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• Execution by secret WH committee

  By The Red Phoenix on December 20, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  By Glenn Greenwald Here is what the Democratic President has created and implemented, and what many party loyalists explicitly endorse (when there’s a Democrat in the White House) — from Reuters: American militants like Anwar al-Awlaki are placed on a… Read More ›

• My thoughts on Occupy Oakland after the murder and one-month anniversary

  By The Red Phoenix on December 20, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  On Thursday, Nov. 10, Occupy Oakland was supposed to celebrate its one-month anniversary in the renamed Oscar Grant Plaza in front of City Hall. Instead the Occupy Movement worldwide was shaken by the cold-blooded murder of a participant less than… Read More ›

• Turkey Slams France Over Genocide Bill

  By The Red Phoenix on December 19, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  by The Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s prime minister on Saturday sharply criticized France for a bill that would make it a crime to deny the World War I-era mass killing of Armenians was genocide. Saying France should… Read More ›

• Gaddafi sodomized: Video shows abuse frame by frame (GRAPHIC)

  By The Red Phoenix on December 19, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  An analysis appears to confirm that a rebel fighter sodomized Gaddafi with a knife. WARNING: IMAGES BELOW ARE PARTICULARLY GRAPHIC AND UPSETTING. SIRTE, Libya — An analysis of video obtained by GlobalPost from a rebel fighter who recorded the moment… Read More ›

• Political Cartoon: Obama declares end of Iraq War…oh really?

  By The Red Phoenix on December 18, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

• Death Toll Rises From Clashes in Cairo

  By The Red Phoenix on December 17, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK Published: December 17, 2011 CAIRO — The death toll from renewed violence in Egypt’s capital rose overnight as clashes between Egyptian soldiers and protesters entered a second day on Saturday. According to media reports, soldiers swept… Read More ›

• Las Vegas police: Officer fired 7 shots with AR-15 in fatal standoff with unarmed Gulf War vet

  By The Red Phoenix on December 17, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  By Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Las Vegas police had a plan to end an hour-long standoff with an unarmed Gulf War veteran: One officer would fire a non-lethal beanbag shell at the window of the man’s Cadillac, and another… Read More ›

• Sex, drugs, and politics: New Palin book sparks controversy

  By The Red Phoenix on December 15, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  A new one-volume guide to virtually every rumor, controversy, assertion and accusation about Sarah Palin — scurrilous or otherwise — is about to hit the stands, and it’s already generating a storm of controversy. “The Rogue: Searching for The Real… Read More ›

• On “Islamofascism” & Islamophobia

  By The Red Phoenix on December 14, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  Since the attacks of September 11, 2001, the United States has seen the explosive growth of an industry of anti-Muslim pundits, many of whom appear as regular commentators on cable news and print media. A number of these individuals have… Read More ›

• Several Northeast states reduce federal home heating aid benefits to poor families

  By The Red Phoenix on December 12, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  WASHINGTON — Mary Power is 92 and worried about surviving another frigid New England winter. Deep cuts in federal home heating assistance benefits mean she probably can’t afford enough heating oil to stay warm. She lives in a drafty trailer… Read More ›

• Review of “Confessions of an Economic Hitman”

  By The Red Phoenix on December 10, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  When someone writes and speaks out to expose a system of injustice from the perspective of a former insider, every effort is taken to discredit such a person. The more controversial the information they bring forward, the more their character… Read More ›

• A Rape in Haiti

  By The Red Phoenix on December 9, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  Video Shows UN Troops in Sexual Assault by MARK WEISBROT The video is profoundly disturbing. It shows four men, identified as Uruguayan troops from the UN mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), apparently raping an 18-year old Haitian youth. Two of them… Read More ›

• CIA’s vaccine ruse in Pakistan carries fallout

  By The Red Phoenix on December 8, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  The phony campaign was aimed at helping find and kill Osama bin Laden, but the doctor involved now faces treason charges, and real immunization workers say Pakistanis don’t trust them. October 07, 2011|By Alex Rodriguez, Los Angeles Times Reporting from… Read More ›

• U.N.: “Systematic” Torture of Afghan Detainees

  By The Red Phoenix on December 8, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  By Joshua Partlow and Sayed Salahuddin KABUL — Prisoners handed over by international forces to Afghan custody are being subjected to “systematic’’ torture by Afghan interrogators seeking intelligence in the war against the Taliban, according to a United Nations report… Read More ›

• Libya’s New Regime May Attack Syria

  By The Red Phoenix on December 8, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  At Istanbul Meeting, NTC Suggests Arming Opposition, Sending Fighters to Syria by Jason Ditz According to officials familiar with the situation, a meeting between Libya’s new regime, the NATO-backed National Transitional Council (NTC) and members of the Syrian National Council… Read More ›