Sunday, March 21, 2010

Breaking News: Indonesian Army, Kopassus, Implicated in New Assassinations. Forces Chosen By Obama for Renewed US Aid Ran '09 Activist Murders.

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By Allan Nairn According to senior Indonesian officials and police and details from government files, the US-backed Indonesian armed forces ...
Wednesday, July 8, 2009

A Normal, Minimal-Choice Election

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The International Herald Tribune headlined it "A Proudly Normal Election" in Indonesia, and it was -- a minimal-choice election, a...
Monday, February 2, 2009

Common Sense. Empty Talk. What Does It Take to Get a Meal Here, an Earthquake?

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In Indonesia, the government-funded Muslim Ulema's Council (MUI) has recently issued two remarkable fatwas that, first, prohibit smoking...
Saturday, January 31, 2009

'Enemy of the Prevailing Order.' Democracy, and Saying 'Enough!'

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In urban areas with street crime the idealized figure of the honest cop has long been deeply popular, especially among children. Asked wha...
Thursday, January 29, 2009

A Shift Toward Worker Power? The Time is Ripe to Tip the System, Now

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In bad situations, people lower their standards for what it is that constitutes good news. There's a very sick man with a withered arm...
Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Breaking News: SE Asia Groups Claim to Plan Retaliation for Gaza Killings. Said to Target Israeli Government, Intel in Bangkok, Manila, Singapore.

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By Allan Nairn In response to Israeli terror attacks on Gaza that killed hundreds of civilians, Southeast Asia Islamist terror groups are no...
Monday, January 26, 2009

A "Swiss cheese," "Bantustan" Palestine. A Recidivist America.

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President Obama has just given an interview to Al - Arabiya Saudi/UAE TV which is being celebrated as "a sign that [he] is extending th...
Sunday, January 25, 2009

Hero Journalist J. A. Belo Being Persecuted, Needs Support.

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Many cultures have equivalents of the English-language saying "No good deed goes unpunished," maybe because there's sometimes ...
Saturday, January 24, 2009

The Torture Ban that Doesn't Ban Torture: Obama's Rules Keep It Intact, and Could Even Accord With an Increase in US-Sponsored Torture Worldwide.

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If you're lying on the slab still breathing, with your torturer hanging over you, you don't much care if he is an American or a mere...
Thursday, January 22, 2009

Breaking News: US Intel Nominee Lied About '99 Massacre. US, Church Documents Show Adm. Dennis Blair Knew of Church Killings Before Crucial Meeting.

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By Allan Nairn On the eve of his Senate confirmation hearing (due for 10am, Thurs. Jan. 22), new information has emerged showing that Adm. D...
Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Killer in Chief. Obama's Choice: Will this President Murder Civilians?

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Barack Obama said during this campaign -- speaking of a notional US president -- that he should be able to do more than one thing at a time,...
Friday, January 9, 2009

The Blair Church Massacre, Continued. A Chronology of the Timor Killings.

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It is now reported that Admiral Dennis Blair is due to be nominated later today as President-elect Obama's new US Director of National I...