Posts Tagged ‘USA’
U.S. Senator McCain Says America will Continue to Bomb Pakistan
Xinhua | By Zeeshan Niazi | 8 January 2010 U.S. to continue drone attacks despite Pakistan's disagreement: senator ISLAMABAD, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- The United States will continue the "effective" drone attacks in northwest Pakistan's tribal region near the Afghan border even if it has no agreement with Pakistan, a U.S. senator said here Friday. [...]
Beware Anti-Muslim Hysteria
The Progressive | By Matthew Rothschild | 4 January 2010 The hysteria has begun. With the attempt to bring down that Northwest jet flying into Detroit on Christmas, the urge to profile Muslims and demonize Islam is becoming irresistible for some—especially those on Fox. On Sunday, retired General Thomas McInerney said, “We have to use [...]
TNR Editor Calls for Harsher View of Islam
Think Progress | By Matthew Yglesias | 8 January 2010 Peretz: Obama Needs “Harsh View of Islam Today” “... the truth is that ... you can't have a true view of routine mass murder in the contemporary world without having quite a harsh view of Islam today.” — Marty Peretz, Editor, TNR New Republic editor in chief Martin Peretz says that [...]
India is the biggest obstacle to global governance
Foreign Policy | By Barbara Crossette | January/February 2010 The Elephant in the Room Think for a moment about which countries cause the most global consternation. Afghanistan. Iran. Venezuela. North Korea. Pakistan. Perhaps rising China. But India? Surely not. In the popular imagination, the world's largest democracy evokes Gandhi, [...]
Settling Scores: TNR Publishes Slander against Liberal Nationalist Pakistani Editor, Shireen Mazari
The New Republic | Nicholas Schmidle | 8 January 2010 Slander Meet the Ann Coulter of Pakistan. I first met Mazari in 2006, when I was a visiting scholar at the Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad (issi), a foreign ministry–funded think tank. She was the head of the institute, and I was in the country as a freelance journalist, but, at [...]
Inside Obama’s War on Terrorism
New York Times | By Peter Baker | 4 January 2010 The evening before he was sworn into office, Barack Obama stepped out of Blair House, the government residence where he was staying across from the White House, and climbed into an armored limousine for the ride to a bipartisan dinner. Joining him in the back seat were John Brennan, his new [...]
Is CIA’s Private Army, Blackwater/Xe, Still on Contract?
The Nation | By Jeremy Scahill | 6 January 2010 Blackwater and the Khost Bombing: Is the CIA Deceiving Congress? “At this time, Blackwater is not involved in any CIA operations other than in a security or support role.” — CIA spokesman George Little, 11 December 2010. A leading member of the House Permanent Select Committee on [...]
Afghan-Taleban Urge U.N. Secretary-General to Keep his Eyes Open, and Remain Neutral
Voice of Jihad | 7 January 2010 Response of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan to Banki Moon Assertions About Civilian Casualties i Un Secretary General Bank Moon, in his recent assertions, has said that almost twenty per cent of civilian casualties in Afghanistan are caused by American and her Allies firing and eighty percent are caused [...]
Japanese Video Documents Health Impact of Depleted Uranium Use in Iraq
There is widespread contamination with cancer-causing depleted uranium munitions in Afghanistan and Iraq causing dramatically rising birth deformities. This video was censored on you tube...Lets see how long it will stay up this time... (more...)
