Tag Archives: 9/11 anniversay

Remembering El Mozote

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Matt

Just over thirty years ago, in a three day period from December 10 to 13 1981, a unit of the US-trained elite Atlacatl Battalion massacred more than 1,000 men, women and children in the course of an anti-terrorist limpieza (cleanup) … Continue reading →

Posted in State terrorism | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Iraq: a bad end to a bad war

Posted on December 17, 2011 by Matt

In March 2003 the United States, backed by its faithful lieutenant Britain and a hastily-concocted ‘Coalition of the Willing’,  invaded Iraq following a campaign of lies, manipulation of the public, propaganda and manufactured intelligence.   After smashing Saddam Hussein’s decrepit … Continue reading →

Posted in Iraq, Middle East, Militarism, Terrorwar, US politics | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

The 9/11 decade

Posted on September 10, 2011 by Matt

Tomorrow it will be exactly ten years since 19 deluded fanatics murdered nearly 3,000 people in the United States.   After the last fortnight of  documentaries, interviews, profiles, newsclips, ’9/11 short stories’,  a special ’9/11 Question Time’, BBC broadcasts from ‘ground … Continue reading →

Posted in Militarism, Terrorism | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment