Pentagon Using Drug Wars as Excuse to Build Bases in Latin America
John Lindsay-Poland, New America Media: 'Under the auspices of the drug war, the United States is returning to its historical pattern of using Central America and the Caribbean for its own military and strategic purposes. Even as a growing chorus of voices throughout Latin America argue that military responses to drug trafficking are ineffective against the narcotics trade and exacerbate existing human rights abuses and official corruption, the U.S. military presence in the region is growing.'
http://truthout.org/pentagon-using-drug-wars-excuse-build-bases-latin-america/1307294580
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The Pentagon and slave labor in U.S. prisons
Prisoners earning 23 cents an hour in U.S. federal prisons are manufacturing high-tech electronic components for Patriot Advanced Capability 3 missiles,
http://www.workers.org/2011/us/pentagon_0609/
From Information Clearing House
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Latin+America
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=military+presence
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=global+war+on+drugs
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=U.S.+prison
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=John+Lindsay-Poland
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http://truthout.org/pentagon-using-drug-wars-excuse-build-bases-latin-america/1307294580
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The Pentagon and slave labor in U.S. prisons
Prisoners earning 23 cents an hour in U.S. federal prisons are manufacturing high-tech electronic components for Patriot Advanced Capability 3 missiles,
http://www.workers.org/2011/us/pentagon_0609/
From Information Clearing House
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Latin+America
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=military+presence
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=global+war+on+drugs
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=U.S.+prison
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=John+Lindsay-Poland
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Starmail - 5. Jun, 22:26
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