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NATO Planning Military Attack on Iran

Last month, former CIA agent Robert Baer said he is almost certain that such an attack has been scheduled for September ahead of a UN vote on recognizing a Palestinian state".

(SEOUL, Korea) - "Russia's envoy to NATO Dmitry Rogozin says the NATO is planning a military strike against the Islamic Republic to overthrow the Iranian government.

Rogozin said in an interview with Russia's Izvestia daily newspaper published on Friday that the NATO was pursuing a long-reaching goal of preparing an attack on Iran, adding that the alliance intends to change governments whose views do not coincide with those of the West.

Russia`s Putin Calls U.S. `a Parasite` on World Economy

You look around this country and tell me what you see.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Vladimir Putin says the United States is feeding on the world economy like a "parasite". In an AFP article, Russia's Prime Minister stated that the world is facing serious economic pressure because Americans built up an unsustainable debt that threatens the entire global financial system.

“The country is living in debt. It is not living within its means, shifting the weight of responsibility on other countries and in a way acting as a parasite,” Putin said.

9/11: The Absurdity of the No-Planes-in-New York Theory

"If one scratches the surface of the commission report, one finds huge holes in the official story. There's also a lot of disinformation out there and oddball conspiracy theories that need to be debunked." - Rick Veitch, writer and artist, co-author of The Big Lie, Image Comics.

(BANGKOK) - Fetzer spouting his damaging no-planes-in-New York disinformation in an article hosted by Veterans Today has done just that.

So this is, largely, a critical review of the work of Dr. James H. Fetzer, one the staunchest proponents of the no-planes-in-New York theory...

What Can Love Conquer?

Love is not all: it is not meat nor drink, said the poet Edna St. Vincent Millay.

(CALGARY, Alberta) - There is a young couple, both 17, under threat of death in Afghanistan. He is Rafi Mohammed and she is Halima Mohammedi.

They met in an ice cream factory and exchanged furtive looks and hellos until one day she put her phone number on a scrap of paper and dropped it for him to pick up.

Marine Reports on Life in the Afghanistan Sandbox

"All I can say is it’s over 110".

(SOMERDALE, N.J.) - I’ve known this Marine since he was in grade school.

He’s married now, father of a young boy, deployed with the Marines in Afghanistan, his unit or the place of deployment in-country are not disclosed for obvious reasons.

Researching the Effectivity of Emotional Freedom Technique On Combat Post Traumatic Stress Disorder/Trauma

One realistic approach for those who suffer from PTSD.

(ROCHESTER, N.Y.) - For the last 3 years, I have been involved in some of the most important research to date on reducing the effects Combat Trauma/PTSD with Emotional Freedom Technique, or EFT.

Up until the inception of EMDR and then EFT, trauma treatment of any type was at best futile.

Who was Dr. Aafia? An Eyewitness Account

A family friend reacts to the plight and case of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui

(HOUSTON, Tex.) - This story has been getting uneven play in the news in this country. Some of you may not even recognize her name.

Generations of Resistance to War

From the book RADICAL PEACE: People Refusing War, published by Trine Day 2010.

(OLDENBURG, Germany) - A Granny for Peace told of finding young allies in the struggle against military recruiting. Due to the Patriot Act, she wishes to remain nameless

It's never easy being a parent or a child. The generations always have friction between them, a conflict between the elders' need to give guidance and youths' need to find their own way.

Vietnam Ain`t Over

No Matter How Hard We Try To Forget

(CINCINNATI ) - Forty-two years ago I was in South Vietnam, serving as a Marine infantryman. What does this mean?

To me, I am still the same. I am just as stupid, certainly, and am willing to delude myself into believing I could do now, what I could do then.

American `Preacher of Hate` to Tour UK

John Hagee, Martin Luther King, Jr: Birmingham Alabama & the UK.

(CLERMONT, Fla.) - Hagee and his ‘disciples’ should begin at the very end of the book of Revelation which:

“warns everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds anything to them. God will add to him the plagues described in this book. And if anyone takes words away from this book of prophecy, God will take away from him his share in the tree of life.”-Rev. 22:18-19