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Argentina File Complaint Against U.S. for Warplane Carrying Unauthorized Weapons

admin — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 02:13:34 +0000

The Argentine Government says a U.S. Air Force jet was found to be carrying a number of items, including, weapons, drugs, and spying devices, without proper clearance. Police and customs officials at the Buenos Aires-based international airport seized 1,000 cubic feet of material that wasn’t included on a list that the U.S. provided to the government in December, according to the Foreign Ministry. The U.S. maintains that it disclosed the items beforehand and had received approval. Argentine cabinet chief Aníbal Fernández said: “I want them to tell me what would have happened if an Argentine plane with Argentine military or armed men from the Argentinian security forces wanted to enter the U.S. with weapons, with machines to intercept communications, with numbered electronic equipment, with high-potential GPSes and all sorts of other things. They would certainly have ended up in Guantánamo, wearing orange overalls.” The spat comes on the heels of President Obama’s announcement of his first state visit to Latin America. Obama plans to stop in El Salvador, Chile and Brazil.

Title: Argentina: U.S. Warplane Carried Unauthorized Weapons

Author/Source: Democracy Now! 2/16/2011

URL: http://www.democracynow.org/2011/2/16/headlines

Title: Argentina to File Complaint against US over Illegal Weapons

Author: Juventud Rebelde

Source: Juventud rebelde.co.cu The Newspaper of Cuban Youth 2/14/2011

URL: http://www.juventudrebelde.co.cu/international/2011-02-14/argentina-to-file-complaint-against-us-over-illegal-weapons/

Title: U.S. Warplane Busted Bringing Unauthorizeed Weapons, Drugs & Spy Gear into Argentina

Author/Source: Moral Low Ground 2/16/2011

URL: http://morallowground.com/2011/02/16/u-s-warplane-busted-bringing-unauthorized-weapons-drugs-spy-gear-into-argentina/

Student Researcher: Amy Ortiz, Sonoma State University

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Ray McGovern Bloodied at Clinton Talk

admin — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 22:45:08 +0000

Former CIA operative and 27 year war veteran Ray McGovern was forcefully thrown out of a Hillary Clinton press conference on February 17, 2011. Clinton was giving a speech about the peaceful protests that changed Egypt. McGovern was thrown from the audience while simply standing with his back to her and not saying a word. Peacefully wearing a “Veterans for Peace” t shirt, the cancer survivor was beaten, bruised, and then dragged away in handcuffs before being sent to jail.

The often arrested and jailed protester chose to silently protest Clinton and hypocritical ways regarding her war policies, not her stance on Egypt itself. Continuing on the hypocrisy of Clinton, in the speech being given while McGovern was being dragged away, Clinton said regarding Egypt, “In each case, people protested because of deep frustrations with the political and economic conditions of their lives. They stood and marched and chanted, and the authorities tracked and blocked and arrested them.”

Title: Ray McGovern Bloodied at Clinton Talk

Source: consortiumnews.com, Robert Perry, February 17^th, 2011.

URL: http://www.consortiumnews.com/2011/021711a.html

Student Researcher: Alex Todd, Sonoma State University

Faculty Advisor: Mike Nackord, Sonoma State University

Afghan Civilian Deaths at Record Level

admin — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 21:26:01 +0000

Afghani civilians are facing the deadliest period since the U.S. led invasion began more than nine years ago. According to the Afghanistan Rights Monitor at least 2,421 civilians were killed in Afghanistan last year, and more than 3,270 civilians were injured in conflict-related security incidents. This means everyday 6-7 noncombatants were killed and 8-9 were wounded in the war.

In addition to the casualties, hundreds of thousands of people were affected in various ways by the intensified armed violence in 2010. Tens of thousands were forced from their homes, or deprived of healthcare and education services and livelihood opportunities due to war.

Armed Opposition Groups were blamed for 63 percent of the total reported civilian deaths, US/NATO forces for 21 percent, pro-government Afghan forces 12 percent, and about 4 percent could not be attributed to an identifiable armed group and labeled “unknown” in the report. Improvised Explosive Devices were the most lethal tools, which killed over 690 civilians and wounded more than 1,800. At least 217 noncombatants died in air strikes and 192 killed in direct/indirect shooting by US/NATO forces in 2010.

The report criticizes Armed Opposition Groups for deliberately killing and harassing civilians, and US/NATO for targeting and labeling people as “suspected insurgents.” The report also highlights concerns over stockpiles and the possible use of illegal cluster munitions by US/NATO forces. These record levels of violence in Afghanistan have catastrophic impacts on civilian Afghan communities.

Title: Afghan Civilian Killings at Record Level
Author/Source: Democracy Now! 2/28/2011
URL: HYPERLINK “http://www.democracynow.org/2011/2/28/headlines#8″ http://www.democracynow.org/2011/2/28/headlines#8

Title: Afghan Civilian Deaths Hit Record Levels in 2010
Author: Amanda Terkel
Source: The Huffington Post 2/1/2011
URL: HYPERLINK “http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/01/afghan-civilian-deaths-record-levels-2010_n_816813.html” http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/01/afghan-civilian-deaths-record-levels-2010_n_816813.html

Title: ARM Annual Report Civilian Casualties of War January-December 2010
Author/Source: Afghanistan Rights Monitor 2/1/2011
URL: HYPERLINK “http://www.arm.org.af/” http://www.arm.org.af/

Student Researcher: Amy Ortiz, Sonoma State University

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US Colonialism Continues on Guam: Residents Organize Against US Plans for $15B Military Buildup

admin — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 00:10:28 +0000

The Pacific island of Guam, the United States is planning an enormous military buildup of some $15 billion on the Pacific Island of Guam. The project would turn the thirty-mile-long island into a major hub for US military operations in the Pacific. It has been described as the largest military buildup in recent history and could bring as many as 50,000 new people to the tiny island. The indigenous Chamoru community of Guam with over 60,000 residents remains one of only sixteen non-self-governing UN-recognized colonies, of the world. While legally considered US citizens, Chamoru are not allowed vote for the US president. They have no effective, meaningful representation in the US Congress .T he entire population of Guam is approximately 171,000, and the Chomoru population makes up roughly 37 percent. The added military build up would further undermine any possibility of self government by adding some 50,000 new residents on the island. Guam is one of the longest-colonized islands in the Pacific. Guam was colonized by Spain for almost 300 years and then by the United States since 1898 until the present.Between 1946 to 1958, the US dropped more than sixty nuclear weapons on the people of the Marshall Islands. One bomb dropped only 1,200 miles from Guam, was the equivalent of 1.6 or 1.7 Hiroshima bombs every day for twelve years resulting in long term radioactive exposures to the Chamoru population.

Title: Guam Residents Orgainze Against US Plans for $15 billion Military Buildup on Pacific Island

Source:Democracy Now! 10/09/2009

Reporter: Juan Gonzalez interviews: Julian Aguon

URL: http://www.democracynow.org/2009/10/9/guam_residents_organize_against_us_plans

Faculty Evaluator: Peter Phillips

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Global Censorship Technology Used in U.S.

admin — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:44:11 +0000

Deep packet inspection technology monitors everything that goes through the internet. It is readily available in the United States and there’s no legislation that prevents the US government from employing it. Deep packet inspection is currently used in Iran. The Iranian Government has the ability to look through everything, land line telephones, mobile telephones, email, websites, looking for keywords and actually monitoring the entire traffic going through one chokepoint in Iran. Deep packet inspection is the use of sophisticated equipment that literally watches the entire internet for every piece of data, voice, and video looking for key words, such as “rebel” or “grenade.” It is widely known that since 9/11, AT&T and Verizon were being asked by the Bush administration to deploy this sort of off-the-shelf technology. And they did. Again, Obama came out against the law and said we must punish these carriers for doing this, because it’s illegal, and then he flipped under enormous pressure from the lobbies.

Title: Deep Packet Inspection: Telecoms Aided Iran Government to Censor Internet, Technology Widely Used in US”

Source: Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzales, Democracy Now!, 6/23/09

http://www.democracynow.org/2009/6/23/deep _packet_inspection_telecoms_aided_iran

Title: Deep-Packet Inspection in U.S. Scrutinized Following Iran Surveillance

Author: Kim Zetter,

Source: Wired, June 29, 2009

URL-http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/06/deep-packet-inspection/

Student Researcher: Mira Patel

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