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(Reuters) – Iran moves to challenge U.S. in Mideast: Gates

Iran is challenging U.S. naval power in the Middle East with an array of offensive and defensive weapons, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Monday. Read More Here

(PressTV) – US deploys 1000s drones in Afghanistan

The US is deploying thousands of drones in Afghanistan, raising suspicions as to whether the move is aimed at monitoring militants or targeting another country. Read More Here

(PoliticalTheatrics) – Top Media Lies About Iran – Read More Here

(SouthLebanon) – The “New” Iraq

Seven years after the illegal invasion of Iraq by the Anglo-American fascist armies, it is clear today that the deliberate and systematic destruction of the Iraqi nation was premeditated and unprovoked act of naked aggression aimed at expanding U.S.-Israel Zionist power. These barbaric crimes ‘should never be forgotten and never be forgiven’. Read More Here

(Aletho) – Obama Renews Sanctions on Syria for a Year

President Barack Obama Monday renewed US sanctions on Syria for a year, accusing Damascus of supporting what he called “terrorist” groups and pursuing missile programs and weapons of mass destruction. Read More Here

(NCoal) – To nuke or not to nuke

Once again, Ahmadinejad seems to make some valid points and you really should take a look at the full transcript and compare that to anything you see reported in the kosher-party-line. The thing that caught my attention was the fact that the ultimate boogey-man came to New York and there was barely a peep about it in anywhere. One thing the kosher-party-line can count on is that if Ahmadinejad is given a podium, he will take it and speak his mind, often quite eloquently if you ask me. Read More Here

(TheNation) – “Afghans Are Barbarians Who Crawled Out Of The Sewer” – Secret Erik Prince Tape Exposed – Jeremy Scahill Read More Here

(Guardian) – How the US helps al-Qaida

US foreign policy brings terrorism to American shores, costs taxpayers billions of dollars and destroys cherished liberties Read More Here

(InfoClearingHouse) – 2001 Anthrax Attack – The CIA, Biowarfare and Terrorism – Sibel Edmonds’ Boiling Frogs

An interview with Professor Francis Boyle – Audio Link Here

(GlobalResearch) – Who is a Threat to World Peace? The Declared Nuclear Powers, America, Britain and France Defeated by the Power of Reason – Finian Cunningham

It is a fairly reliable rule of thumb that when a person refuses to listen to the argument of another, it is a sign that the person is betraying the fact that his own argument is flawed – or downright spurious. Read More Here

(AOLNews) – Opinion: Where Are All the Terrorist Attacks?

As the details of the Times Square car bomb attempt emerge in the wake of Faisal Shahzad’s arrest Monday night, one thing has already been made clear: Terrorism is fairly easy. All you need is a gun or a bomb, and a crowded target. Guns are easy to buy. Bombs are easy to make. Crowded targets — not only in New York, but all over the country — are easy to come by. If you’re willing to die in the aftermath of your attack, you could launch a pretty effective terrorist attack with a few days of planning, maybe less.

But if it’s so easy, why aren’t there more terrorist attacks like the failed car bomb in New York’s Times Square? Or the terrorist shootings in Mumbai? Or the Moscow subway bombings? After the enormous horror and tragedy of 9/11, why have the past eight years been so safe in the U.S.? Read More Here

(PressTV) – Iran wants US nukes dismantled

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says the United States should dismantle its nuclear bases around the world as a step to create a nuke-free world. Read More Here

(PressTV) – Obama calls Syria a threat, renews ban

US President Barack Obama has renewed the country’s sanctions against Syria, branding it as a source of threat to Washington. Read More Here

(AP) – Lee: Warship sinking was no ‘simple accident’

President Lee Myung-bak ordered a thorough review of South Korea’s military readiness Tuesday, calling the sinking of a warship no “simple accident” as officials inched closer to blaming North Korea in the deadly incident. Read More Here

(HuffingtonPost) – Black Gold — the Lifeblood of War

Speculation has been running rampant among certain sectors of the web-world lately about the true origins of the massive oil spill that has engulfed the Gulf and threatens marine, plant, animal, and human health in a region already beset by natural disasters and toxic industries. Unwilling to accept the mainstream media version of the story (namely that it was the result of off-shore drilling activities) and suspicious of the timing of the calamity (namely that it occurred right on the cusp of Earth Day and during a period of political contentiousness over drilling), this faction has surmised that the “trigger event” in this instance may have been (choose your favorite) either: an attack by the North Koreans; an act of homegrown eco-terrorism by leftwing environmentalists; or something to do with Venezuela, China, and/or other Communist (machi)nations. With little more than a hint from an online Russian source, the theory of a North Korean attack in particular has been gaining virulence among certain fox-trotters. Read More Here

(MiamiHerald) – U.S., British envoys walk out as Ahmadinejad defends nuclear program

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, insisting that there’s no “credible proof” his regime is developing a nuclear arsenal, on Monday launched a scathing attack against the U.S. and other nuclear weapons powers in an apparent bid to derail a new round of U.N. sanctions against Iran. Read More Here

(JPost) – Iran to hold more war games

In the second military show in less than a month, Iran will hold a new set of maneuvers in the strategic waters of the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman, Iranian media reported on Tuesday. Read More Here

(AFP) – New Pakistan inquiry into Bhutto killing after UN report

Pakistan Saturday sent a team to visit the scene of Benazir Bhutto’s assassination, after a damning UN report said the ex-premier’s death was not investigated adequately, security officials said. Read More Here

(RussiaToday) – Video: US, Iran Nuclear Punch-up at UN Conference

Full Video And Transcript Of Ahmadinejad Speech Below

Iran and the US have traded barbs during a nuclear non-proliferation conference at the United Nations. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused Washington of double standards, while US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton blamed Tehran for using evasive tactics to divert international attention from its nuclear programme. RT’s Marina Portnaya was following day one of the heated talks.

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(AlethoNews) – US violates UN law by threatening Iran

Iran’s envoy to the UN nuclear watchdog says the US nuclear policy which allows the use of nuclear arms against Tehran is a clear violation of the UN Charter. Read More Here

(Newsmax) – Lieberman: U.S. Should Attack Iran’s Nuclear Program If All Else Fails

Sen. Joe Lieberman says the world is at a “turning point in history,” and the United States should begin preparing plans to attack Iran’s nuclear program — and use that option if all diplomatic and other means fail. Read More Here

(Telegraph) – Kyrgyzstan ‘on brink of civil war’ says Dmitry Medvedev

Kyrgyzstan is “on the brink of civil war,” according Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who warned that the country could be ripped apart by the current political upheaval. Read More Here

(TheNation) – War Crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan

War crimes, massacres, and, as Al Jazeera properly calls it, “collateral murder,” are all part of the US involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001. Read More Here

(InfoClearingHouse) – Your Tax Dollars at War: More Than 53% of Your Tax Payment Goes to the Military

If you’re like me, now that we’re in the week that federal income taxes are due, you are finally starting to collect your records and prepare for the ordeal. Either way, whether you are a procrastinator like me, or have already finished and know how much you have paid to the government, it is a good time to stop and consider how much of your money goes to pay for our bloated and largely useless and pointless military. Read More Here

(Reuters) – Iran not nuclear weapons capable for “at least a year”-Gates

Iran is not expected to be capable of producing nuclear weapons for at least a year, maybe more, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Tuesday. Read More Here

(InfoClearingHouse) – Mossad Operation Threatened Against Reporter – Jonathan Cook

In Israeli journalist who went into hiding after writing a series of reports showing lawbreaking approved by Israeli army commanders faces a lengthy jail term for espionage if caught, as Israeli security services warned at the weekend they would “remove the gloves” to track him down. Read More Here

(Guardian) – The ‘Obama Doctrine’: Kill, Don’t Detain

George Bush left a big problem in the shape of Guantánamo. The solution? Don’t capture bad guys, assassinate by drone Read More Here

(AntiWar) – Hamid Karzai, R.I.P. – A prediction

The war in Afghanistan, which George W. Bush started and Barack Obama pledged to win, is over – and we lost. No one realizes this, quite yet, but give them time – because the fruits of our defeat are already a veritable cornucopia. And the reason can be summed up rather neatly in two words: Hamid Karzai. Read More Here

(GlobalResearch) – Kyrgyzstan: Another Colour Revolution Bites the Dust

So what’s the real story behind the coup in Kyrgyzstan ? Read More Here

(GlobalResearch) – What Kind of Palestinian State in 2011? Neoliberalism and World Bank Diktats – Read More Here

(GlobalResearch) – Latvia’s Cruel Neoliberal Experiment – Prof. Michael Hudson

Latvia is being devastated by two global wars. On the geopolitical front is the Cold War’s coup de grâce. Neoliberals have managed to de-industrialize Russia and the rest of the former Soviet Union, persuading parliaments to dismantle government support for economic renewal. The “Washington Consensus” has backed a policy of giving away public enterprises and land to a newly minted oligarchy of insiders, and helped them sell shares to Western investors. The ensuing economic wreckage has helped avert future military rivalry to U.S. hegemony. Read More Here

(FAIR) – Iraq Killings and Media Indifference

Recently a small group of professors at the University of Regina suggested that Canada’s involvement in Afghanistan was an act of imperialism and should not be glorified. The professors were vigorously attacked by Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall, a number of Conservative Members of Parliament, and a long list of editorial writers, columnists and directors of news in the mainstream Canadian media. Read More Here

(PostcardsFromTheRevolution) – Venezuela: Coup and Countercoup, Revolution – Eva Golinger

Venezuela commemorated the eighth year anniversary of the coup d’etat backed by Washington that changed the bolivarian revolution forever
In just 47 hours, a coup d’etat ousted President Chavez and a countercoup returned him to power, in an extraordinary showing of the will and determination of a dignified people on a revolutionary path with no return. The mass media played a major role in advancing the coup and spreading false information internationally in order to justify the coup plotters’ actions. CIA documents revealed US government involvement and support to the coup organizers
A leaked videotape of a 2007 U.S. helicopter attack in Baghdad that killed a dozen Iraqis was unveiled on April 5 by the website WikiLeaks. To much of the corporate media, though, it was either not worth reporting at all, or an unfortunate incident to be defended. Read More Here

(GlobalResearch) – Is Canada Fighting an Imperialist War in Afghanistan? – Prof. John W. Warnock

Recently a small group of professors at the University of Regina suggested that Canada’s involvement in Afghanistan was an act of imperialism and should not be glorified. The professors were vigorously attacked by Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall, a number of Conservative Members of Parliament, and a long list of editorial writers, columnists and directors of news in the mainstream Canadian media. Read More Here

Colombia: Killing Civilians to Justify Funding from the US Military

(GlobalResearch) – The accidental discovery of mass graves outside in Colombia has raised questions about the victims and what role the US might have played. Mass graves have been found in Columbia, and while the army has claimed responsibility for the bodies, many questions surround the site.

Have a Nice World War, Folks – John Pilger

(InfoClearingHouse) – Here is news of the Third World War. The United States has invaded Africa. US troops have entered Somalia, extending their war front from Afghanistan and Pakistan to Yemen and now the Horn of Africa. In preparation for an attack on Iran, American missiles have been placed in four Persian Gulf states, and “bunker-buster” bombs are said to be arriving at the US base on the British island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean.

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(LewRockwellBlog) – Whom Will Obama Bomb?

According to the latest CNN opinion poll, only 19% of the booboisie like the idea of Obama’s Soviet-style nationalization of the health care industry. The Democrats spat on the Constitution, as they always do, and shoved the thing down our throats. A lot of people are mighty, mighty pi__ed off at this, and will undoubtedly vent by voting a lot of Democrats out of office in November.

So what can we expect the Marxist in the White House to do to prevent a GOP takeover of Congress? Don’t rule out the most tried and true tactic of all — war. The booboisie always rally around the prez when the bombs are dropping from the sky, even if they’re falling on innocent foreign civilians.

(CNN) – Video: Taliban fighters training in Iran, U.S. officials say

Iran is helping train Taliban fighters within its borders, according to U.S. military and intelligence officials. Video Link Here

(ForeignPolicy) – Get Yer Anti-Ballistic Missile Shield Here

Where do sheikhs go shopping? Facing the rising threat of a nuclear-armed Iran, they go to weapons shows like the International Defence Exhibition and Conference, where leaders from Cairo to Riyadh are stocking up. Read More Here

(AFP) – ‘Only rumours’ that Iran making nuclear weapons: Turkish PM

Turkey’s prime minister said Tuesday it was “only rumours” that Iran was making nuclear weapons, stressing the Islamic republic’s right to develop civilian atomic power. Read More Here

(PressTV) – Israel has nukes, but Iran is pressured: Erdogan

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Iran’s nuclear rights should be respected and it is only a rumor that Iran is trying to produce nuclear weapons. Read More Here

(TimesOnline) – Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejects new Obama offer of dialogue as a ‘plot’

Iran’s Supreme Leader yesterday rejected a renewed offer of dialogue with Washington from President Obama, and accused the US of continuing to plot against Tehran while offering peace. Read More Here

(NYTimes) – Iran Unlikely to Develop a Nuclear Weapon This Year, Petraeus Says

Gen. David H. Petraeus said Tuesday that Iran would not develop a nuclear weapon this year, but that the country still remained the greatest threat to stability in the Middle East and Central Asia. Read More Here

(OpenDemocracy) – Venezuela obtains Chinese warplanes for ‘anti-drugs fight’

Chinese J-8 attack jets delivered in Venezuela. Sri Lankan general goes on military trial while supporters protest. Nigerian militants attack city with car bombs. South African youth leader found guilty of hate speech. All this and much more, in today’s security briefing. Read More Here

(PressTV) – US may try Sheehan for anti-war campaign

US authorities have arrested a number of anti-war protesters, including high-profile activist Cindy Sheehan, during a demonstration in Washington DC. Read More Here

Video: Hilary Clinton Threatens Iran With ‘Painful Consequences’

Stating that a nuclear-armed Iran would touch off an arms race in the Middle East and embolden Iran’s “terrorist clientele” to take new actions, Clinton said, “This … is unacceptable to the United States. It is unacceptable to Israel. It is unacceptable to the region and the international community.”

Permanent Agression: War on the Horizon in Latin America

(GlobalResearch) – The Empire will stop at nothing to find mechanisms and techniques to achieve its final objective, and we cannot disregard the possibility of a military conflict in the near future. If the US places Venezuela on the “terrorist list” this year, we could be on the verge of a regional war.

Pentagon Bracing for a Snap Offensive Against Venezuela

(StrategicCultureFoundation) – The US SOUTHCOM electronic surveillance base has been functioning in Aruba for several years. One day, an individual looking like a typical American, wearing shorts, a Hawaii shirt, and sunglasses, walked into it effortlessly and started roaming around. The US marines must have been too tired of the heat and assumed he actually was one of their countrymen – the base has been hosting numbers of visitors from the US recently amid the preparations for serious operations against Venezuela.

Human Rights Watch Debunks Columbian Demobilization

According to the government of Columbia more than 31,000 fighters have been demobilized from the paramilitary coalition known as the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia or AUC.
However, a report released February 3rd by New York based Human Rights Watch alleges newly emerged successor groups have engaged in activities ranging from mass murder to extortion, in effect replacing the AUC in everything but name.

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(Reuters) – Manufacturing Consent For Attack On Iran – Senate OKs Sanctions on Iran’s Fuel Suppliers

The Senate on Thursday approved legislation that would let President Barack Obama impose sanctions on Iran’s gasoline suppliers and penalize some of Tehran’s elites, a move aimed at pressuring Tehran to give up its nuclear program. Read More Here

(Bloomberg) – Paulson Says Russia Urged China to Dump Fannie, Freddie Bonds

Russia urged China to dump its Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac bonds in 2008 in a bid to force a bailout of the largest U.S. mortgage-finance companies, former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said. Read More Here

(Reuters) – China hits back at U.S. arms sale to Taiwan

China moved swiftly on Saturday to suspend military exchanges with the United States after Washington’s announcement of arms sales to Taiwan, widening rifts in their far-reaching relationship. Read More Here

(LATimes) – Clinton warns China to stay the course on Iran nuclear sanctions

In Paris, the U.S. secretary of State tells Beijing to think about the longer-term consequences even though it may seem ‘counterproductive’ to sanction a country from which it gets key resources. Read More Here

(ABCNews) – Netanyahu slams Iran at Auschwitz

Israeli leaders have lashed out at Iran during a ceremony at Auschwitz to mark international Holocaust Memorial Day. Read More Here

(DowJones) – Venezuela Oil Chief Heads To Russia, China To Discuss Pacts

Venezuela Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez was leaving Wednesday for Russia and then to China to discuss plans for developing heavy crude blocks in the eastern Orinoco region, the Venezuelan government said in a statement. Read More Here

(TimesofIndia) – Pak tunnels near border worry government

As the war of words between India and Pakistan reaches a crescendo, New Delhi has cause for fresh alarm, due to some of the activities being carried out across the border. Intelligence agencies in India have brought to the notice of the government that Pakistan has been frantically building up tunnels in areas not far from the border with India. Read More Here

(Reuters) – U.S. regrets China’s riposte to arms sales

The United States said on Saturday it regretted China’s announced cuts in bilateral contacts and its plans to punish U.S. companies involved in arms sales to Taiwan. Read More Here

Haiti’s Oil, Gold & Iridium Resources Explains the Post Earthquake Occupation/Invasion

(MetropoleHaiti) – Haiti’s oil reserves are larger than Venezuela’s, Haiti also has huge resources of Gold & Minerals like Iridium

USGS claims Venezuela sits on Earth’s largest oil reserves

(RawStory) – Venezuela may have just become the center of an energy-starved world.
The Orinoco Belt, situated squarely underneath the South American nation, may hold some 513 billion barrels of crude oil, according to a new report by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

Haiti Has Larger Oil Reserves Than Venezuela Say Scientists (An Olympic Pool Compared to a Glass of Water)

I have heard rumors that Haiti has vast oil reserves — and that the globalists want these reserves. However, the globalists cannot get the reserves, because the oil belongs to the Haitian people. So the globalists do not allow the Haitians to exploit the oil reserves, because it would allow the Haitian people to prosper. It would allow the Haitians to build proper infrastructure, so that 7.0 earthquakes do not have such a devastating effect.

Video: Chavez – US weapon test caused Haiti earthquake

(RussiaToday) – Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez has once again accused the United States of playing God. But this time it’s Haiti’s disastrous earthquake that he thinks the U.S. was behind. Spanish newspaper ABC quotes Chavez as saying that the U.S. navy launched a weapon capable of inducing a powerful earthquake off the shore of Haiti. He adds that this time it was only a drill and the final target is … destroying and taking over Iran.

Chavez calls capitalism ‘road to hell’

(PressTV) – Socialist Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has attacked capitalism and capitalist countries, saying the system is a ‘road to hell.’

MSM: Chavez says U.S. occupying Haiti in name of aid

(Reuters) – Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez on Sunday accused the United States of using the earthquake in Haiti as a pretext to occupy the devastated Caribbean country and offered to send fuel from his OPEC nation.

Video: Why a Dollar Hyperinflation is Inevitable

After the recent devaluation of the currency of Venezuela, why is devaluation of the dollar not a possibility to avoid hyperinflation of the dollar in the United States? In this video I explain why devaluation of the dollar is not something of an option, and hyperinflation is the only real alternative

US Threatens Venezuela. Netherlands has Granted US Military Use of its Islands in the Caribbean

(GlobalResearch) – The government of the Netherlands recently granted the US military use of its islands in the Caribbean, with the excuse that this is to help in the “war against drugs”. In reality, this is a direct threat to the Chavez government in Venezuela.

Venezuela to reinforce troops on Colombia border with Russian tanks

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has announced plans for the deployment of new Russian-made tanks and combat helicopters on the border with Colombia.

Venezuelan F-16 fighter jets ‘intercept US warplane’

(PressTV) – Venezuela has scrambled two F-16 fighter jets to ward off a US ‘military plane’ amid reports of “US trespassing the country’s airspace.”

MSM: Chavez says Obama “illusion” over

(Reuters) – Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez said in a New Year’s message the “illusion” around President Barack Obama was over and rich nations had left the world on the verge of ecological disaster.

Chávez says US government is ‘interventionist,’ warns Venezuela

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez spoke about US President Barack Obama and his “interventionist” government that set up a new model for 21st Century de facto government coups, according to a news agency.

MSM: Venezuela, China Sign Oil Deals

(WSJ) – Venezuela and China gave a new boost to their thriving economic ties Tuesday, signing a package of agreements that advances China strategy of locking in access to the South American country’s vast oil reserves.

US Military Aggression Against Venezuela Escalating

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez revealed today on his Sunday television and radio program, Aló Presidente, that unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), also known as drones, have illegally entered Venezuela’s airspace during the past several days. “A few days ago, one of these military planes penetrated Venezuela as far as Fort Mara,” a Venezuelan military fort in the State of Zulia, bordering Colombia. The drone was seen by several Venezuelan soldiers who immediately reported the aerial violation to their superiors. President Chávez gave the order today to shoot down any drones detected in Venezuelan territory. Chávez also directly implicated Washington in this latest threat against regional stability by confirming that the drones were of US origen.

Video: President Hugo Chavez Lambasts Capitalism at COP15

Venezuela President Hugo Chavez took the stage at COP15 and launched his own protest. He declared, “If the climate was a capitalist bank, the rich governments would have saved it.”

Before linking the economic crisis to the climate one, Mr. Chavez’s scathing critique invoked the ghost of Karl Marx and praised street protesters drawing some applause from the audience. He went on to criticize what he sees as the destructive practices of the capitalist system, Chavez said that he fears that the “infinite model” of capitalism will exhaust the finite resources of the environment.

Video Link Here

Is There any Margin for Hypocrisy and Deceit? – Fidel Castro

To accuse Hugo Chávez, the leader of the Bolivarian Revolution, of inciting a war against the people of Colombia and unleash an arms race, to portray him as the mastermind and promoter of drug trafficking, and accuse him of repressing the freedom of expression, violating human rights and other similar misdeeds is a repugnant and cynical action, as everything else that the empire has done, still does and promotes. We can neither ever forget nor stop reiterating realities. Objective and well-reasoned truth is the most important weapon with which we should ceaselessly hammer into the conscience of peoples.

Chavez prepares Venezuela for ‘US-provoked war’

(PressTV) – President Hugo Chavez says Venezuela must be ready to defend itself against what he called the US and Colombia’s gearing up for initiating a military conflict.

Venezuela issues arrest warrants for 30 bankers

(PressTV) – A court in Venezuela has issued arrest warrants for 30 bank executives over their alleged mismanagement of the country’s financial affairs.

MSM: Russia building arms plants in Venezuela

(Reuters) – Russia is building arms plants in Venezuela to produce AK-103 automatic rifles and cartridges and is finalizing contracts to send 53 military helicopters to the Andean nation, Moscow’s envoy to Venezuela saidMonday.

MSM: Ahmadinejad to Chavez – ‘We’re going to be together until the end’

(JPost) – “We feel at home here and among our brothers … we’re going to be together until the end,” Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez during a visit to Latin America on Wednesday.

Both leaders roundly denounced US “imperialism,” and Chavez also called Israel “a murderous arm of the Yankee empire.”

Chavez said he had just returned from an unannounced visit to Cuba, where he met with his mentor Fidel Castro as well as President Raul Castro. “They asked me to give you a hug for them,” he told Ahmadinejad.

Also during Ahmadinejad’s visit, the two leaders agreed on the inception of a direct flight route between Teheran and Caracas, according to a report by AFP.

Source: Jerusalem Post

MSM: Venezuela blows up border bridges with Colombia

(Guardian) – Tensions raised between two countries as troops dynamite rural walkways Venezuela claims are used by smugglers and militia

MSM: War threat between Venezuela and Colombia increases

(Telegraph) – The threat of a war between Venezuela and Colombia increased over the weekend after both countries deployed more troops along their border and President Hugo Chavez branded his Colombian counterpart a “mafioso”.

MSM: Chavez Says U.S., Colombia Have Made ‘Pact for War’

(Bloomberg) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said the U.S. and Colombian governments have made a “pact for war” with a deal to allow American troops to use facilities at seven military bases.

MSM: Chavez Says Venezuela to Prepare for War as Deterrent (Update3)

(Bloomberg) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez told the military and civil militias today to prepare for war as a deterrent to a U.S.-led attack after American troops gained access to military bases in neighboring Colombia.

MSM: Chavez steps up Colombia rhetoric

(BBC) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has urged his armed forces to be prepared for possible war with Colombia amid growing diplomatic and border tensions.

Video: Alex Jones – US a powerslave serving aims of New World Order

(RussiaToday) – Alex Jones on the recent Colombia-US controversial agreement for set-up of US military bases, American strategy in Afghanistan and Barack Obama’s policy.

Venezuela, Honduras, Peru, Ecuador: Media Lies and “Oversights”

It may be useful to assess the dangers of the systematically hostile attitude of the overwhelming majority of major European and North American media companies in relation to the current events taking place in Ecuador, Bolivia and Venezuela. This hostility is only matched by an embarrassed, complicit silence with regard to those involved in the putsch in Honduras or the repression enacted by the Peruvian army against the indigenous populations of the Amazon.

Latin America plans US dollar replacement

Leftist Latin American leaders have agreed on using a new intra- regional trading currency, dubbed as Sucre, instead of the US dollar.

LatAm Leftists Tackle Dollar with New Currency

Leftist Latin American leaders agreed here on the creation of a regional currency, the Sucre, aimed at scaling back the use of the US dollar.

Iran to completely drop dollar from foreign exchange

(PressTV) – Iran’s Trade Promotion Organization has announced a near future plan to completely exclude the US dollar from the country’s foreign revenues and reserves.

Morales: U.S. planning coups in Latin America

The Bolivian president has accused the United States of planning coups in Latin America after Washington reached an agreement with Colombia over military bases.