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President Obama is expected to announce that he will be sending 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan next week. In the wake of that decision, discussion of the consequences of United States intervention around the world becomes even more important. It's not only wars that produce blowback for the US; training and funding for right-leaning groups in Latin America has been a long-standing source of resentment and anger around the world.Today on GRITtv, we look back at the effects of US intervention in Latin America and connect the patterns to the current situations in Afghanistan and Iraq with Christian Parenti, Nation contributor and author of The Soft Cage: Surveillance in America From Slavery to the War on Terror , Rev. Luis Barrios, chair of the Department of Latin American & Latina/o Studies at John Jay College in New York,

At a covert forward operating base run by the US Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) in the Pakistani port city of Karachi, members of an elite division of Blackwater are at the center of a secret program in which they plan targeted assassinations of suspected Taliban and Al Qaeda operatives, "snatch and grabs" of high-value targets and other sensitive action inside and outside Pakistan, an investigation by The Nation has found. The Blackwater operatives also assist in gathering intelligence and help run a secret US military drone bombing campaign that runs parallel to the well-documented CIA predator strikes, according to a well-placed source within the US military intelligence apparatus. So begins independent journalist Jeremy Scahill's latest bombshell story on the private security contractor formerly known as Blackwater. Published Monday at TheNation.com, the story details Blackwater's covert activities, which are unaccountable to Congress in way that even CIA activities are not. Scahill, the author of Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army , has reported on Blackwater for years. He joined Laura in the GRITtv studio to talk about this latest development in the story of the company that seems to pop back up in conflict zones over and over again.

"Deadliest bombs since '07 shatter Iraqi Complexes. Key Government Sites. Synchronized car blasts kill more than 130 -- Security issue." So reads the headline in my newspaper. According to the Associated Press, Iraq's deadliest bombing in more than two years killed at least 155 and wounded more than 500 Sunday. Two suicide car bombs blew up almost simultaneously outside the Justice Ministry in downtown Baghdad having passed through multiple check points. At least 25 staff members of the Baghdad Provincial Council, which runs the city, are among the dead. Security issue? Not for those watching US TV. The deadliest coordinated attack in Iraq in two years merited no mention on the Sunday TV shows. Except for CNN, they've moved on to Afghanistan, the so-called "Right War." There, 14 Americans and three civilians were reported dead, victims of two helicopter crashes. By Monday, that was dominating the news.Fourteen Americans equal how many Iraqis? I'd be interested to see the math.What we do know is that many American policy makers are embracing a surge theory of success for US troops. It "worked," in Iraq. It will work -- they believe -- in Afghanistan. Too much attention to what's actually going on in Baghdad -- 155 dead and 500 wounded and all the rest--might unsettle a very convenient consensus.

Corporations have edged into nearly every area of our lives, impacting decisions we make on a daily basis, from health care to the food we eat to the way we get our news and information. Today on GRITtv we take a look at a couple of places that corporate control is being challenged.The Internet has fundamentally changed the media landscape, allowing everyday people to have their voices heard and connect with one another in new and exciting ways. So it really shouldn't be surprising that corporations want to tighten their grip on the Web and our ability to disseminate information on it.

Jo Berry and Patrick Magee have founded a new charity called "Building Bridges for Peace" This brave duo met after Patrick was released from prison for the IRA bombing of the Grand Hotel in Brighton, which killed Jo's father. Jo sought him out to better understand his motives. This film publicises their new charity, and this press conference, filmed exclusively by PositiveTV, at their showing of the movie "Soldiers of Peace"

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