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Saturday February 11th 2012

Posts Tagged ‘Women’s Rights’

McChrystal Digs In, Afghan Women Say Get Out

THE HUFFINGTON POST Rethink Afghanistan Robert Greenwald | Posted: July 13, 2009 01:10 PM Debunking the Myths About Women's Rights in Afghanistan Afghan women continue to face horrific violence, despite one of the oft-stated goals of this war. And yet proponents of the war continue to use recent incidents of rape, abduction, and brutality [...]

Critical Notes on Obama’s Cairo Speech: Imperialism with a Human Face

Critical Notes on Obama’s Cairo Speech: Imperialism with a Human Face

In pleasant contrast to his predecessor, Barack Obama is a cultured, sensitive, educated, well-mannered man and these personal qualities were on ample display and much appreciated in Cairo on Thursday. But the Muslim world on whom the government of the United States has declared a unilateral, indiscriminate, unconventional war of collective [...]