Tag: al-jazeera
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‘Hollywood & The War Machine’
from al-jazeera: War is hell, but for Hollywood it has been a Godsend, providing the perfect dramatic setting against which courageous heroes win the hearts & minds of the movie going public. The Pentagon recognises the power of these celluloid dreams & encourages Hollywood to create heroic myths; to rewrite history to suit its own…
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osama plans new video for 9/11
from ap: Osama bin Laden plans a new video to be released in the coming days ahead of the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks in what would be the first new images of the terror mastermind in nearly three years, al-Qaida’s media arm announced Thursday. The al-Qaida leader has not appeared in new…
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what is aipac?
from google video/wikipedia: The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) is a special interest group that lobbies the United States Government in favor of maintaining a close US-Israel relationship. Describing itself as “America’s Pro-Israel Lobby,” it is a mass-membership organization including both Jews and non-Jews. AIPAC was formed during the Eisenhower administration, and since then…