Sanctions businesses

The US Treasury Dept has allowed many US businesses to trade with Iran and other blacklisted countries. The total amount of trade amounts to billions of dollars.

Nixon war drugs

Nixon's drug war was fake according to fintan otoole.

Wikileaks Afghan drugs

Costa said that the Taliban were hoarding heroin stocks to keep prices high on Western streets, Wikileaks cable reveal.

Top Secret America

A follow up on the Washington Post's series on Top Secret America, this time on the domestic intelligence gathering apparatus designed to supposedly prevent home-grown terrorism, but in fact gathers intelligence about US citizens.

Irish economic crisis

Article on Ireland's economic crisis and a link to Andy Storey's paper calling for default.

Also here is a piece by Walden Bello, comparing Ireland's rise and fall to that of the East Asian Tigers and China.

Afghanistan reconciliation

Matthew Hoh says that the US was not interested in talks with the Taliban before, although the Taliban gave signs they were; and that as of now, the US is promoting talks, but that's just because it fits Washington's timeline, namely that now we're into the surge and the military can say they've made progress over the Taliban.

Afghanistan health care

The claim that 85% of Afghans have access to health care has been much repeated but is not true. It is based on the fact that 85% of districts in Afghanistan have a health facility, but it doesn't mean that all Afghans in the district have access to it.

Liu Xiaobo and Nobel Peace Prize

Excellent article on Liu Xiaobo's views: he endorsed the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, etc. Of course, the Nobel Peace Prize doesn't mean anything.

Kosovo

Good article on the US and NATO attack on Kosovo in 1999 and the recent report on the human organs trade.

Afghan peace movement

Afghans for Peace.

NHL Discrimination

Discrimination in the NHL against francophone, European and American players.

Afghanistan peace movement

Peace demonstration in Afghanistan about human rights.

US and Central Asia

Wikileaks on US support for Central Asian dictators in order to establish and foothold in Eurasia in competition with China and Russia.

US Egypt

Good article on US support for Egypt although it is a dictatorship.

US recruited Nazis in post war

The US recruited Nazis after World War 2 for their knowledge of communist countries, new documents reveal.