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20.06.2009, 12:14
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When an event of the magnitude of 9/11 happens, it is only natural that at least a few conspiracy theories will emerge, or re-emerge in its wake.
07.12.2009, 14:21
8 comments
As policymakers gather in Copenhagen to discuss ways of combating climate change, skeptics are bragging about exposing a decades-long conspiracy of climatologists and politicians. What went wrong with science?
11.07.2009, 14:06
5 comments
The famous battle of an unknown war. On July 11, Ukraine celebrates its victory in the Battle of Konotop.
07.05.2009, 11:24
2 comments
Swine flu is advancing on us from Mexico. The Mexican government has already pronounced the epidemic as being contained.
14.05.2009, 01:18
4 comments
How do you spin a war, 64 years in the past? Piece of cake. You just concentrate on a few conspiracy theories to make the story (or history) interesting, and add something that serves as a delivery vehicle for your spin.
11.06.2009, 20:20
4 comments
18.02.2009, 00:28
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A group of congressmen addressed the new U.S. administration with a request to make the ‘delayed’ extradition of Russian businessman Viktor Bout from Thailand to the United States a priority in U.S. – Thai relations.
01.07.2009, 19:43
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How 18th Century spin affected the image of the American Revolution in Russia.
19.03.2009, 15:12
1 comment
How a hundred years ago, the media began to matter.
08.04.2009, 21:56
1 comment
The longest civil war on the planet knew the widest variety of media spin.
Published: 21 January, 2009, 14:18
The Iraq war of 2003 was one of the most publicized conflicts in human history. The world watched it live on kitchen TV-sets and listened to it on the radio in real time while driving to work.
I fought in the Iraq war in 2005-2006, and I know that the war as a whole was a criminal fraud. But the notion that a broken down military machine in Iraq could stand and fight against the finely tuned killing machine of the US Army and Marine Corps is absurd. I have experienced the Army life from inside Ft Bragg North Carolina at the JFK Special Warfare Center and School. There is no way that hundreds and hundreds of our men 'secretly' died and people like me don't know about it. The Special Forces are a very small contingent within the armed forces, and they would not be defeated by the likes of half trained Iraqis as badly as our detractors would like people to believe it. No, the US military can actually wage war in case people don't realize it yet. It doesn't mean that the wars are good, I am just defending my honor as a warrior. The 2003 March to Baghdad was just that. It was a stomp of a broken down army by a Superpower. There is no secret version to that history, it happened. It was the fastest advance in military history. I am not happy with what is happening in Washington, but as a soldier I am proud that we won that fight with distinction. I only hope my republic can defeat the banking powers that own it, and return to our constitutional form of government.