Washington Arrogance has Fomented a Muslim Revolution By Paul Craig Roberts Is Pakistan responsible for the Mumbai attack in India? No. Is India's repression of its Muslim minority responsible? No. Is the United States government responsible? Yes. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21381.htm === Afghanistan: Another Untold Story By Michael Parenti The war against Afghanistan, a battered impoverished country, continues to be portrayed in US official circles as a gallant crusade against terrorism. If it ever was that, it also has been a means to other things: destroying a leftist revolutionary social order, gaining profitable control of one of the last vast untapped reserves of the earth's dwindling fossil fuel supply, and planting US bases and US military power into still another region of the world. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21387.htm === The Mumbai Attacks More Than Meets the Eye By Jeremy R. Hammond As details emerge about who was responsible for the terrorist attacks in Mumbai last week, the evidence points to a militant group and network of associates that can be linked to a number of intelligence agencies, including the ISI, the CIA, and MI6. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21380.htm === Iraq's US Security Charade By Ramzy Baroud It's also bewildering how some important details are so conveniently overlooked; for example, the fact that the Iraqi government can sign a separate agreement with the US to extend the deadline for withdrawal should the security situation deem such an agreement necessary. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21390.htm === Campaign Promises on Ending the War in Iraq Now Muted By THOM SHANKER "I said that I would remove our combat troops from Iraq in 16 months, with the understanding that it might be necessary - likely to be necessary - to maintain a residual force to provide potential training, logistical support, to protect our civilians in Iraq," Mr. Obama said this week as he introduced his national security team. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21379.htm === I'm Still Tortured by What I Saw in Iraq By Matthew Alexander What I saw in Iraq still rattles me -- both because it betrays our traditions and because it just doesn't work. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21384.htm ==== India names Pakistani masterminds of Mumbai terrorist attacks: "A terrorist of this sort is never co-operative. We have to extract information," said Deven Bharti, the head of the Mumbai crime branch. http://www.mytelus.com/ncp_news/article.en.do?pn=world&articleID=3048494 === India uses 'truth serum' on Mumbai gunman: The method was widely used by Western intelligence agencies during the Cold War, before it emerged that the drugs used - typically the barbiturate sodium pentothal - may induce hallucinations, delusions and psychotic manifestations. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24749300-2703,00.html === FBI assisting Mumbai terror probe; US has jurisdiction: The FBI is assisting Indian investigative agencies in collecting evidence in the aftermath of the Mumbai attacks, the US attorney general has said as he insisted that his country has the jurisdiction to prosecute the terrorist captured during the deadly strikes. http://tinyurl.com/5pz2do === War pimp alert: Former Pakistan army officials trained Mumbai attackers: NYT: "A former Defense Department official said on Wednesday that American intelligence agencies had determined that former officers from Pakistan's Army and its powerful Inter-Services Intelligence agency helped train the Mumbai attackers," The New York Times said in its news report from Washington. http://tinyurl.com/5gquwa === India names Pakistani masterminds, date plot to 07: A Pakistani militant group apparently used an Indian operative as far back as 2007 to scout targets for the elaborate plot against India's financial capital, authorities said Thursday, a blow to Indian officials who have blamed the deadly attacks entirely on Pakistani extremists. http://tinyurl.com/5tj6za === India reserves right to strike Pakistan in response to Mumbai attack: Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee has declined to rule out the use of military force against Pakistan in response to the terrorist attack on Mumbai. http://www.janes.com/news/defence/triservice/jdw/jdw081205_1_n.shtml === Details emerge on CIA terror plot warnings: Indian intelligence sources have confirmed to The Hindu that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) delivered two warnings of an impending terror attack on Mumbai in September. The first one was delivered through the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) on September 18. The sources said the information was of a general nature, suggesting that the Lashkar-e-Taiba was planning to attack Mumbai. http://www.hindu.com/2008/12/05/stories/2008120561081200.htm === Pakistan refuses to hand over terror suspects to India: Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari refused to extradite 20 suspects identified in India's list of wanted criminals, saying they would be tried in Pakistan if New Delhi provided hard evidence, media reports said Wednesday. http://tinyurl.com/5b4qxp --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ShadowGovernment" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ShadowGovernment -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
