Arab Dictatorships Take 4 of Top 5 Spots in Purchase of U.S. Weapons and Services

Most of the leading buyers of American military hardware in 2008 had two characteristics in common: they speak Arabic and their governments are opposed to democracy and basic freedoms. Information compiled by the Congressional Research Service revealed that the biggest recipients of U.S. arms sales last year were (in order): the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Iraq and Egypt. With the exception of the popularly-elected government in Baghdad, all of these American military partners are ruled by autocratic or theocratic regimes.

The Chemtrail – H1N1 Connection

Since early March of 2009 the skies over Canada’s Capital City have been littered with chemtrails dispensed by jets that resemble Boeing passenger 747’s. It all started about a week or so before Swine Flu news hit the mainstream. From that point on, the amount of chemtrails being sprayed in to the skies has gradually intensified.

Senate Panel OKs $128 Billion For Afghanistan, Iraq Wars

With hardly any debate, a powerful Senate committee Thursday approved President Barack Obama’s $128 billion request for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan for the budget year beginning in October.

Showdown with Russia and China: U.S. Advances First Strike Global Missile Shield System

On August 13th the Pentagon’s Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and Chicago-based Boeing International announced a test of their joint Airborne Laser (ABL) missile defense system, which “successfully tracked and hit the mark earlier this month during its first in-flight test against an instrumented target missile.”

America’s Warfare State – Lining the pockets of Pentagon contractors

“On my last day in Iraq,” veteran McClatchy News correspondent Leila Fadel wrote August 9th, “as on my first day in Iraq, I couldn’t see what the United States and its allies had accomplished. …I couldn’t understand what thousands of American soldiers had died for and why hundreds of thousands of Iraqis had been killed.”

Video: Major General of US Intelligence – 911 Was An Inside Job

Major General Stubblebine states that a Boeing 757 airplane could not have crashed into The Pentagon and explosives were used to bring down WTC on September 11, 2001.

MSM: Peled proposes Israeli sanctions on US

(JPost) – In a sign of growing concern in Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s government over US President Barack Obama’s Middle East policies, Minister-without-Portfolio Yossi Peled proposed Israeli sanctions on the US in a letter to cabinet ministers on Sunday.

MSM: Defense Dept., Industry Join to Protect Data

(WPost) – One recent Wednesday, on the fourth floor of a squat brick office building under the flight path of jets landing at Baltimore-Washington International Marshall Airport, a Pentagon analyst skilled in parsing malicious computer code e-mailed a threat alert to 28 of the nation’s largest defense contractors.

Navy Takes Next Step Towards Laser ‘Holy Grail’

U.S. Navy ships could one day knock down incoming missiles with energy weapons that never run out of shots, and tune themselves to slice through the ocean air.

MSM: AIG Told U.S. Failure May Cripple Banks, Money Funds

American International Group Inc. appealed for its fourth U.S. rescue by telling regulators the company’s collapse could cripple money-market funds, force European banks to raise capital, cause competing life insurers to fail and wipe out the taxpayers’ stake in the firm.

MSM: Amnesty International – Gaza white phosphorus shells were US made

White phosphorus bombs used by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip were produced and supplied by American arms manufacturers, according to an Amnesty International report that called for a comprehensive arms embargo on Israel.

Barack Obama Administration Continues US Military Global Dominance

The Barack Obama administration is continuing the neo-conservative agenda of US military domination of the world— albeit with perhaps a kinder-gentler face. While overt torture is now forbidden for the CIA and Pentagon, and symbolic gestures like the closing of the Guantanamo prison are in evidence, a unilateral military dominance policy, expanding military budget, and wars of occupation and aggression will likely continue unabated.

MSM: Boeing axes 10,000 jobs as demand weakens

The cuts include the 4,500 redundancies recently announced at its commercial plane unit, and are equivalent to 6pc of its 162,200-strong workforce.

MSM: Starbucks to cut 6,700 workers

Starbucks Corp. said yesterday that it will eliminate about 6,700 jobs because of the difficult economy.

The company becomes the latest to announce job losses and joined major employers such as AOL and Boeing yesterday in detailing layoffs to cope with the current recession.

MSM: Boeing workers are ready for a long strike

Boeing workers are prepared for a long strike

It’s high noon in Seattle and hundreds of Boeing workers are turning up for their shifts.

But they’re not heading into the factory – they’re checking in for picket line duty. The 27,000 members of the Aerospace Machinist’s Union have been off the job for 47 days now – the third longest strike in Boeing’s history.

The key sticking point is a plan by Boeing to allow outside contractors greater access to the plant, enabling them to deliver components directly onto the production line. Workers say that’s a union busting plan that threatens their jobs.