http://www.counterpunch.org/blum08062010.html Weekend EditionAugust 6 – 8, 2010 Taking the World Down With Them Bombing Iran By WILLIAM BLUM If and when the United States and Israel bomb Iran (marking the sixth country so blessed by Barack Obama) and this sad … Read more . . .
The Bombing of PanAm Flight 103Case Not Closed by William Blum (written 2001) The newspapers were filled with pictures of happy relativesof the victims of the December 21, 1988 bombing of PanAm 103 overLockerbie, Scotland. A Libyan, Abdelbaset Ali … Read more . . .
The United States vs. Iraq —A Study in Hypocrisy By William BlumWritten February 1998 "We have heard that a half million children have died,"said "60 Minutes" reporter Lesley Stahl, speaking of US sanctionsagainst Iraq. "I mean, that’s more children … Read more . . .
HIROSHIMA: NEEDLESS SLAUGHTER, USEFUL TERROR By William Blum [written spring 1995] Does winning World War II and the Cold War mean never havingto say you’re sorry? The Germans have apologized to the Jews andto the Poles. The Japanese have apologized to … Read more . . .
Madeleine Albright, ethically challenged By William Blum 1)"Asked if it is not hypocritical to punish Burma for human rightsviolations while refraining from sanctions on China for similaractions, Albright replied, ‘We have consistent principles andflexible tactics’."{1) The same "flexible tactics" … Read more . . .
Myth and Denial in the War Against Terrorism By William Blum It dies hard. It dies very hard. The notion that terrorist acts against the United States can be explained by envy and irrational hatred, and not by what the … Read more . . .
The Bombing of PanAm Flight 103(Lockerbie) Case Not Closed by William Blum The newspapers were filled with pictures of happy relatives of the victims of the December 21, 1988 bombing of … Read more . . .
Interview with Zbigniew Brzezinski about how the US provoked the Soviet Union into invading Afghanistan and starting the whole mess Le Nouvel Observateur (France), Jan 15-21, 1998, p. 76* Question: The former director of the CIA, Robert Gates, stated in … Read more . . .
William Blum is an American author living in New York. His books include:
Killing Hope: U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II; and
Rogue State: A Guide to the World’s Only Superpower