Originally posted on Silver Lining:
(Iraq-file photo) by John Pilger On my wall is the front page of Daily Express of September 5, 1945 and the words: “I write this as a warning to the world.” So began Wilfred Burchett’s report from Hiroshima. It was the scoop of the century. For his lone, perilous journey…

Originally posted on Silver Lining:
by Saed Bannoura, source A newly-discovered document of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency revealed Monday by Foreign Policy magazine shows that the U.S. agency had decisive evidence dating back to at least the 1980s that Israel had a stockpile of chemical and biological weapons. The revelation comes in the midst…

Originally posted on For peace, against war: literary selections:
Help Kickstart World War III! http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=z-sdO6pwVHQ

Originally posted on Piazza della Carina:
I’ve been watching a YouTube video by a very articulate young woman – Mimi al-Laham, better known as Syriangirl Partisan – condemning the suggestion that Syria destroy its chemical weapon arsenal as treason. She says it’s Syria’s strategic deterrent. Rubbish. Chemical weapons are virtually useless against any modern army.…