mythbusting
Links to articles which bust the western media's favourite myths
| Date | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Unfolding the Syrian Paradox |
The roots of the Syrian conflict lie in Iraq |
Alastair Crooke |
July 27, 2011 |
| Basic Statistics for United States Imperialism |
A list of military operations, covert operations, subverted elections carried out by the US around the world |
What Really Happened |
July 2, 2011 |
| The vindication of Dick Cheney |
Obama has won the War on Terror debate - for the American Right. Dick Cheney and the neo-cons are grateful. |
Glenn Greenwald |
January 18, 2011 |
| Fisking Blair’s chapter on Iraq |
The arch Bliar's lies dissected |
Mehdi Hasan |
September 1, 2010 |
| Countering the cuts myths |
The government and the press say we are in the grip of a debt crisis caused by the ‘bloated’ public sector. Red Pepper debunks the myths. |
Red Pepper |
August 5, 2010 |
| Bush, Saddam and the Kuwait invasion |
'The Anglo-American gameplan was to lure Saddam into a trap he could not resist...' |
William Engdahl |
July 27, 2010 |
| Blame Denmark, not China, for Copenhagen failure |
Copenhagen was wrecked by the group of 26 countries who sabotaged the multilateral process |
Martin Khor |
December 28, 2009 |
| Are Obama and Clinton Being Honest About How Afghan War Began? |
"Only after the Taliban refused to turn over Osama bin Laden [did we send] our troops into Afghanistan." |
Sam Husseine, Rahul Mahajan |
December 3, 2009 |
| Keeping Iran honest |
When Obama announced that "Iran is breaking rules that all nations must follow", he is technically and legally wrong. |
Scott Ritter |
September 19, 2009 |
| Obama and habeas corpus -- then and now |
Does the Obama administration believe in habeus corpus? Only in America, it seems. |
Glenn Greenwald |
May 10, 2009 |
| Putin and the Geopolitics of the New Cold War |
America's quest for Full Spectrum Dominance - and why Russia still matters |
Engdahl, FW |
April 4, 2009 |
| The Facts About Hamas and the War on Gaza |
Looking at the reasons behind the attack on Gaza |
Normal Finkelstein |
January 31, 2009 |
| You are being lied to about pirates |
"because I do it with a petty ship, I am called a robber, while you, who do it with a great fleet, are called emperor." |
Hari, Johann |
January 19, 2009 |
| 650 International Scientists Dissent Over AGW?? |
Climate Progress debunks the claim that there are 650 AGW-denying 'international scientists' |
Climate Progress |
December 20, 2008 |
| OECD report ranks US third worst in inequality and poverty |
The richest country on the planet? |
Patrick O'Connor |
October 12, 2008 |
| Afghan Civilians Bear the Brunt of Taliban Violence and US, NATO Bombings |
Democracy Now interviews Sonali Kolhatkar on the war in Afghanistan |
Kolhatkar, Sonali |
August 19, 2008 |
| Afghan Women Behind Closed Doors |
No women's rights in Afghanistan (no matter what our leaders say) |
Jones, Ann |
August 13, 2008 |
| The real state of Iraq |
Is the surge working? Juan Cole puts the Iraqi statistics in context |
Juan Cole |
June 18, 2008 |
| Secret (!?) plan to keep iraq under US control |
or maybe not so secret... (to those who have followed the US basesin iraq) |
Patrick Cockburn |
June 18, 2008 |
| Depleted Uranium |
The use of depleted uranium (DU) munitions by the U.S. military may lead to a death toll far higher than that from the nuclear bombs dropped at the end of World War II. |
David Gutierrez |
May 19, 2008 |
