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Commentary Magazine : Newseum Puts Journalists at Risk by Honoring Terrorists

Fri, 10 May 2013 17:24:19 +0000

Why is it that a Newseum terrace http://www.newseum.org/exhibits-and-theaters/perm... named after a convicted smuggler raises no controversy? http://spytalkblog.blogspot.com/2013/04/las-vegas...

Antiwar.com Original Articles : The Deadliest Israel Lobby Conspiracy Theories

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 21:02:09 +0000

Sure. First read over this vintage AZC/AIPAC media strategy paper: http://irmep.org/ILA/AZC2/default.asp Then read about Rosen and Weissman feeding purloined intel to the WAPO to gin up a war with Iran: http://original.antiwar.com/smith-grant/2010/11/1... Then watch this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embed... And finally read this essay: http://original.antiwar.com/smith-grant/2010/08/1... That should be a good primer for the uninitiated.

Jewish Daily Forward : AIPAC Tries to Brand Israel as LIberal Cause – Forward.com

Sun, 10 Mar 2013 15:43:04 +0000

The gap between what AIPAC says it is and reality has continued to grow ever since its founder left the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the present day.

News From Antiwar.com : Gallup: Staggering 99 Percent of Americans See Iran's Nuclear Program as 'Threat'

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 17:03:39 +0000

Don't worry, the numbers will fall in the years after a massive and bloody invasion bogs down. Just like this support for Iraq war poll: http://irmep.org/images/support_for_iraq_war.jpg

Antiwar.com Original Articles : Netanyahu Worked Inside Nuclear Smuggling Ring

Wed, 4 Jul 2012 19:12:55 +0000

Nothing I've seen indicates this covert smuggling ring was in any way authorized by the U.S. Jailing Richard Kelley Smyth for years over Arms Export Control violations indicates it wasn't.

Antiwar.com Original Articles : The Mossad Has Long Given Marching Orders to AIPAC

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 15:14:20 +0000

I invite you to come to DC this weekend to find out. http://www.occupyaipac.org/2012/01/aipac-what-it-...

Antiwar.com Original Articles : AIPAC Economic Warfare Also Targets US

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 18:24:57 +0000

The Daily Star changed the URL. Readers may now find the article "Israel stole uranium from U.S., report will show" at http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Article.aspx?id=15599... The piece is also available from many other websites, such as: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article2...

Antiwar.com Blog : David Frum's Fatal Conceit

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:02:53 +0000

Frum recently lost his perch on NPR's "Marketplace" program as a conservative pundit when, reading between the lines, the producers belatedly realized that he represents no identifiable American constituency. One could argue that he does represent Neoconservatives, but that's hardly a constituency, more of an extremely thin, light, pliable film that's been applied to the upper floors of many think tanks by a paint roller of directed funding.

Antiwar.com Original Articles : Americans Pay Dearly to Maintain Israel's Nuclear Secrets

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:54:30 +0000

Please see the Bulletin of Atomic Scientist article from March/April 2010 written by the referenced NRC officials called "Revisiting the NUMEC Affair". According to the experts, the materials missing from NUMEC could have been served as a driver fuel and many other purposes, including quickly arming simple atomic weapons. The area around Apollo/Parks Township is now an unofficial cancer corridor, according to statistics compiled from state records. Please see the Pittsburgh Tribune short "Nuclear Nightmare" for first-hand accounts of the long term health effects of NUMEC and how it operated. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIYSf2NN2Wg If you still have questions, give Patty Ameno a phone call, and she'll fill you in on the environmental fallout.

Antiwar.com Blog : AIPAC's Support of Iran Sanctions Parallels Lead Up To Iraq War

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 11:29:03 +0000

AIPAC prides itself on not having activities traceable back to it. One memorable AIPAC quote to The National Journal was “there is no question that we exert a policy impact, but working behind the scenes and taking care not to leave fingerprints, that impact is not always traceable to us.” AIPAC's key PR Front, the Washington Institute for Near East Policy endlessly promoted the invasion, as did former AIPACker Martin Indyck when AIPAC supporter Haim Saban funded a new Middle East division at Brookings to shore up support. http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2002/1219iraq_i... If you read Mearsheimer and Walt's Israel lobby book, you'll understand that if there were no lobby activity, there would have been no invasion. AIPAC wasn't overt about Iraq because they feared retribution if things went bad, but they were pushing the Iraq invasion.

Antiwar.com Original Articles : Israel Lobby Dominates Congress, Media Covers it Up

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 20:12:58 +0000

These are important questions. It has now emerged that donor #2 was the American Israel Education Foundation. It was a "person" (according to the tax form check box) only in the sense that it was a corporation, and as we all know, they're people too. But this also meant that explicitly tax deductible funds went into AIPAC's (a 501c4) lobbying coffers. There is a lot of work going on right now on Donor #1 (thanks to the Internet exposure). Was it a bundler? A pas= through entity outside AIPAC's orbit (and not under the same roof)? Stay tuned, and as Allison Weir has proven, don't look for it in the establishment news...

Antiwar.com Original Articles : Does AIPAC Have Only Two Major Donors?

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 19:46:29 +0000

Curious-- It's always good to remember that corporations are people too. The American Israel Education Foundation (a 501 c 3 organization) is now outed as donor #2. That meant that tax-deductible money from individuals and foundations went into a non tax-deductible lobbying organization. Without that money, AIPAC would have had to report declining annual revenues for the first time in a long time. Many are now working on the mystery of donor #1 as the word spreads. Stay tuned...

Antiwar.com Original Articles : Does AIPAC Have Only Two Major Donors?

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 18:34:31 +0000

In a rolling inquiry over at Mondoweiss, donor number 2 has now been identified. It's not a person, but a nonprofit corporation, the AIEF that is housed in the same building, that gave $13,503,472 in bundled tax deductible contributions last year for AIPAC's "educational" programs. That number would cover AIPAC's big annual events and a lot of regional dinners, most of which are lobbying oriented. .....and now on to donor #1... http://mondoweiss.net/2011/08/whos-paying-for-you...

Antiwar.com Original Articles : Does AIPAC Have Only Two Major Donors?

Wed, 10 Aug 2011 10:26:50 +0000

1. One single donor gives $50 million - Yes 2. another $13 - Yup 3. the IRS has the names of these donors? - Affirmative 4. There's no requirement that they are even American - No requirement 5. And the IRS knows that they are not American. - Didn't say that. IRS only knows who the donors are. They are very protective of that kind of data and get cagey if you ask too many questions. In the past, when there was a problem with foreign funds being laundered to AIPAC's parent organization (and founder), the Senate advised the IRS....which did nothing. Whoever the donors are today, it seems implausible that the Clerk of Congress, where AIPAC domestic lobbying registrations are filed, or the Foreign Agents Registration Act office, which originally regulated AIPAC's founder and parent corp...know anything about them. They should take an interest, given the history of the organization.

Antiwar.com Original Articles : Some Questions for Bibi

Thu, 19 May 2011 11:01:23 +0000

Antiwar.com is no backwater. Most of the analysis here is too unvarnished and cutting edge for the so-called mainstream establishments. A better strategy is to pay the quarterly Antiwar.com dues, and then spread the word. The MSM is broken beyond repair, and this is the future. (Oh, and foward these plus your points to the embassy....if they're not all at the AIPAC confab...)

Antiwar.com Original Articles : US Weapons to Israel Are Disincentives to Peace

Sat, 23 Apr 2011 18:23:51 +0000

It is also important to consider Israel's ill-gotten US trade preferences that generate an additional $10 billion/year to Israel. This is really a foreign aid program. This was the subject of discussion at Rochester U earlier this month: http://vimeo.com/22314781

Antiwar.com Original Articles : AIPAC Protests Disclosure of Its Secret Files

Mon, 3 Jan 2011 17:12:29 +0000

tomofsnj: Actually, AIPAC largely lost any battle to control the "media narrative" (and they actually DO develop internal documents under that name http://www.irmep.org/ila/rosen/Narrative_Draft.pd... ) on this court action to Rosen, who was willing to talk about the case to mainstream news outlets. Ann: Unless Rosen rebrands himself as a whistleblower *immediately*, AIPAC's lawyers may not have to do anything. The Judge is taking up the dismissal motion today. BTW, I thought the proper way to take out an octopus was to suggest an interesting seafood eatery with live entertainment...

Antiwar.com Original Articles : NYT Stokes Fear of Iran

Fri, 3 Dec 2010 16:52:06 +0000

NYU Journalism Professor Jay Rosen, though a bit tipsy, expresses the general idea that public skepticism of "mainstream" is so high, it might be wise to assume the opposite of page one stories is the truth. http://vimeo.com/17393373 Great analysis.

Antiwar.com Original Articles : AIPAC Bares All to Quash Lawsuit

Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:40:36 +0000

MJ Rosenberg—a former AIPAC insider and now one of its toughest critics—is now on the case. http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/11/16/a...

Antiwar Radio with Scott Horton and Charles Goyette : Grant F. Smith

Fri, 12 Nov 2010 12:57:23 +0000

"Faith or Fear" http://www.amazon.com/Faith-Fear-Survive-Christia...