On the eve of the Chilcot inquiry into Britain’s involvement in the 2003 invasion and its aftermath, The Sunday Telegraph has obtained hundreds of pages of secret Government reports on “lessons learnt” which shed new light on “significant shortcomings” at all levels.
They include full transcripts of extraordinarily frank classified interviews in which British Army commanders vent their frustration and anger with ministers and Whitehall officials.
The reports disclose that:
Tony Blair, …

Lebanese Army commander Gen. Jean Kahwaji instructed his troops to raise the level of alert along the border with Israel in preparation for an attack planned by “the Israeli enemy”, London-based Alquds Alarabi reported on Saturday.
In a statement published ahead of Lebanon’s independence day, which will take place on Sunday, the Lebanese military chief called for “greater vigilance” on the border “to counter the planned attacks by the Israeli enemy against the homeland.”
All the available options must be used to address Israel’s violations of the country’s sovereignty “land, sea and …

Shrouded by more important news (such as one coined ‘Balloon Boy Hoax’), a pivotal UN Human Rights Council resolution passed 25-6 with little noise on the mainstream media.
The resolution endorsed a report accusing Israel and Hamas of atrocious war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the Gaza conflict in January of 2009, in which around 14,00 Palestinians and 13 Israelis were killed in three weeks.
In addition, it condemned Israel’s policies in its access to Muslim holy sites, demolition of Palestinian homes and excavation work near Haram al-Sharif in East …

The news may be louder if the US politician onboard Dignity was not such a publicity repellent. Unfortunately, the politician onboard the fateful vessel with humanitarian supplies targeted by Israel was none other than former US Rep. Cynthia Mckinney; a politician who has accomplished so much, yet received so little publicity.
Let’s begin with Ms. Mckinney’s run for President in 2008. (Yes, there were alternatives to Obama and McCain.) She was running for the Green Party, yet I’d be surprised if any mainstream networks ever discussed her candidacy, or even …