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February 7, 2010

Crusading Founder of Blackwater Admits Assassinations, Espionage

Lahore High Court Chief Justice, Khawaja Muhammad Sharif, demanded full disclosure from Pakistan’s Interior Ministry on the activities of Blackwater in the country, according to the Pakistan Daily Times and other sources. Barrister Zafarullah, Mr. Sharif’s attorney told the Times that ever since Blackwater stepped into the country, acts of terror and so-called suicide attacks have escalated.

January 10, 2010

Germany Investigating Report on CIA Hit Team

According to the report in Vanity Fair's January issue, a team was sent to target Mahmoun Darkazanli, a German-Syrian businessman. Darkazanli has been accused in Spain of being an al-Qaida figure and was close to the Sept. 11 hijackers who lived and studied in Hamburg.

BERLIN (AP) -- German authorities are looking into allegations raised in an American magazine that a CIA hit team targeted an al-Qaida suspect in Hamburg in a post-Sept. 11 operation that was never carried out, officials said Wednesday.

According to the report in Vanity Fair's January issue, the team was sent to target Mahmoun Darkazanli, a German-Syrian businessman. Darkazanli has been accused in Spain of being an al-Qaida figure and was close to the Sept. 11 hijackers who lived and studied in Hamburg.

January 10, 2010

How Goldman Sachs Made Tens of Billions of Dollars from the Economic Collapse of America

Investment banking giant Goldman Sachs has become perhaps the most prominent symbol for everything that is wrong with the U.S. financial system, but most Americans cannot even begin to explain what they do or how they have made tens of billions of dollars from the economic collapse of America.

Investment banking giant Goldman Sachs has become perhaps the most prominent symbol for everything that is wrong with the U.S.