Antiwar Forum October 19, 2011 Key neoconservatives and other right-wing hawks who championed the 2003U.S.invasion ofIraqare calling for military strikes againstIranin retaliation for its purported murder-for-hire plot against the Saudi ambassador. Leading the charge is the Foreign Policy Initiative (FPI), the ideological successor to the Project for the New American Century (PNAC), which [...]
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Patrick Cockburn: Iran had better watch its step now Obama’s chasing votes
A fumbling Tehran-backed plot to kill the Saudi ambassador was dismissed as bizarre by the rest of the world. But the White House is taking it very seriously Independent Sunday, 16 October 2011 The plot in which an Iranian-American fromCorpus Christi,Texas, notorious locally for his Clouseau-like dimwittedness, tries to hire a Mexican gangster to [...]
Conservatives smear ‘Occupy Wall Street’ protests as anti-Semitic
By Eric W. Dolan Raw Story Thursday, October 13, 2011 The Emergency Committee forIsrael, a Republican group, has become the latest to claim the “Occupy Wall Street” protest in lowerManhattanis anti-Semitic. The group has created a video advertisement that shows anti-Semitic signs at the protests. The video will air in a “substantial” buy [...]
Saudi Arabia plans to buy more American weaponry
RIA Novosti MOSCOW, October 10 Saudi Arabiais planning to reach an agreement with theUnited Stateson the purchase of artillery systems worth $186 million, Arabian website Elaf said citing a high-ranking source in the Saudi government. Last month the parties agreed on the details of the upcoming deal, according to whichWashingtonwould supply 36 155-mm [...]
Donald Rumsfeld Tells Al Jazeera ‘I Am Delighted You Are Doing What You Are Doing’
Associated Press September 30, 2011 FormerUSSecretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has given an interview to Al Jazeera, ending his feud with a channel he once described as “vicious”. Questioned by Sir David Frost, Bush’s former right-hand man, who many see as the architect of the second Gulf War, struck a conciliatory tone in [...]
Even Those Cleared of Crimes Can Stay on F.B.I.’s Watch List
By CHARLIE SAVAGE The New York Times Published: September 27, 2011 WASHINGTON — The Federal Bureau of Investigation is permitted to include people on the government’s terrorist watch list even if they have been acquitted of terrorism-related offenses or the charges are dropped, according to newly released documents. The files, released by the F.B.I. [...]
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