Articles & Essays - January 2008

My top 12 for the month. See below for additional plus excerpts to all the articles listed.

U.N. Security Council Loses Credibility Over Iran, Israel - by Thalif Deen - 01/29/08 - Inter Press Service

Evidence of Israeli “Cowardly Blending” Comes to Light: War Crimes Airbrushed from History - by Jonathan Cook - 01/04/08 - Counter Punch

How The Pentagon Planted a False Hormuz Story - by Gareth Porter - 01/16/08 - IPS

935 Iraq Falsehoods - by Dan Froomkin - 01/23/08 - Washington Post

Canada’s Gitmo Torture Warning Shows Double Standards - by Andy Worthington - 01/21/08 - antiwar.com

Report: Israeli military courts automatically convict Palestinians - by Aron Heller - 01/06/08 - newspress.com

Citing security, state refuses to release data on settlements - by Amos Harel - 01/07/08 - Haaretz

Jane Harman and Liberty’s Lost Light: Thinking for Yourself is Now a Crime - by Paul Craig Roberts - 01/04/08 - Counter Punch

Justified Political Violence: The Breaking of the Gaza Wall - by Allan Nairn - 01/28/08 - Counter Punch

Russia Goes its Own Way - by Ray Takeyh and Nikolas Gvosdev - 01/01/08 - International Herald Tribune

Notice to Those Occupying Lakotah Lands: This Property is Condemned - by Russell Means - 01/03/08 - Counter Punch

Conflicts killed 108 Palestinians, three Israelis, UN says - 01/30/08 - monstersandcritics.com

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