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By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – Environmental advocates and anti-imperialist groups condemned the continuing nuclear threat from the US as they marked the 66th anniversary of the dropping of atomic bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In August 1945, the US dropped atomic bombs in Japan’s two cities. This has so far been the only…

By the CENTER FOR PEOPLE EMPOWERMENT IN GOVERNANCE (CenPEG) Analysis MANILA — The presence of heavily armed U.S. soldiers even in the remote areas of the Philippine countryside is now becoming a normal part of the local scenery. As we mark the ten years (1999-2009) of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA), ratified by the Philippine…

“Fascism will never come to America as fascism. It will come as 100 percent Americanism.” Huey Long “When fascism come to America, it will be wrapped in the flag, carrying a cross” Sinclair Lewis BY DR. HALUK GERGER INTERNATIONAL Posted by Bulatlat After the Second World War, the US imperialism had premeditated two immediate objectives…

A leaked version of last month’s draft of the proposed US-Iraq status of forces agreement (SOFA) suggests that the Iraqi parliament may not be consulted before it is signed, despite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s promises to do so. The pact would govern the future US presence in Iraq. The draft indicates no intent to set…

Dr. Ayad Allawi, the former interim Iraqi prime minister previously referred to even by US Congress members as a “Bush puppet,” voiced his strong support for a US withdrawal timeline during a Wednesday Congressional hearing. BY MAYA SCHENWAR, T r u t h o u t Posted by Bulatlat.com Vol. VIII, No. 31, September 7-13,…

Apart from the issues of custody arising from the Subic Rape case, Bayan said that it also plans to question the “duration and scope of the seemingly permanent presence of US troops in Mindanao.” Bulatlat.com Vol. VIII, No. 31, September 7-13, 2008 The umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan-New Patriotic Alliance), through its lawyers, would…

This year’s RP-U.S. Balikatan military “exercises” in Sulu, Basilan, Lanao del Norte, Lanao del Sur, and North Cotabato start just shortly after two sexual assaults by U.S. troops in Okinawa, Japan – in which one of the victims was a Filipina. They also come less than three years after a Filipina was raped by U.S.…

BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 2, February 10-16, 2008 U.S. troops were present during the Feb. 4 assault by combined Army and Navy elite forces on Barangay (village) Ipil, Maimbung, Sulu that killed eight non-combatants, including an Army soldier on vacation. Worse, they tolerated what had taken place. Soldiers from the Army’s…

By Chalmers Johnson TomDispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com As distinct from other peoples, most Americans do not recognize — or do not want to recognize — that the United States dominates the world through its military power. Due to government secrecy, our citizens are often ignorant of the fact that our garrisons encircle the planet. This…