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Whistleblowing website prepares to release some 400,000 classified US military documents on the war in Iraq. Al Jazeera Last Modified: 18 Oct 2010 03:04 GMT The Pentagon has assembled a 120-member team to prepare for the expected publication of some 400,000 Iraq war documents on the Wikileaks website. The documents are thought to concern battle [...]
Aid Hadn’t Actually Been Reinstated Yet by Jason Ditz, Antiwar Forum October 14, 2010 Citing outrage over the state visit by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Lebanon, US Congressmen are said to be threatening to once again pull $100 million in US military aid from Lebanon in retaliation. Of course the threat would likely have [...]
by Saed Bannoura IMEMC & Agencies Wednesday October 13, 2010 Philip Crowley, a spokesperson for the US State Department, said that the United States is committed to the recognition of Israel as a Jewish state and that President Obama’s administration is backing the issue as a fundamental demand in peace talks. Crowley stated that the United [...]
Israel to buy from US 20 F-35 fighter jets, which are more sophisticated combat aircraft than any nation in Mideast. Middle East Online First Published 2010-10-08 WASHINGTON – Israel has signed a contract with the United States to buy 20 F-35 fighter jets, officials said Thursday after Washington offered “incentives” for the Jewish state to [...]
A survey by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life reveals some alarming results about religious knowledge in the US. Cliff Schecter Cliff Schecter is the President of Libertas, LLC, a progressive public relations firm, the author of the 2008 bestseller The Real McCain, and a regular contributor to The Huffington Post. Al Jazeera 05 [...]
By Kathy Lally Washington Post Foreign Service The Washington Post Saturday, October 2, 2010 IN MOSCOW On Sept. 11 this year, the day protesters were challenging the construction of a mosque two blocks from New York’s World Trade Center site, residents of an old industrial neighborhood were on the march in Moscow. They, too, were [...]
Israeli Officials Condemn Palestinians for Peace Talks Failures by Jason Ditz, September 27, 2010 Antiwar.com It is unclear as of yet if the Israeli government’s decision to end the settlement construction freeze over the weekend will spell a complete end to the peace talks with the Palestinians, but Israeli officials seem to be operating under [...]
By Paul Craig Roberts Dr. Roberts was appointed Assistant Secretary of the US Treasury by President Ronald Reagan. He served in the Congressional Staff of the House and Senate. He was Associate Editor and Columnist for the Wall Street Journal, columnist for Business Week, the Scripps Howard News Service, Creators Syndicate, and for major newspapers [...]
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