerusalemindefinitely"); it allows us all to ignore the gross land hunger and racism inherent in Israel's occupation policies.

Mossad wants nearly twice as much money in 2005 by Yossi Melman

"There are reasons the Mossad may need more money. This coming year is considered an important year for Iran's nuclear program, and the Mossad likely wants to increase its intelligence-gathering operations. "

GROUP 13 by David Guyatt

Founded in 1970 was another mysterious group which called itself Resistance and Psychological Operations Committee (RPOC). RPOC was established in line with the Reserve Forces Association and was said to be a reflection of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) - a WW11 dirty tricks operation. According to one former member, RPOC had a clandestine section which formed an underground resistance movement in the event Russia invaded the United Kingdom. With a nod and a wink of the Conservative government of the day, it forged close links to the British security and intelligence apparatus, and “…formed close links with the SAS…own secret intelligence network.”

Peace & Resistance A New American Century? Iraq and the hidden euro-dollar wars by F. William Engdahl

Despite the apparent swift U.S. military success in Iraq, the U.S. dollar has yet to benefit as safe haven currency. This is an unexpected development, as many currency traders had expected the dollar to strengthen on the news of a U.S. win. Capital is flowing out of the dollar, largely into the Euro. Many are beginning to ask whether the objective situation of the U.S. economy is far worse than the stock market would suggest. The future of the dollar is far from a minor issue of interest only to banks or currency traders. It stands at the heart of Pax Americana, or as it is called, The American Century, the system of arrangements on which Americaís role in the world rests.

Leaders fear probe will force Pro-Israel Lobby to file as 'Foreign Agent' by Ori Nir

As the Department of Justice intensifies its investigation of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, Jewish communal leaders fear that the goal of the probe is to compel the powerful lobbying organization to register as a "foreign agent" representing the government of another country.