The New York Times portrays the Venezuelan energy crisis as a result of Hugo Chávez’s nationalizations—as the Inter-American Development Bank funds a disastrous hydro-power complex.
Peter Galbraith, leading advocate of a “three-state solution” for Iraq, stands to profit from oil deals with the Kurdish regional government—but Baghdad still controls the pipeline.
Two Czech soldiers serving in Afghanistan wore the insignia of SS divisions on their helmets, as German troops are engaged in their first ground offensive since World War II.
The conspiro-sphere is abuzz with the revelation that the presumed gunman in the Fort Hood shootings worshipped at the same Virginia mosque as two 9-11 hijackers—and other anomalies.
Reading past the headlines in the notorious the Chongqing corruption trial reveals that the crime machine served as local enforcers for post-socialist China’s new landed oligarchy.
Noam Chomsky’s invitation as this year’s guest for the annual Amnesty International lecture is prompting protests over his support of Bosnia genocide denial.
Specious terrorism busts in which a close reading of news accounts reveals that the supposed plot actually originated with police or FBI infiltrators continue to be alarmingly common.
A strategically timed New York Times revelation of the CIA and narco ties of the Afghan president’s brother may be a ploy by elements in the US administration who have turned against Karzai.
The scientific community finally acknowledges that “biofuels” fuel deforestation—and thereby result in a net increase in greenhouse gas emissions.
Santiago Alvarez, underwriter of accused right-wing Cuban terrorist Luis Posada Carriles and himself convicted in weapons stockpiling, was released from US immigration custody.
The federal bust of a supposed Israeli spy who actually had no links whatsoever to Israeli agents reflects the infiltrator-driven “terrorism” cases that the media have uncritically hyped.
Citing leaks from the French government, the Parisian magazine Le Canard Enchainé asserts that Israel is planning to carry out military attacks on Iran after December.
