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Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) – Threat To National Sovereignty
July 9, 2013 0

Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) – Threat To National Sovereignty

By News Desk

Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) – Threat To National Sovereignty by Dr. Chandra Muzaffar  Editor’s Note : The Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement represents the economic arm of the US pivot to the Asia-Pacific region, and threatens to undermine the sovereignty of participating countries. Washington lacks a fundamental economic vision, and as its influence in the world continues to wane, the TPP is an attempt to harness the growth and dynamism of South East Asia’s tiger cub economies as a counterweight to China’s influence in the region.

NYT: "Nowhere in Rebel-Controlled Syria is There a Secular Fighting Force to Speak Of"
April 27, 2013 0

NYT: "Nowhere in Rebel-Controlled Syria is There a Secular Fighting Force to Speak Of"

By News Desk

Additionally, The New York Times in its article, " Arms Airlift to Syria Rebels Expands, With C.I.A. Aid ," admits that: With help from the C.I.A., Arab governments and Turkey have sharply increased their military aid to Syria’s opposition fighters in recent months, expanding a secret airlift of arms and equipment for the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, according to air traffic data, interviews with officials in several countries and the accounts of rebel commanders.

April 25, 2013 0

CONFIRMED: Both FBI & CIA Watched Boston Bombing Suspects for Years

By News Desk

Speculation is growing that one of the Boston bombers met a known Jihadist terrorist in 2011 – as it emerged the FBI failed to follow up on a Russian tip that he was seen with an Islamic militant six times. The Daily Mail would also report that: The FBI has confirmed that Russia alerted the agency in 2011 that Tsarnaev had ties to ‘radical Islam’ groups in his homeland. Homeland Security sources have also revealed the agency received tips in 2012 about his ties to extremists connected to a Boston mosque