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Democratic elections are only acceptable if the result is what the USA agrees with.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/19/cia-admits-role-1953-iranian-coup CIA admits role in 1953 Iranian coup    "The military coup that overthrew Mosaddeq and his National Front cabinet was carried out under CIA direction as an act of US foreign policy, conceived and approved at the highest levels of government,"     Mohammad Mosaddeq democratically elected prime minister of Iran CIA admits to engineering the coup of 1953 in Iran and with British assistance. An admission to what everyone has known for years. The CIA has yet to admit to its role, with British help, of engineering the coup's in Guatemala 1954, Argentina 1966, Libya 1969, Chile 1973, Iraq, Afghanistan and a few hundred other places around the world. Their role in the Middle east will presumably be revealed and admitted to, in another sixty years.

The PA protecting Israeli settlements.

                     http://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/2013/06/17/israel-builds-settlements-pa-guards-them-by-khalid-amayreh/ Israel builds settlements, PA guards them.   PLO official Nabil Shaath threw a bombshell this week when he told Israeli reporters in Ramallah that the Palestinian Authority (PA) spends a large portion of its meager budget on guarding Israeli colonies against possible attacks by Palestinian resistance fighters.   Why on earth should the PA spend even one penny on guarding illegal Israeli settlements in Palestine? The "settlers" destroy irrigation systems and other infrastructure, they uproot crops and olive groves, they attack Palestinians in their own homes and they burn villages, all the while protected by the occupying thugs of the Israeli defence Force.     Their whole campaign of violenc...

A commitment to disaster.

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/05/13/britain-to-double-militar_n_3267661.html?utm_hp_ref=uk Britain to Double Military Support To Syrian Rebels     We are becoming more and more involved in this quagmire with each passing day. Our involvement stems primarily from the hidden agenda in Washington, the British fixation with all American policies and the conception of a  "Special Relationship". (In fact, the special relationship only exists in the minds of British politicians since 1941. Clinton is reported to have said that the special relationship with America, only exists with three countries: Israel, Saudi Arabia and Ireland). The so called "opposition" in Syria is a fractured collection of groups with no clearly defined common objective other than the removal of Bashar Al-Assad. The question then is, "Which set of Syrian rebels do we give our support to?" The answer of course in "none". Stay well clear ...

Israel "defending" itself.

  http://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/most-killed-gaza-deserved-it-even-though-they-were-children-and-civilians-says?utm_source=EI+readers&utm_campaign=cbeb02754a-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email  “Most” killed in Gaza “deserved it” even though they were children and civilians, says Israel’s Danny Ayalon A Palestinian medic carries the body of Abdel Rahman Majdi Naim, 2, who was killed in an Israeli strike on a building housing media offices in Gaza City on 21 November 2012.    The Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon, says what many Israeli's believe, which demonstrates why there can never be a resolution of this problem. His comments should be condemned by the United States and the United Kingdom in the strongest possible fashion, and he should immediately be sacked from his post in the Israeli government. He should also be arrested and charged with incitement to murder. Of course, none of this will happen because the ...

Rachel Corrie: April 10, 1979 – March 16, 2003

http://rememberrachel.tumblr.com/ On August 28, 2012 at 9:00AM, the verdict in the civil suit filed against the State of Israel by the Corrie family is set to be announced.  As the verdict approaches, we want to use this moment to reflect on Rachel’s life and work and want to encourage you to act in remembrance of her.    On March 16, 2003, an IDF operation in the land between the Rafah refugee camp and the border with Egypt was engaged in clearing brush, which the IDF says is necessary to destroy hideouts and tunnels  Corrie was part of a group of seven ISM activists (three British and four US) attempting to disrupt the actions of Israeli bulldozers. Corrie, who had positioned herself in the path of a Caterpillar D9R armored bulldozer , was fatally injured. She was transported to a Palestinian hospital. Accounts vary as to whether she died at the scene, in the ambulance on the way to the hospital, or at the hospital.

Laundering is not the only issue.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/british-bank-laundered-250bn-for-iran-regime-8010163.html Standard Chartered, one of Britain's most distinguished global banks, has been accused by US regulators of laundering $250bn from Iran and behaving like a "rogue institution", in the latest catastrophic blow to the international reputation of the City of London.   This issue is much wider than laundering $250bn from Iran, and it is not only restricted to American "persecution" of British banks. Whether we agree with the practice of sanctions against Iran or not, (and personally I do not as, in my view, it is the combined interests of Israel and the United States, dictating to the world, to further their own agenda's, but that is another debate),  the Banking "industry" seem to consider themselves to be above the law in their day to day business practices. There are numerous examples of sharp practice or even cri...

The sinister shadow of Blair returns.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/ed-unveils-labours-new-signing-7936576.html Tony Blair last night announced he is to take on his first job in  British politics since leaving  Downing Street – advising Labour on its policy review. Mr Blair appeared alongside Mr. Miliband at the Emirates stadium, home to Arsenal Football Club in North London. During his speech, Milliband commented that,  ‘....... I want to thank Tony for what he did for our party and for our country,’ For "our" party, it should be remembered that Blair destroyed party democracy and replaced it with a dictatorship of a small cabal, abandoned principles upon which the Labour Party was created, presided over a mass decline in membership, perpetuated and expanded privatisation, and failed to advance the real aspirations of working people in Britain. For our Country, the reality is that Blair played second fiddle to Clinton and Bush in his drive to gain favour with the United S...

Conspiracy leading to an illegal war.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics Tony Blair blocked the Government's most senior lawyer from explaining to Cabinet the legality of the war in Iraq. According to his former spin doctor, the then Prime Minister feared that the legal opinion was too "nuanced" and would allow the war's ministerial critics Robin Cook and Clare Short to say that the case had not been made. Now that Campbell has admitted what many of us had known or suspected for years, will the lying hypocrite Blair finally be exposed as the Bush puppet and war criminal that he is?

Guantanamo Bay: a stain on human rights

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/ Guantanamo Bay: the biggest stain on human rights the world has ever seen. If these internees are so dangerous, or have committed such evil crimes, they should be put on trial and have the American allegations tested in law. Once again the Americans demonstrate that they consider themselves to be the worlds accuser, judge and jury and are above any measure of international law.