Peace and Justice | Arms Proliferation

2010-03-11: Headlines

AlterNet: Does your representative show the military industrial complex enough love? (I ... 2010-03-11
... some of them unbelievably in Congress, crazy enough to challenge that great American institution, the military industrial complex.
Kitsap Sun: MY TURN: Health Care Isn't a Right? Well ... 2010-03-11
There is massive wasted expense in the armed services (one of our greatest generals warned us to “Beware the military-industrial complex.
IGN: Punishermax #5 Review 2010-03-11
When Garth Ennis departed this title, effectively ending its identity as a relentless, haunting exploration of war, the military industrial complex ...

2010-03-10: Headlines

India Today: Pak seeks global help in nuke energy plan 2010-03-10
... something the US has been wary of giving as Pakistan--which has not signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty so far--has been using its nuclear facilities ...
Online Journal: It's all about who controls the Persian Gulf 2010-03-10
... Western allies to accept that Iran has the right to enrich uranium under the terms of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty to which it is a signatory.
Consortium News: Remembering the Land of the Brave 2010-03-10
Their message is essentially to convince us to cower in fear so the big Military Industrial Complex can take care of us. Benjamin Franklin, a Founder ...
Stuff.co.nz: Activist: Peaceful protest had failed 2010-03-10
''We came to the conclusion it is not our job to disarm the entire US military-industrial complex. Our job was to save one life of one per ...
Olean Times Herald: Peace walkers march through region 2010-03-10
It will end after a 706-mile march to New York City in time for the 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference at the United Nations.
Weekly Blitz: J Patrick Bedell, More Blowback? 2010-03-10
The military/industrial complex, the prison/industrial complex and the security/industrial complex all make billions if not trillions through violence.
Atlanta Journal Constitution: Financial markets give Obama an “A” 2010-03-10
And if Obama mentions the military industrial complex one. more. time….. Obama is a one termer no matter what the markets do. Our society is still a racist ...
Kyodo News: Students collect anti-nuke signatures for New York conference 2010-03-10
... from people to support a world without nuclear arms to submit to the review conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in May in New York.
New York Times: Delay on Arms Pact Slows Reset of US- Russia Relations 2010-03-10
Part of what has held the treaty up, said Mr. Perkovich, the nonproliferation specialist, is a calculation by both sides about how much they can get.
CRIENGLISH.com: Japanese Students Petition to Abolish Worldwide Nuclear Arms 2010-03-10
Yuma Nishinohara, 17, who is among the students planning to go to the review conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in May in New York ...
The Armenian Mirror-Spectator: HR252: Armenians, Don't Hold Your Breath 2010-03-10
But Ankara's scare tactics, matched with the lobbying power of the military industrial complex, are affecting some legislators in the US, especially ...
AFP: US-Israel group demands 'crippling' Iran sanctions 2010-03-10
"Iran has pursued a nuclear weapons capability, flouting its international obligations under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and presenting ...
Western Courier: No quick fix for ballooning debt 2010-03-10
... public that is ever-fearful of a few terrorists stuck in the 12th century, the military-industrial complex Eisenhower warned us against is here to stay.
The Associated Press: Israel, Syria pursue nuclear-powered Mideast 2010-03-10
India has avoided signing the non-proliferation treaty but has developed nuclear energy and weapons with international help, including from the United ...
Jamaica Observer: Where are the humans? 2010-03-10
Euro-America's chief perpetrators of dehumanisation are members of their military industrial complex. However, they have perfected the art of conning ...
CCTV: US: Not rushing Russia on arms reduction 2010-03-10
Obviously, they are working on the last few remaining issues to a new treaty and we are certainly hopeful that that can done in short order."
The Mark: Sex, Bombs, Burgers, and Us 2010-03-10
Nowak traces handy household devices back to the bowels of the American military-industrial complex. He explains that many of the processing techniques th ...
Press TV: Anti-Iran plot failing, Israeli envoy laments 2010-03-10
However, unlike Israel, Iran is a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and has repeatedly declared that its nuclear activities are within ...
China Daily: Is US' nuke-free world pledge sincere? 2010-03-10
Now, the international community is looking forward to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty's next review conference, which is scheduled for May ...

2010-03-09: Headlines

The News International: Nuclear 'status' and security 2010-03-09
... India, Israel and Pakistan--should be brought into the nuclear mainstream through requisite adjustments in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
Jewish Telegraphic Agency: Israel wants to produce nuclear energy 2010-03-09
It is not a signatory to the 1970 nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Israel has two nuclear facilities -- a research reactor in Nahal Soreq and a reactor ...
Veterans Today Network: GORDON DUFF: THE NEW “JEWISH QUESTION” 2010-03-09
Israel is a military power, massive arms manufacturer and leader in high tech industries. There is nothing wrong with any of this.
Veterans Today Network: GORDON DUFF: THE NEW “JEWISH QUESTION” 2010-03-09
Israel is a military power, massive arms manufacturer and leader in high tech industries. There is nothing wrong with any of this.
Huffington Post: Do We Really Need to Blow up the Planet Five Times Over? 2010-03-09
The 1970 UN Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty mandated all signatories to quickly dismantle their nuclear weapons. The US, Britain, France, Russi ...
MWC News: US and Russia resume nuclear talks 2010-03-09
A Russian diplomat told Reuters that a draft treaty would be ready "hopefully by early April". Obama will host a nuclear non-proliferation summit on April ...
Online Journal: Welcome to Palisraelestine 2010-03-09
Call it an anomaly, a freak accident of nature, a curse laid upon the military industrial complex, a hex laid upon the corrupt, the morally bankrupt ...
Guardian Series: LEYTON/WANSTEAD: MP calls for answers on nuclear weapons treaty 2010-03-09
LABOUR MP Harry Cohen has called for answers on the review of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which is set to take place in May.
The Hill: The Big Question: How is Obama doing on national security? 2010-03-09
The Obama administration is asking for increases in funding to secure "loose nukes" and for nonproliferation. Unfortunately, part of the $7 billion dollar ...
Press TV: NYT report on Iran raises US lawmakers' ire 2010-03-09
Iran, a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), says its nuclear work is directed at the civilian applications of the technology.
ISRIA: Syria - Mikdad: Efforts to Make Civilian Nuclear Energy Available 2010-03-09
Syria jointed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) in 1969. Mikdad condemned the double standard policies practiced by some states at the nuclear club ...
New York Times: Israel Intends to Build Civilian Nuclear Plants 2010-03-09
Israel has never admitted that it has nuclear weapons, and it has refused to sign the Non-Proliferation Treaty. Israel is a member of the International ...
Alalam News Network: Biden vows full commitment to Israel security 2010-03-09
Israeli regime, the only possessor of nuclear arsenal in the Middle East, has so far refused to sign the International Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
Lew Rockwell: The 'Peace President' Wants To Keep America's Nukes 2010-03-09
The Soviet military-industrial complex was no happier than its American counterpart to see nuclear arsenals dismantled. "Peace president" Barack Obama h ...
Zawya: Jordan rejects joint nuclear power project with Israel 2010-03-09
Jordan, which signed a peace treaty with Israel in 1994, "seeks to cooperate with countries that are signatories to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty," ...
Morning Star Online: Israelis and Syrians reveal nuke plans 2010-03-09
Unlike Syria, Israel has not signed the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which aims to limit the number of countries capable of developing nuclear weapons.
BBC News: Israel and Syria announce nuclear energy ambitions 2010-03-09
Israel, while a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), has never signed the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and is widely thought ...
Reuters India: US says not rushing START talks with Russia 2010-03-09
Pressed on whether the US aim was to try to get a treaty in time for a summit Obama is convening April 12-13 on nuclear non-proliferation, Gibbs said U ...
Reuters: Visiting Biden condemns new Israel settlement plan 2010-03-09
Which country in the Middle East refuses to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty? Which country in the Middle East refuses to allow international ...
DAWN.com: NPT at 40 Dawn Editorial 2010-03-09
–Reuters Photo The world recently observed the 40th anniversary of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Though designed to contain the spread of nuclear ...
Aljazeera.net: Syria and Israel eye nuclear plants 2010-03-09
The country is not a signatory to the nuclear non-proliferation treaty and has said it will not sign up for a Middle East nuclear-free zone being promoted ...
Washington Post: US and Russia in final push to clinch new START treaty 2010-03-09
Obama will host a nuclear non-proliferation summit on April 12-13 bringing together representatives from as many as 43 countries to help secure the world' ...
Jakarta Post: House to push 'government to shun IAEA report on Iran' 2010-03-09
“We know that nuclear weapon countries such as Israel have refused to sign the NPT [Non-proliferation Treaty] and thus are not subject to the IAEA review ...
Green Prophet: Israel seeks to build nuclear power plants in cooperation with Arab neighbors 2010-03-09
A potential obstacle to Israel's plans for nuclear power is the fact that it is not a signatory to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and has indicated ...
BioPrepWatch.com: Report says Iran in possession of chemical warheads 2010-03-09
... repudiating possession of them, including the Biological Weapons Convention, the Chemical Weapons Convention and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
Kyodo News: FOCUS: Japan faces task of correcting inconsistency in non-nuclear principles 2010-03-09
The secret nuclear pact started to take shape amid negotiations for the revision of the Japan-US security treaty in 1960, which was seen as strongly ...
RTT News: Obama Reiterates U.S. Commitment To Strengthen NPT, CTBT 2010-03-09
... commitment to strengthen the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) regime and seek congressional approval of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT).
AFP: US will not 'rush' Russia nuclear deal: White House 2010-03-09
WASHINGTON — The White House cautioned Tuesday it would not "rush" a long-awaited new arms reduction treaty with Moscow, after Russian Foreign Minister ...
Earthtimes: Jordan denies involvement in nuclear cooperation with Israel 2010-03-09
Touqan restated Jordan's policy to cooperate in the nuclear sphere with countries that are signatories to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)
China Daily: Beijing keen on talks to resolve Iran issue 2010-03-09
In fact, Yang had stressed that it was China's "consistent position to uphold the international nuclear non-proliferation treaty", while holding a pre ...
Zee News: No significant progress in reprocessing talks with US 2010-03-09
It is understood that the talks are expected to conclude only after the Nuclear non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference scheduled for May.
The Richmark Sentinel: China's Middle East Envoy Slams Iran Sanctions 2010-03-09
... purposes such as power generation and research. He re-affirmed that China would hold Iran accountable to the Non-Proliferation Treaty as it is a signatory.
RTT News: US, Russia Nuclear Talks Begin In Geneva 2010-03-09
Meanwhile, Obama who openly advocates a nuclear-free world is to host a nuclear non-proliferation summit in Washington in April attended by representative ...
Signal: Kevin Buck: All of politics is a local issue 2010-03-09
Howard "Buck" McKeon will be my congressman until he retires to lobby for the military-industrial complex. At least the Republican primary race to replace ...
ANTARA: News focus: challenges in Yudhoyono`s visit to Australia 2010-03-09
Also cooperation in aviation safety and security, non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, emergency cooperation, as well as community ...
FederalNewsRadio.com: GS 13s in Outer Space: Moon Landing Inside Job 2010-03-09
The federal-military-industrial complex was (were?) up to their proverbial eyeballs in it. Think about it. It's so obvious and was right there in front ...
The Associated Press: Israel wants to develop nuclear energy 2010-03-09
Israel has not signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty, which aims to limit the number of countries capable of developing nuclear weapons.
RIA Novosti: Israel intends to build new nuclear reactor 2010-03-09
Israel has not signed the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty intended to limit the number of countries that develop nuclear weapons. The country has reportedly ...
First Things: The Law of the Hothouse Orchid Reigns 2010-03-09
Only Hanson is neo-con militarist who thinks too much for the Military Industrial Complex is never enough. OBTW, he and his neo-con pals have never wanted ...
ISRIA: Russian MFA Spokesman Andrei Nesterenko Interview to RIA Novosti on ... 2010-03-09
... work on a new framework agreement and efforts towards visa-free travel for citizens, and themes related to nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation.
FOX11AZ.com: Israel, Syria announce nuclear energy ambitions 2010-03-09
But he adds that he sees no reason to allow inspectors into what are believed to be nuclear weapons sites, or to sign the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.
Jordan Times: No nuclear cooperation with Israel before end of conflict - officials 2010-03-09
The JAEC chairman said the Kingdom's nuclear cooperation policy is limited to countries that are signatory to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NNPT)
Prison Planet.com: CNN Lavishes Coffee Party With Favorable Coverage After A Year Of Tea Party ... 2010-03-09
The fact that the corporate media, which is owned by the military-industrial complex, is heaping praise on the Coffee Party tells you all you need to know ...
RT: “No objective obstacles exist for visa abolition [between Russia and EU]” 2010-03-09
I was asked the following question: March 5 marks 40 years since the date of entry into force of the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)
CNNMoney.com: Lightbridge Comments on Text of Senate Bill S.3060: Thorium Energy Security ... 2010-03-09
March 5 marked the 40 th anniversary of the entry into force of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). The new bill, if enacted ...
Yuma Sun: Machan defends corporate excesses 2010-03-09
... generated by an agent provocateur of the very same "Military Industrial Complex" that both President Eisenhower and the film "Avatar" warn against.
Global Security Newswire: Syria, Israel Unveil Plans For Nuclear Energy 2010-03-09
Israel is not a signatory of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, which seeks to place a cap on the number of nuclear-armed nations.

2010-03-08: Headlines

Press Trust of India: US committed to strengthen NPT and CTBT: Obama 2010-03-08
On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), the US President and his Secretary of State Hillary Clint ...
AOL News: Debate: Waiting for Obama's Policy on Nukes 2010-03-08
Obama seeks a modest new arms-reduction treaty with Russia but contemplates cuts that would not have been too shocking from the Bush administration -- ...
Center for Research on Globalization: Citizen's Arrest of Alleged War Criminal George W. Bush in Canada 2010-03-08
“Hence it can be said that these days the most important agencies of the military-industrial complex and the national security state are the medi ...
The Oredigger Newspaper: -The Oredigger Newspaper 2010-03-08
President Barack Obama pledged to cut the number of nuclear weapons in the US arsenal to mark the 40th anniversary of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty.
Pakistan Observer: Unwarranted India's concerns 2010-03-08
... assistance to conduct its 1974 nuclear bomb test, refused to sign the nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty, and conducted additional nuclear tests in 1998.
Center for Defense Information: Put the QDR Out of Its Misery 2010-03-08
... councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex.
Reuters: Israel weighing construction of nuclear power plant 2010-03-08
Unlike other countries in the region, Israel has not signed the 1970 Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), which curbs the spread of nuclear technologies ...
Reuters India: FACTBOX - Facts about Israel's nuclear capabilities 2010-03-08
... declared that it will not be the first to introduce nuclear weapons into the Middle East. Israel has not signed the nuclear non-proliferation (NPT) treaty.
OpEdNews: Realistically Speaking 2010-03-08
Until the real problem, the Military Industrial Complex, the sacred cow of incompetent, dishonest Republicans and Democrats alike, is tackled ...
mydigitalfc.com: EU begins nuclear standards campaign 2010-03-08
The agency operates under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, which is meant to ensure that plutonium made in civilian reactors is not transferred ...
New York Times: EU Begins to Press on Nuclear Standards 2010-03-08
The IAEA operates under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, which is meant to assure that plutonium made in civilian reactors is not transferred ...
The Hindu: Give South access to civil nuclear technology: France 2010-03-08
While seeking to campaign for the developing countries, Mr. Sarkozy also came down on “cheaters'' who do not respect the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty ...
New York Times: EU to Begin Press on Nuclear Standards 2010-03-08
The IAEA operates under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, which is meant to assure that plutonium made in civilian reactors is not transferred ...
Press TV: US to push export of Internet gadgets despite sanctions 2010-03-08
Iran, a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, says its program is directed at the civilian applications of the technology, including energy ...
BBC News: Israel 'to unveil plans to build nuclear power plant' 2010-03-08
Israel is not a signatory to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) which is designed to curb the spread of nuclear technologies with bomb-making ...
Ekklesia: Church of Scotland says now is the time to end the nuclear threat 2010-03-08
Mr Hewitt and the other leaders are voicing their concerns in advance of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference in May, which they believe ...
MFA China: Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi Answers Questions from Domestic and Overse ... 2010-03-08
On the Iranian nuclear issue, let me stress here that it is our consistent position to uphold the international nuclear non-proliferation regime and peace ...
Monday Morning: Indonesian Ambassador Bagas Hapsoro Nurturing our mutually-supportive ... 2010-03-08
Indonesia has officially endorsed Iran's right to develop peaceful nuclear technology, but only under the safeguards of the Non-Proliferation Treaty and ...
The News International: Obama's nuclear rebuff 2010-03-08
In pursuing this objective, Washington and its partners in the NSG comprehensively broke all the non-proliferation standards that they preach so piously.
The Zeitgeisty Report: Remembering Eisenhower and the downfall of the Republican Party 2010-03-08
The retiring president's remarks about the “military industrial complex” were soon forgotten. It was only decades of 20/20 historical hindsight that forced ...
The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life: Bishops of Hiroshima, Nagasaki seek nuclear ban 2010-03-08
... of a nuclear security summit scheduled for April in Washington, and a review conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in New York in May.
AOL News: Debate: On the Right Nuclear Weapons Track 2010-03-08
What's more, under the 1965 Non-Proliferation Treaty, the nuclear powers are obliged to reduce their nuclear stockpiles in return for agreement by nuclear ...
The Lantern: US economy has always been subject to large defense expenditures - OSU 2010-03-08
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned many years ago of the burgeoning military-industrial complex — a juggernaut that, if not reined ...
Article Ant: Remarks of Deputy Secretary Poneman at the International Conference on Acce ... 2010-03-08
... strengthen the international nonproliferation regime and ensure a successful outcome of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference in May.
gair rhydd: America's nuclear bombshell 2010-03-08
Also, these reductions are critical if nuclear states are to continue to co-operare with the aims of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
Financial Express Bangladesh: Obama's nuclear weapons policy 2010-03-08
In a statement marking the 40th anniversary of the signing of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), President Obama said last Friday (March 05): "Our ...
Troy Record: Guest View: Vital topics that are long overdue 2010-03-08
The military-industrial complex thrives, but budget writers get all parsimonious when the troops return home. Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki ...
Japan Focus: Mission Impossible? Misawa as the Forward Staging Area for the Secret US-Jap ... 2010-03-08
Following North Korea's withdrawal in 1993 from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, the targets are said to have fixed on the Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific ...
English News: Australia, India - Talk between English-speaking democracies proves premature - Global Arab Network 2010-03-08
Taking a hard line on India's long-standing refusal to sign the nuclear non-proliferation treaty (NPT), Rudd also reversed his predecessor John Howard' ...
ISRIA: Egypt - Aboul Gheit receives Gareth Evans the Co-Chair of the International ... 2010-03-08
... the framework of the preparatory process for the Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), scheduled to be held in May 2010.
KidGlue: New 'Iron Man 2' Trailer! 2010-03-08
If writer/director Jon Faverau happens to be commenting on the military industrial complex and it's culpability in warfare and suffering around the world ...
AFP: Israel to seek French help for nuclear power plant: ministry 2010-03-08
Israel is not a signatory to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and has said it will not sign up for a Middle East nuclear-free zone being promoted by ...
MyStateline.com: Israel Plans Nuclear Power Plant Construction 2010-03-08
France helped Israel build its first reactor in the 1950s and unlike other countries in the region, Israel never signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty ...
Brazzil.com: Brazil, the B in BRIC, on a Course to Reform the World and Its Institutions 2010-03-08
While Chinese development of a competitive military industrial complex may catch the headlines and fears of the Pentagon, few countries show as much ...
Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses: Pakistan against signing the NPT as a non-nuclear weapons state 2010-03-08
... historic position that it would sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) as a nuclear non-weapons State (NNWS) in case of India joining it so.
GulfNews: It's all about who controls the Gulf 2010-03-08
... western allies to accept that Iran has the right to enrich uranium under the terms of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty to which it is a signatory.
The Nation, Pakistan: Acrimony at Geneva 2010-03-08
On February 19, Mr Hamid Ali Rao, India's disarmament ambassador to Geneva, said: “India's impeccable non-proliferation record is widely recognised.
Global Security Newswire: Obama Faces Decision on Nuke Policy 2010-03-08
However, the specificity would only be applied to nations that are following the strictures of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, officials said.
Press TV: US wants Israel military dominant in Mideast: Biden 2010-03-08
Iran, unlike Israel, is a member of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and has opened its enrichment facilities to UN inspection.
Global Security Newswire: UN Head Calls For Productive Nuclear Treaty Meeting 2010-03-08
The secretary general of the United Nations on Friday said he hoped for a productive Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty review conference in May ...
JoongAng Daily: Korea to host summit on atomic energy use 2010-03-08
... which starts tomorrow, will hold talks covering a nuclear weapons-free world, the nonproliferation treaty, and a multinational fuel cycle approach th ...
Global Times: China pushes for more diplomacy over Iran as West pushes sanctions 2010-03-08
... that can contribute to the Iranian nuclear discussion because of its economic interests there as well as its commitment to the non-proliferation treaty.
Lexology: Nuclear power emerges as an option in Asia 2010-03-08
India is not a party to the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty and had to apply for a waiver from the Nuclear Suppliers Group, which was granted on 6 ...
China Daily: China should not support more sanctions against Iran 2010-03-08
The US is the founding party and the loudest upholder of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty, but the US has been very flexible with violators of the treaty ...
China Daily: Ongoing Iran diplomacy needed 2010-03-08
"As a signatory nation to the Non-Proliferation Treaty, Iran should obey it." "China firmly preserves this treaty and is against Iran having any nuclear ...