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September 2007 Archives Back to MER World 'VIRTUAL' MIDEAST PEACE AS HARD AS REAL THING In a new interactive game being distributed this week by the independent, Tel Aviv-based Peres Center for Peace, you can do it all. You can bring peac ... more Partition of Palestine Ushers in Apartheid Sixty years on, we are very close to seeing the fulfilment of Ben Gurion’s plan for Israel: “we shall abolish partition and expand into the whole of P ... more Israel marks 60 years since Palestine split It was one of the most dramatic moments in the modern history of the Middle East — the world’s nations voting one by one in the U.N. General Assembly ... more Senator Candidate Biden to Bush: Bomb IRAN and I Impeach Pope Condemns Atheism in new Enclyclical "How could the idea have developed that Jesus' message is narrowly individualistic and aimed only at each person singly? How did we arrive at this in ... more Erin Burnett on NBC refers to GWB as "the Monkey in the Middle" . Olmert: Israel risks South Africa-like struggle Fatah to join Hamas if Israel attacks Gaza Tom Hayden in TTHE NATION on ending the Iraq War NBC: Bush = 'The Monkey'. Sarkozy = 'That Man!" Facing Opposition US Withdraws UN Security Council Resolution supporting Annapolis Olmert warns of 'end of Israel' Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has said failure to negotiate a two-state solution with the Palestinians would spell the end of the State of Israe ... more Israeli Says Elusive Biblical Wall Found Man with Chest Bomb Invades Clinton Rochester NY Office CAIRO - Viewing life from the roof Arabs return from summit uneasy and skeptical and afraid Big Marine General to take on Enforcer role over Palestinians Iraqi Lawmakers Protest Green Zone Restrictions and U.S. Arrogance Now if the Americans and the Iraqis can't even handle this kind of thing in a reasonable and mutually supportive way; just how can it even be expected ... more Report: China targeting all 'enemy space vehicles' including GPS satellites Annapolis Gathering of Peace Now and Other Jews Hillary 'Plant' at Republican Debate Not really....but the attack machines are geared up to twist and exploit anything and both the public and the media are oh so gullible. Deep Throat a fixture in Nixon files The documents, also shedding light on foreign and national security policy from the Nixon years, show increasing urgency in U.S. attempts to pacify th ... more A Solution to the Global Energy Crisis? There is a potential solution, and possibly only one, to the global energy crisis. It will require a huge investment, several scientific breakthroughs ... more Chavez: CNN may be instigating my murder Survey shows dangers for Iraq reporters Lebanon army chief widely respected Jerusalem, refugees hinder Mideast peace If Israelis and Palestinians have any hope of achieving their stated goal of signing a final peace treaty within a year, they may have to slice Jerusa ... more Dutch lawmaker planning film criticizing the Quran A Dutch conservative lawmaker said Wednesday he is making a film to highlight what he describes as "fascist" passages in the Quran, his latest high pr ... more Iraqi Refugees 'Returning' in Small Numbers... BUT Scientists Say Just Standing Up May Be as Important as Exercise Behind Mideast summit – the Iran factor The new Palestinian Census After Annapolis, hurdles for Israeli and Palestinian leaders In this Jewish enclave near Nablus Tuesday, construction crews were laying the foundation for a new housing complex, largely unaware that in Annapolis ... more How fragile is Baghdad's calm? Restive Nablus challenges Fatah's Abbas The ability of the Palestinian president to rein in the city could bolster his position in upcoming talks with Israelis. Author Lashes Out At Romney's Explanation Of Anti-Muslim Rant The Ronald Reagan I Knew - Max Kampelman Ashcroft: Ready for the WaterBoard! We Should, So We Can: Life Without the Bomb Unfortunately, the goal of globally eliminating all weapons of mass destruction - nuclear, chemical and biological arms - is today not an integral par ... more Israelis and American Jews Play 'Good Cop' and step up the propaganda U.K. radical left wing sees one-state solution to Israel-Palestinian conflict Over a decade after the Israeli right in effect abandoned the vision of a Greater Israel, the radical left in both Israel and Britain has come to favo ... more Syrian state-run newspaper: Non-comprehensive peace won't last "Peace, if its not comprehensive and on all tracks, is a deal that will collapse with the first gust of wind," said the editorial in the Syrian regime ... more 30 Days From Iraqi Insurgent To Police The American 'Surge' is a temporary fix paying more and more Iraqis to 'switch'. But in the Americans are in effect arming both the Shia and the Sunn ... more IRAN Prepares to Attack! Israeli Propaganda Arm Says So! IRAN Prepares to Attack! Israeli Propaganda Arm Says So! PEACE PROCESS REALITIES! Watch MERTV Program #1 to understand the complicated history of what is called the 'Middle East Peace Process' In 1977 in Cairo Mark Bruzonsky met alone for an hour with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and helped convince him to make his historic visit to Israel ... more Feds secretly want Amazon to turn over book buying, reading info Feds Cancel Amazon Customer ID Request Email this Story Nov 27, 3:58 PM (ET) By RYAN J. FOLEY Google sponsored links 1 Minute Background Check - S ... more Bill Clinton Flatly Asserts He Opposed War at Start As his wife's President prospects appear to be fogging over, the old pro Bill is trying this and that to twist things her way. IRAN Dominates Annapolis! The morning after the 'historic' Annapolis 'Peace Conference', even as Bush Olmert and Abbas met at the White House, it was the IRANIANs dominating th ... more IRAN DOMINATES ANNAPOLIS! The Day after Annapolis, as Bush Olmert and Abbas met at the White House, it was the IRANIANs dominating the news. This from the DrudgeReport that mo ... more Saudis urge Palestinian right of return An immediate sour note was sounded at the summit talks here on Tuesday, an Israeli official said, when the Saudi foreign minister told the closed afte ... more Israeli Foreign Minister Recalls PARTITION 60 Years ago Livni chided the Arab world for having rejected the initial division of mandatory Palestine into two states, and urged it to accept the two-state solu ... more Annapolis Special Coverage - JERUSALEM POST MAKE ANNAPOLIS WORK - Jeruslem Post Editorial Israel and U.S. prepare for 'de facto Palestinian State'! The plot keeps thickening around the very term 'Palestinian State'...even as the preparations for regional war keep escalating all around. < ... more Syrians, Lebanese, Saudis All Slam Israel at Annapolis First of all take note who didn't even come: IRAQ and Kuwait. Second of all the Arabs who did come under immense U.S. pressure did get to speak. T ... more Ahmadinejad: Israel doomed to 'collapse' and will not survive "It is impossible that the Zionist regime will survive. Collapse is in the nature of this regime because it has been created on aggression, lying, opp ... more Annapolis - the un-Madrid Code of practice for mosques aims to stamp out extremism Buckling Under the Pressure of an Unfavorable Poll YouTube stops account of Egypt anti-torture activist Iran to host militants for 'alternative' Mideast meet Evangelicals blast any J'lem division Annapolis: Off Camera, Off the Record, and Of Little Importance Saud al-Faisal, the Israeli official said, listed the core "final status" issues that have to be resolved in the accelerated negotiating process launc ... more Haaretz: Anapolis Conf Homepage Major Israeli Tricks Masked by Annapolis Hubbub The Israelis have a long history of this kind of political and rhetorical duplicity. This time they are setting everyone up not just for a big fall ... more Fear of Iran brought Arab leaders to Annapolis The Bush administration, owing its ally Saudi Arabia a deep debt, can draw encouragement from the summit's legacy, which will signal the general proce ... more Bush and Condi - Lost and Desperate - Very Last Minute Wrangling... Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, who headed the Israeli team, lost her temper and told Qureia to "take it or get lost," the sources said. Protesters disrupt Oxford debate with Holocaust denier Just Days Before; Syria reportedly to skip summit, as Haniyeh calls meet 'stillborn' U.S. man refusing to testify in Hamas funding case jailed for 11 years Americans For Peace Now and Other Jewish Israeli Groups Rally for Annapolis U.K. radical left wing sees one-state solution to Israel-Palestinian conflict Among the notable guests were Palestinian civil rights activist Omar Barghouti, Israeli historian Ilan Pappe and one of the instigators of the academi ... more Jewish, Christian leaders to U.S.: No compromise on Jerusalem Bush Reads JOINT STATEMENT for Abbas and Olmert It's more verbiage that will sink down in history with so much that has preceeded it. Nothing is resolved. All is left to vaugue notions of we'll 'n ... more Saudi FM: U.S. promised peace agreement would be reached within year Promises to Arab leaders have been made and broken so often by British and American leaders that it is considered part of the course when dealing with ... more Peace Now Pushes Annapolis Big Time! Exposing themselves bigger than ever for what Peace Now has always been...one of the 'good cops' in the extended and multi-tentacled Israeli Lobby. more Saudi FM Declares Bush Promise To Wrap Up Peace in One Year! "The important factor is the placement of a deadline for negotiations so they do not become endless and this is what the American government hosting t ... more Iraq Embassy as Gilded Palace Heading for Annapolis - Fantasy Vs. Reality These former CIA analysts, long committed to trying to expose their fellow Americans to the truths behind the masks, are at it again and doing a good ... more Drudge Digs The Dirt On Mainstream Media Israel: Obscessed with 'Recognition' Why is Israel obsessed with recognition? The Arab world is a largely dysfunctional collection of dictatorships, while Israel has become an island of f ... more Egypt Amb Fronts for Israel, Bush, Annapolis Exclusive: Saudi Rape Victim Tells Her Story History Revisited: Oslo Treaty signed Israelis: 5 Reasons to Bomb IRAN Now! CRITICS ARGUE that an attack on Iran would be logistically difficult, politically dangerous, and would result in some very serious consequences. But ... more Jerusalem Post - IRAN and Annapolis America Self-Destructing Says Former Top White House Speech Writer NEW BUCHANAN BOOK DECLARES 'END OF AMERICA' "America is coming apart, decomposing, and...the likelihood of her survival as one nation...is improbabl ... more 60 years on 29 Nov Terrorists target Army base — in Arizona via Mexico smuggling tunnels America's disappearing middle class Same Old Tired Failed Faces with Abbas "It's the same people again who are negotiating on our behalf," a respected Palestinian editor in Ramallah said Tuesday. "Frankly, the members of the ... more Shias unit as Sunnis and Americans present challenges Both he and the prime minister are terrified by the American project of financing and arming Sunni tribes to fight al-Qaeda in Iraq. The minute that i ... more Bush to open Annapolis Conf and Run from it Israel's commentators, usually American Jews working for one or more of the various Jewish Lobby organizations, are all over the print and broadcast m ... more Annapolis conference finds little popular support in Middle East On the eve of the Bush administration's international conference to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, a series of polls found widespread skepti ... more Can Rice save her legacy with 'Hail Mary' pass on Mideast? In her own State Department , Rice's concept of "transformational diplomacy" is largely forgotten, a fanfare about better public diplomacy has faded a ... more Why Iran is dying for a fight As Jenkins reports, Iran's fertility rate has fallen to only 1.7 children per female, below the population replacement rate of 2.1. A generation ago, ... more Review - LIONS FOR LAMPBS -- Dying with an anti-war whimper Lions For Lambs is conceived as a timely cinematic antidote to the "war on terror" logic of conformism, instilling a new civic virtue in today's Ameri ... more Iran: The uninvited guest a peace summit Iran's calculations and counter-measures According to a Tehran University political science professor, the reason Tehran is highly skeptical about the ... more Lebanon: Once More to the Brink Biggest Media Scandal Ever Told...or Not Yet Told? If the case makes it to trial, it could uncap the biggest media scandal ever told—or reveal Rather to be the crumpled icon of a fading era, courting m ... more 4 main issues that divide Israel, Palestinians The clock is winding down on yet another U.S. president who's trying to broker an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which has outlasted 10 of h ... more JTA - Can Syrians, Saudis make summit work? PEACE PROCESS REALITIES! Watch MERTV Program #2 to understand the complicated history of what is called the 'Middle East Peace Process' In 1977 in Cairo Mark Bruzonsky met alone for an hour with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and helped convince him to make his historic visit to Israel ... more VIDEO - Clash of Worlds, Palestine - MUST WATCH to put ANNAPOLIS in HISTORICAL CONTEXT VIDEO - Clash of Worlds, Palestine. This is a MUST WATCH 1-hour historical documentary absolutely vital to put the 2007 ANNAPOLIS 'Conference' in HIS ... more Palestinians spell out their vision of the future in peace blueprint Sweeping security, fiscal and political reforms are promised in the most detailed blueprint for the creation of a Palestinian state yet drawn up by th ... more Arabs doubt prospects for peace parley "What will this huge crowd do other than make theatrical speeches expressing what each delegation has been expressing for over 50 years," added al-Ras ... more Abbas officially declared TRAITOR by Palestinian Prime Minister before State of Emergency Leaders of the Islamic militant group Hamas called Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas a traitor Monday and vowed to reject any decisions made at the ... more Hezbollah Raises the Stakes Again Israelis Reveal Biggest Flag in the World on eve of Annapolis The record for the world's largest flag now belongs to an Israeli banner produced by a Filipino evangelical Christian. ADVERTISEMENT The huge blue ... more Britain Wants Non-White Non-007 Spies - Many and Fast "We need people to deploy into a range of situations around the world and people who have a different ethnicity can often go places and do things and ... more 'Long-Term' deal for U.S. to stay indefinitely in Iraqa? There's only one place this kind of a deal could possibly have originated -- in the bowels of Bush-Cheney neocon Washington. Drudge Again in the News as he casts lesbian gossip on Hillary Putin Blasts U.S. Again CSM on Annapolis Summit Fighting Whom in Iraq? U.N. General Assembly 181 to Partition Palestine - 29 November 1947. United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181 November 29, 1947 Gore and Bush - Together Again at the White House Bill Clinton on Meeting 23-Year-Old Hillary Dan Rather’s Last Big Story Is Himself "Every other person has taken the money for silence,” says Rather.News in neocon evangelical capitalist America -- at least big media corpor ... more Hillary’s Mystery Woman: Who Is Huma? Ms. Dunn explained that she had heard about the “cult of Huma,” but had never met her. “All of a sudden, I turn around and there was this woman I no ... more Abbas "Worst Leader in Palestinian History" - "Let The Whole World Hear Us!" "Let the whole world hear us -- we will not cede an inch of Palestine and we will never recognize Israel," Hamas's Gaza leader Ismail Haniyeh told the ... more Abbas 'Worst Leader in Palestinian History' - 'Let The Whole "Let the whole world hear us -- we will not cede an inch of Palestine and we will never recognize Israel," Hamas's Gaza leader Ismail Haniyeh told the ... more Gore and Bush - Together Again in the White House Sleight of Hand Surge President Bush’s drive for Middle East breakthrough is stalled in talks about talks Israeli and Palestinian negotiators were locked in frantic last-minute talks last night as they struggled to reach a joint declaration on the eve of t ... more George and Al - Together in the White House at Last Here We Go Again... US Replays 'Middle East Peace Conference' Music and Photos PEACE PROCESS REALITIES! Watch MERTV Program #2 to understand the complicated history of what is called the 'Middle East Peace Process' In 1977 in Cairo Mark Bruzonsky met alone for an hour with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and helped convince him to make his historic visit to Israel ... more PEACE PROCESS REALITIES! Watch MERTV Program #1 to understand the complicated history of what is called the 'Middle East Peace Process' In 1977 in Cairo Mark Bruzonsky met alone for an hour with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and helped convince him to make his historic visit to Israel ... more Robert Parry on what Bush and Cheney Have Really Done Quest for Mideast peace: Can leaders deliver? Jewish Natalie Portman on Nudity, Fame, and Porn "A Day in PARADISE' Says Fred Thompson at Gun Show Now who is more fanatic. Moslem 'terrorists' who expect to be showered with virgins in Paradise or Christian Presidential Candidates who think Paradi ... more The iPod lecture circuit Aspiring screenwriter needs a rewrite Hamas warns of violence after talksHamas warns of violence after talks Video - NBC Andrea Mitchell Reports about Condi's Annapolis Internet Could Max Out in Just 2 Years From Kissinger to Rice, America’s 40-year tradition continues in Annapolis Mideast peacemaking hasn’t changed much since Israel and Egypt fought to a draw in their 1973 war and shuttle diplomacy emerged as the high-profile ve ... more Syria Says Golan yes...Americans say Golan No White House press secretary Dana Perino, however, said the Golan Heights issue is “not specifically on the agenda.” Participants can raise various iss ... more Analysis: Failure has high price at Mideast summit Noam Chomsky on U.S. Policy Towards Iran - Nov 2007 The Plot To Overthrow FDR The Plot To Overthrow FDR reveals how, inspired by political trends in Germany and Italy, this group conceived of a plan to either overthrow the new ... more Palestine: Democracy, Not Zionism WITH SOME SORT of “meeting” or “conference” to “kick start” the “peace process” (date, place and participants to be determined) now being touted by th ... more American-backed killer militias strut across Iraq Officials in the Shi’ite-led government also fear the burgeoning of fresh forces beyond its control. The question being asked in government circles is ... more Greater Darkness and Danger Befall the Entire Middle East region From the senior and best English language journalist of our times in the Middle East: Robert Fisk: Darkness falls on the Middle East Saturday 24, N ... more One of those Cases Where A Picture Says So Much - Secretary Rice meets with His Excellency Avigdor Lieberman, Minister of Strategic Affairs of Israel. Washington, DC December 11, 2006 This is the official State Department photo released on 12 December with the caption: Secretary Rice meets with His ... more One of those Cases Where A Picture Says So Much - Secretary Rice meets with His Excellency Avigdor Lieberman, Minister of Strategic Affairs of Israel. Washington, DC December 11, 2006 This is the official State Department photo released on 12 December with the caption: Secretary Rice meets with His ... more welve Business Ideas that are changing the World. The Times and Times Online bring you Twelve Business Ideas that are changing the World. The new series will hear from 12 influential business figures ... more Poisoned Chinese Turkeys, Ham? At a press conference on Saturday to discuss what went wrong with the shipment of turkeys, Wuhan officials revealed that the birds had been fed an exp ... more Expect more chaos, deceptions, and violence from Annapolis - Even the Israelis say so. Everything has been rigged to call it a success, but the problems start the day after the conference,' he said. 'Olmert cannot reopen the PLO office i ... more Exclusive Interview with former top CIA Analyst Ray McGovern Ray McGovern, CIA Veteran, tells it like it is about Bush, Iraq, Iran, Israel, and America. WARNING WARNING - IRAN ATTACK LOOMS Annapolis is not really about Palestine. Palestine is fractured into pieces and behind multiple walls and barriers for the foreseeable future. Anna ... more Shame on Huffington: Arab Lobby Journalists Tout ANNAPOLIS It's a shame to watch a publication like HUFFINGTON POST be hustled like this. Just as the Israelis and the Jewish organizations have their kept jour ... more McClatchy BLOGS The Archbishop of Canterbury Condemns U.S. and Western Civilization! THE Archbishop of Canterbury has said that the United States wields its power in a way that is worse than Britain during its imperial heyday. Rowan W ... more As Democrats See Security Gains in Iraq, Tone Shifts “The politics of Iraq are going to change dramatically in the general election, assuming Iraq continues to show some hopefulness,” said Michael E. O’ ... more Science: Quantum theory and relativity explained Baffled by quantum theory? Confused by relativity? Marcus Chown has written a book that attempts to make it all simple Parallel universe proof boosts time travel hopes "Many sci fi authors suggested time travel paradoxes would be solved by parallel universes but in my work, that conclusion is deduced from quantum the ... more Britain's top Christian: US is‘worst' Imperialist: THE Archbishop of Canterbury has said that the United States wields its power in a way that is worse than Britain during its imperial heyday.Rowan Wil ... more Zero Degree Turn, Iranian drama Show - Part 1 Pre-annapolis Manueverings By Abbas Palestinians VIDEO - Noam Chomsky Palestine Israel occupation 101 VIDEO - Noam Chomsky Palestine Israel occupation 101 Profs Walt and Mearsheimer Interviewed on BBC about Israel Lobby The two Professors are actually pretty easy going guys who take on this theme rather calmly and academically. But as with the iceberg metaphor, they ... more Mark Bruzonsky on COURT TV 3 days after 9/11 Yossi Beilin - Exposed for Repeated Duplicity and Lies This 'Open Letter' about Yossi Beilin was written by a very knowledgeable and principled Israeli in 2002. Beilin and his cronies, including Daniel Le ... more Skeptical Arab leaders agree to attend Mideast peace conference Hamas Condemns Arab Regimes, Threatens Israel Laptop With a Mission Widens Its Audience In November, you’ll be able to buy a new laptop that’s spillproof, rainproof, dustproof and drop-proof. It’s fanless, it’s silent and it weighs 3.2 po ... more Thinking Beyond Annapolis - more avoidance and inadequacy from the NYTimes As usual on these matters the NYTimes can't bring itself to say or advocate anything specific while calling on everyone else to show courage and boldn ... more Annapolis - Critical for US, played by Israel, no choice for Abbas American Folly Declares Frightened Israeli Columnist American Jewish Groups and Annapolis Hamas Warns Abbas and World Abbas Fears 'Joint Statement' The Secret Strategies Behind Many “Viral” Videos Bush: Musharraf "truly is somebody who believes in democracy." President Bush yesterday offered his strongest support of embattled Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, saying the general "hasn't crossed the line ... more Expect anything real, if anything, at Annapolis Now at the 'Meeting' rather than 'Conference' they aren't going to have even a joint peace outline they may not even havilitle joint statement at all. ... more American Jews Give Musharraf Their support Just what did American Jews give and offer Musharraf so that their representative had to travel all the way to Islamabad to speak with Musharraf in se ... more An E-Book Reader That Just May Catch On Haunted by the Israeli Arab 'vision' Thirty years after Sadat visit, Israelis Ponder Peace Benefits Thirty years after Sadat visit, Israelis Ponder Peace Benefits Hamas backer refusing to testify gets 11 years From the beginning the Palestinians associated with Hamas have made a point of only attacking only Israelis. As an occupied people subjected in recen ... more Egypt fronts for Israel and US along with Jordan and PA The Future is Shanghai says Paris Hilton! McCartney's estranged wife berates rich VIDEO - Clash of Worlds, Palestine - BBC CLASH OF WORLDS - Palestine - BBC GOP Jewish group polls on Iran strike A U.S. conservative group led by major Republican Jews is testing for reactions to a potential Israeli strike on Iran. FreedomsWatch recently tested ... more VIDEO - The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Dr. Ilan Pappe China Preparing for War with U.S.? Charges from new Commission Front page Washington Times on Thanksgiving day, 22 Nov 2007, by the way. Clash of Worlds : Britain and Palestine BBC Documentary focusing on the relationship between Britain and Palestine, the resulting foundation of the state of Israel, and the effects felt to ... more Our Own Holocaust Denial - 1 Million + in IRAQ Indeed, the former top U.N. officials in Iraq -- back during the period of the 'sanctions' and even before the invasion and occupation -- resigned and ... more Why AIPAC Took Over Brookings Martin Indyk, an Australian and naturalized US citizen, is the former deputy director of research at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. Ind ... more Bloomberg Prepares for Biggest Job As China booms, so does Mandarin in U.S. schools Martha Rios traces her finger over a vocabulary word for the first-graders assembled around her. She's volunteering in her son's sunny classroom at St ... more What happens at and after Annapolis November 27th? Executive summary/ABSTRACT: * The Annapolis script is laid out for who will say and do what at Annapolis. It is designed to achieve a number of resul ... more Primary Blitz Earlier And More Intense Than Ever Before Rice Defends Mideast Peace Talks Israel's Think-Tank Lobby Israel's Think-Tank Lobby The Israeli Lobby has tremendous influence on American foreign policy. However, that does not mean that Israel runs Americ ... more Olmert courts Arab support for peace deal Bush Urges Mideast Leaders to Join Peace Conference Arabs Skeptical About Mideast Conference Web censorship expanding....this time Spain and Female Thinness Once again Mubarak fronts for U.S. and Israel and pushes Arabs to give OK Bush Praises Musharraf Again Well the American President is at it again. Now the old General in Islamabad is really a big advocate of and champion of Democracy after all! < ... more ALL THE PRESIDENT'S LIARS... ALL THE PRESIDENT'S LIARS... Wolfowitz Now at AEI Diplomacy With the Devil - NYTimes Op Ed by Danielle Pletka The clearest sign of Ms. Rice's eagerness to make deals with Pyongyang and the Palestinians is her willingness to overlook egregious misbehavior by he ... more Surrender Is Not an Option - John Bolton Russian President Lashes Out at West President Vladimir Putin likened his critics to "jackals" fed by foreign funding, and he accused the West of meddling in Russian politics, telling a ... more Putin slams foreign govts for sponsoring opposition Israel OKs Armored Vehicles for Abbas A Hamas spokesman, Sami Au Zuhri, said the Israeli decision proved Abbas was working "hand in hand with the occupation against (Palestinian) resistan ... more Palestinian Activist About Annapolis After the attempt by the Clinton and Barak administrations to squeeze a surrender agreement from Yasser Arafat in July 2000 failed, two months later ... more Walls of Shame: West Bank - 19 Nov 07 - Ep 3 - Part 1 Walls of Shame: West Bank - 19 Nov 07 - Ep 3 - Part 1 For Children of Norway, a Rift With the Mother Country DOLLAR COLLAPSE WARNING - From the Saudi Foreign Minister No Less Saud al-Faisal, the Saudi foreign minister, told the session: "My fear is that any mention that Opec makes of studying the issue of the dollar will in ... more Killing and Dying Continues in Pakistan Will Annapolis fail like all the others? US confirms Mid-East peace talks State department spokesman Sean McCormack said 49 countries and institutions had been invited. Peace Conferences Since 1967 - one failure after another In the 40 years since the Middle East war of June 1967, there have been many peace plans and many negotiations. Iran eyes nuclear options abroad Egypt-Israel summit ahead of peace meet A senior Israeli official told AFP that Egypt's role in rallying lacklustre Arab support for the meeting was crucial, with the Arab League due to mee ... more Inside Iraq - Threat of war in Iran - 05 Oct 07 - Part 1 Inside Iraq - Threat of war in Iran - 05 Oct 07 - Part 1 Chomsky and Hitchens in 1992 The American Political Spectrum-N.Chomsky C. Hitchens (1992) George Galloway destroying Richard Perle on Abu Dhabi TV George Galloway destroying Richard Perle on Abu Dhabi TV Chomsky - Perle Debate - 1988 - Part 1 Chomsky - Perle Debate - Part 1.Noam Chomsky and Richard Perle debate US foreign policy at Ohio State University in 1988. VIDEO - Noam Chomsky Palestine Israel occupation 101 Noam Chomsky Palestine Israel occupation 101 Steve Clemons on the Annapolis 'Summit' The spin doctors of various kinds are at at... This is part of an elaborate efforts by Steve Clemons, the New America Foundation, and a group of lib ... more New America on THE ROAD TO ANAPOLIS Former ABC News Anchor, Now Journalist, in hot water for endorsing Hillary At White House behest, NYT sat on scoop for 3 years! Of course, the Times’ three-paragraph disclosure was out of character for a newspaper that has twice publicly flouted similar administration requests. ... more As China booms, so does Mandarin in U.S. schools The number of elementary and secondary school students studying Chinese could be as much as 10 times higher than it was seven years ago, says Marty Ab ... more Putin warns NATO against border build-up "One of the most important tasks remains raising the combat readiness of the strategic nuclear forces. They should be ready to deliver a quick and ad ... more Olmert Pushes Egyptians to Push Arab League Of course behind-the-scenes its the Americans pulling most of the strings, providing most of the money and guns....as well as the threats for 'non-com ... more Our view on Iran: U.S.-Iran collision course calls for diplomatic brakes Brokaw: Washington Post Print Paper 'Probably' Dead in 10 Years Brokaw referred to how the younger generations rely solely on digital forms media to get their information. “You talk to them about the tacti ... more Pressure for Iran sanctions continues The latest report from the IAEA on Iran is unlikely to stop pressure from the United States and its allies for further sanctions. But the unity of th ... more Iran nuclear work 'not worth war' Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi has called on Iran to suspend its controversial nuclear work to avert what she says is a mounting threat of war with the U ... more Lebanese Hailstorm a Godsend Against Cluster Bombs The season's first hailstorm Tuesday was a blessing in disguise for cluster bomb-infested parts of southern Lebanon, triggering blasts from previously ... more Pentagon Steps Up Relations with Turks Iranian publisher's ruse fails to protect raunchy García Márquez title from censors García Márquez's book is the latest in a series by world-famous authors to be banned amid tightening censorship imposed by the Iranian president Mahmo ... more U.K. Army chief warns of troops anger http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article3174377.ece Heed Iran's dissidents...or else An attack would fortify Tehran's nuclear hawks, and we would all suffer the consequences.... The Bush administration's predictable reaction to this w ... more Think-tank warns of anti-Islam 'time bomb' New airship era takes off in Tokyo The world's biggest airship will make its first commercial flight over Tokyo later this week, 70 years after the Hindenburg disaster brought the golde ... more Imaginative approaches to Iran Ezzedeen Al-Qassam Brigades Historically, Ezzedeen Al-Qassam is the name of a pioneer mujahid who was martyred in 1935 near Jenin. Al-Qassam was born in Syria and expelled to Pal ... more Palestinians Call the PA the 'Dayton Government' No, it's not for Dayton, Ohio. It's for the neocon Christian Pentagon General who has been sent to the Palestinians territories, in coordination with ... more Iranian Pres So Worried About Security He's In the Dog House Iran quietly broke its religious taboo on dogs several years ago when officials decided to use them at airports and border crossings for detecting dru ... more Iran calls for reforms in UN Security Council 'Global peace cannot be achieved without justice and reforms within the UN are the first necessity to enable this justice,' he said. The Middle East has had a secretive nuclear power in its midst for years When will the US and the UK tell the truth about Israeli weapons? Iran isn't starting an atomic arms race, it's joining one Israel and Palestine fail to agree before conference A meeting between Israeli and Palestinian leaders has failed to produce a joint declaration for a Middle East summit due next week in the United Stat ... more Kosovo Crisis Looms Now the U.S., E.U., and NATO, are facing the results of their policies and the verdict is not yet in... Venezuela's Chavez visits Iran Venezuela's outspoken president joined with Iran's leader Monday in boasting that they are "united like a single fist" in challenging American influe ... more Olmert says he hopes for peace in 2008 Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Tuesday he hopes a peace deal with the Palestinians can be reached in 2008, as he met Egypt's leader to drum ... more Talking camera aimed at sex on the beach That big booming voice Martin County beachgoers might hear next year along the sandy shores will not be coming from the heavens. Iran is far from acquiring a nuclear weapon, and despite U.S. fears about its atomic intentions, an American military strike against the Islamic Republic is unlikely, former Secretary of State Colin Powell said Sunday. Iran is far from acquiring a nuclear weapon, and despite U.S. fears about its atomic intentions, an American military strike against the Islamic Repub ... more China Signals NO to US and EU about IRAN China said on Monday it could not attend an international meeting on Iran due to a scheduling conflict and not because of any political rifts, but rep ... more Britain's army chief warns of overstretch and "Iraq fatigue" Sir Richard Dannatt said that the present level of operations was "unsustainable", the army is "undermanned" and troops are feeling "devalued, angry ... more Amazon sells own gadget to boost e-books Amazon launches wireless book reader "Kindle" Definitely the future. But not quite here yet... Blair hopes Palestinian employment projects ready soon In the long tradition of British imperialism and political chicanery Tony Blair is at it once again. But in the Middle East they remember what has ha ... more U.N.'s Ban warns Lebanon faces "brink of abyss" US secretly helping Musharraf to guard nukes: report The United States is helping Pakistan keep its nuclear weapons secure in a top-secret program that has cost Washington almost 100 million dollars sinc ... more Israeli PM vows to halt new settlements in West Bank More deceptions, tricks, and lies... "We have committed ourselves under the roadmap not to build new settlements in the West Bank and we will not bui ... more Chavez Tells OPEC to Use Politics, Curb `Imperialism' Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez brought his revolutionary zeal to the cartel that controls 40 percent of the world's oil, urging fellow members at a ... more Palestinian Super Businessmen Connected to Americans Steps In This is the way the Americans are hedging their bets should Mahmoud Abbas not make it and Fateh come apart. 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Fisk, in yet ... more Neocon Agenda for Total War with IRAN + The Bush administation has covered up and ignored dissenting Pentagon war games analysis that suggests an attack on Iran's nuclear or military facilit ... more U.S. Says Attack Plans for Iran Ready Among the possible targets, in addition to nuclear installations like the centrifuge plant at Natanz: Iran's ballistic missile sites, Republican Guard ... more Dems Lead in Counterattack to Stop Iran Conflict A handful of congressional Democrats including Sen. James Webb are trying to stop the White House from starting a disastrous war with Iran. ... more Revealed: Israel plans nuclear strike on Iran These realities have largely been overlooked by the American media. 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Bush had a shoot-out with the "bad guys" in Iraq on Thursday, playing a computer game with war veterans that simulates a firefi ... more More Fear Fiction - Suitcase Nukes NOT Yet Hollywood has seized on the threat. For example, the Fox thriller "24" devoted its entire last season to Jack Bauer's hunt for suitcase nukes in L ... more Hamas: Terrible surprises await IDF should they invade Gaza Jewish group plans a foxy scheme As the expectations for a serious movement towards a Palestinian-Israeli settlement seem to be growing by the day, a little-known group, Justice for J ... more Never Too Young to Give, or Take, Advice I knew Mr. Sethi through his personal finance blog, I Will Teach You to Be Rich. But blogging is just a side gig. His main focus is Pbwiki, a company ... more Oil in the M E Still KEY It was the Israelis Themselves Who Planted Bombs in Iraq, Egypt, etc. to terrorize the Jews. 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And it continues.. ... more Israelis Look Ahead to Annapolis Failing Redford's anti-war lecture Lions For Lambs is missing in action Redford's position is weakened by the fact that his hectoring professor doesn't question whether American forces actually be in Afghanistan; he merely ... more 2007 deadliest for US in Afghanistan British Muslim chief warns over Nazi Germany parallels Resisting Martial Law (Just Don't Tell Mom) Under Media Blackout, Young Pakistani Bloggers Spread News on the Web INTERPOL Enlisted to further Squeeze IRAN Interpol is now headed by an American who use to work for the Treasury Department, has close CIA and FBI connections, and just as other international ... more Getting Cheeky: ‘World’s Most Beautiful Bottoms’ Get Top Honors Getting Cheeky: ‘World’s Most Beautiful Bottoms’ Get Top Honors IRAQ: Disaster From The Start Says Top UK General For the first time, the British general at the heart of postwar planning for Iraq tells Heidi Kingstone of the chaos in London and Washington more Blogging from Martial Law Pakistan - Students Rise to the Challenge An Independent Pakistani Student Initiative Against Injustice And Oppression. 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It's about defining the issues, showing how we go forward without giving the solutions right now," said Olmert ... more The Bush Hitler Thing There isn't much doubt in my mind - anyone who compares the history of Hitler's rise to power and the progression of recent events in the US ca ... more VIDEO - Cheney Protest in Wyoming Abizaid: ‘We’ve Treated The Arab World As A Collection Of Big Gas Stations’ “Of course it’s about oil, we can’t really deny that,” Abizaid said of the Iraq campaign early on in the talk. “We’ve treated the Arab world ... more How George Bush became the new Saddam! Cover Article in Canada's Macleans Magazine Back in 2002 George Bush was heard to rant: FUCK SADDAM, WE'RE TAKING HIM OUT! 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By John Pilger ... more How We Got Into This Imperial Pickle: A PNAC Primer How We Got Into This Imperial Pickle: A PNAC Primer Attack on Iran Said To Be Imminent Yesterday's edition of Le Canard Enchaîné, a French weekly known for its investigative journalism, reported details of an alleged Israeli-American pla ... more Lawyers against the general However Pervez Musharraf tries to justify his actions, this is a dark time for his wretched country Is the U.S. planning to strike Iran? Jacobs: Iran is behind many of the casualties we sustain in Iraq Defense officials: Iran attack plans are current Military leaders say they aren’t pushing for strikes over nuke weapons crisis Time's up, Mr Musharraf America and Britain are loth to do anything that might jeopardise their links with Pakistan's army and its intelligence services. 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Bush leaves office ... more US troops might become Iran's hostages' "The American people must realize that their administration is not fighting terrorism but rather is causing it," Fadlallah told The Associated Press T ... more US and Israel Jointly Attacked Syria The September 6 raid over Syria was carried out by the US Air Force, the Al-Jazeera Web site reported Friday. The Web site quoted Israeli and Arab sou ... more Joseph Wilson on Huff Po on IRAN This is on IRAN and the Dems, particularly undermining Obama and the attempts to stop the war on IRAN that is already smokingly underway but not yet q ... more Commentary: Inexorable march toward war with Iran? What ARE they smoking back there at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue? The very idea is dumb as a fencepost and best left to the biggest pied piper of what pas ... more Are American Jews Too Powerful? Not Even Close. These days, it's becoming downright chic to hint forebodingly that America's Jews are just too powerful. But whether it's the political scientists Joh ... more Iran as a major issue in the nomination fight Mirror-image debates over Iran are widening the distance between the parties on a challenge that appears likely to share the spotlight with the Iraq w ... more Should American Jews have a voice in shaping Israel's policies? Annapolis will prove yet again that many American Jewish organizations and philanthropists no longer support "Israel." They support the Israeli politi ... more AIPAC trial ruling: Bring on the top government officials If you're a government official and met with Steve Rosen or Keith Weissman, the two former AIPAC employees that have been charged with conspiracy to ... more Israelis: What to Read about IRAN Western Mini-History of IRAQ ...but sans so much not so flattering to the U.S. and U.K. but very much in the collective memory of Iraqis, Arabs, and Muslims. From Israel: Blog Ramallah Full of Hope, Despair, Cynicism, and Duplicity We've made sure the Duplicity One doesn't get forgotten in this shuffle. US should exhibit logical behavior, enter into negotiation: Rafsanjani Tehran's substitute Friday prayers leader Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani expressed hope that one day, the US would exhibit logical behavior and en ... more 'Syria was preparing for Israeli attack' Syria was preparing for a large-scale Israeli attack some two weeks ago, the Al-Khaleej newspaper, published in the United Arab Emirates, reported Wed ... more Buch/Cheney FISCAL CRISIS Threatens American Future "We have been diagnosed with fiscal cancer," said David Walker, the nation's comptroller general, or chief auditor, testifying before the Senate Bud ... more U.S. to release 9 Iranians it seized in Iraq This is probably part of a deal made months ago that some Americans are going to be let go and now some Iranians are going to be let go. The American ... more New U.S. sanctions likely to weaken international unity on Iran For more than two years, the United States has insisted that the key to stopping Iran's suspected nuclear weapons program is maintaining unified inter ... more Benazir Plays to the American Audience again NOV. 3, 2007, will be remembered as the blackest day in the history of Pakistan. Let us be perfectly clear: Pakistan is a military dictatorship. Last ... more Noun + Verb + 9/11 + Iran = Democrats’ Defeat? November 4, 2007 Op-Ed Columnist Noun + Verb + 9/11 + Iran = Democrats’ Defeat? By FRANK RICH WHEN President Bush started making noises about World W ... more IRAN - Attack As Threatened Or Create Fear for Nov 2008? Whatever happens in or to Iran, the American public will be carpet-bombed by apocalyptic propaganda for the 12 months to come. Mr. Bush has nothing to ... more Nasser of Egypt and the Arab World Remembered The June War lasted minutes for some, years for others. Today, 30 years later, commanders and soldiers tell Galal Nassar their stories, and try to pie ... more Condi and American Twisting the 'Peace Process' For Duplicitous Ends One More Time THE LOOK SAYS IT ALL: The US might have a hidden agenda as far as Annapolis is concerned, but the November summit is certainly not a ploy to create a ... more Here They Go Again! American and Israeli Imperialism in the Name of Democracy in the Middle East Meanwhile, all indications are that the US is irrevocably bent on confrontation in the Arab region, a policy shared to varying degrees by its Arab a ... more Super Philosophical Atheist Turns Into Aging Intellectual Evangelical But is Flew’s conversion what it seems to be? Depending on whom you ask, Antony Flew is either a true convert whose lifelong intellectual searchings f ... more IRAQ - Economist Articles - Country Profile Country Profile of IRAQ from THE ECONOMIST. AIPAC Trial Still on Track? This, in sum, is a very good day for the defendants, and also for journalists hoping for an interesting showdown between the defense and the governmen ... more The inside story of the Western mind - WAR OF RELIGIONS It may seem eccentric to hail a theological text by a Scots Dominican, ranked 133,692nd in recent Amazon sales, as the year's most important work on g ... more Imperial opportunities for US builders Imperial America is in a building-boom...but nto at home. Future of Kirkuk, Future of Kurdistan, Future of Iraq... The Turks, in addition to wanting to rid themselves of the PKK, are horrified at the possibility of the oil-rich city going to the Kurds, which would ... more Taliban Re-Rising... The incident also catches attention as the deadliest suicide attack since the overthrow of the Taliban regime in 2001. According to initial reports, c ... more Turkish decision weighs heavy for US A best-case scenario for them - probably - would be if the US joins in the war against the PKK. That would endear them to the anti-American public tha ... more Ahmadinejad rejects US offer for talks...and tells off Bush President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday that "the most bad-tempered" person on the earth has sent a message to Iran, expressing readiness for ... more Much like Auschwitz Israel's regard for Palestinians can be summed up in how it imprisons and terrorises them, writes Khaled Amayreh in the occupied West Bank < ... more Blair's true colours The real reason Blair was seconded to the Quartet -- liquidating Palestinian resistance to occupation -- appears ever more clear, writes Saleh Al-Naam ... more Sarkozy of Israel? He's been the beit noir of the Arabs and Muslims of France. He's been a champion of Israel. Now he's a champion of the Neocons and helping the Ameri ... more Yekaterinburg Time and Temp Yekaterinburg Time and Temp The Secret History of the Impending War with Iran That the White House Doesn't Want You to Know Two former high-ranking policy experts from the Bush administration say the U.S. has been gearing up for a war with Iran for years, despite claiming o ... more It's Kucinich Time! Fanfare for the common man. And for his lovely wife, Elizabeth. Traveling the Trans-Siberia French President Accused of Working for Israeli Intelligence As if his marital challenges were not enough cause for concern, "Sarco the Sayan" has suddenly emerged as the most infamous accolade of French Preside ... more Frank Rich: 9/11 + Iran = Democrats' Defeat? When President Bush started making noises about World War III, he only confirmed what has been a Democratic article of faith all year: Between now and ... more Biden to Pakistan: Restore Democratic Freedoms Or Lose US Funding "I just spoke with former [Pakistani] Prime Minister Mrs. Bhutto this morning to discuss the situation. I fear what will happen if he [Musharraf] for ... more Annapolis - The summit of all fears If the signing of the Oslo Accords in Washington was the summit of hope, and the 2000 Camp David Summit was the conference of despair, then the intern ... more Rice seeks Mideast peace deal while Bush in office She offered no details on how Israel and the Palestinians might settle their deep divisions over core issues they have pledged to tackle after the con ... more Should American Jews have a voice in shaping Israel's policies? The debate, or you might want to call it a war, over the role American Jews should play in Israeli politics is about to enter yet another round. more Edited Interview with Simran Sethi Interview with Simran Sethi The following was transcribed from an interview with Simran Sethi, conducted on 1/14/07. The Great Iran Divide...and Debate - NATIONAL JOURNAL Iran is already emerging as a major focus in each nomination fight, although it is creating sharper differences between Democrats than Republicans. < ... more LIVES PER GALLON Terry Tamminen: Lives per Gallon, the True Cost of our Oil Addiction Should American Jews have a voice in shaping Israel's policies? The debate, or you might want to call it a war, over the role American Jews should play in Israeli politics is about to enter yet another round. more IRAN - Read the Many Parts of this in the Jerusalem Post Iran as a major issue in the nomination fight. Plus keep reading... Are American Jews Too Powerful? Not Even Close. Now get this: These days, it's becoming downright chic to hint forebodingly that America's Jews are just too powerful. But whether it's the political ... more Musharaf Wins...Pakistan shakes off US shackles Addressing his neo-conservative acolytes, Bush came back to his favorite theme that via his "war on terror", he was actually waging a global war for d ... more Bibi's Latest, Pre Annapolis "We have a partner for words, but not for deeds, certainly not for fighting terrorism, and, to my regret, no partner for a real peace," the Likud lead ... more Nuclear Israel Has Some Problems Explaining and Justifying... How can a country, which according to endless foreign reports has kept secret for years several atomic weapons, manage to rally the international comm ... more Israelis see IRAN as Major Issue in American Politics Iran as a major issue in the nomination fight Saudi King Abdullah arrives for historic meeting with pope King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia arrived Monday in Rome for an audience with Pope Benedict XVI, the first between a Saudi monarch and a leader of the Rom ... more No Dollars Please! Like billionaire investors Warren Buffett and Bill Gross, the Brazilian supermodel, who Forbes magazine says earns more than anyone in her industry, ... more Inevitable Turkey-Iran-Syria-Russian Alliance The Central Treaty Organization (CENTO) was a defense alliance between Turkey, Iran, Pakistan and Great Britain. Originally named the Baghdad Pact, th ... more Analysis: Nablus clashes pose new threat to Abbas's authority Meanwhile, Defense Minister Ehud Barak told PA Prime Minister Salaam Fayad during a meeting in Jerusalem on Monday night that if the deployment of add ... more Mashaal: ME summit US 'distraction' for war with Iran "There are preparations for an aggression against Iran, and could include other parties - Syria, Lebanon and Hizbullah. Therefore, America is distract ... more France's Sarkozy...of Mossad? Sarkozy's own maternal grandfather Aron Mallah, hailed from Salonika, Greece, and is said to have exercised considerable influence on his grandson. E ... more Toddler with eight limbs branded 'reincarnation of Hindu god' to undergo life-saving operation A toddler born with eight limbs and believed by some to be the reincarnation of the multi-limbed Hindu goddess Vishnu, is set to undergo a 40-hour ope ... more A Reality Check on Iran Policy and U.S. Campaign Politics On November 1, 30 Democratic senators, led by Senator Jim Webb of Virginia, delivered a strong letter to President Bush in response to his increasingl ... more Bloomberg the American Revolutionary Michael Bloomberg was just a year old when, in 1943, the author Esther Forbes published a children's novel, "Johnny Tremain," the tale of a young Revo ... more Experts: No firm evidence of Iranian nuclear weapons All well and good. But most Americans still think the Iraqis were involved in 9/11 and the facts about Iran are not nearly as important as the sellin ... more New Age, New Hotline - Bejing to Washington China and the United States announced Monday that they will set up a military hotline between Beijing and Washington to avoid misunderstanding during ... more Brits in Basra Shelled And They Really Aren't Leaving After All I was in Iraq two weeks ago with my old regiment. Within three hours of arriving, I came under mortar attack, a common event for our troops. If our wo ... more PCs Losing Their Relevance in Japan Bye Bye PCs? PCs Being Pushed Aside in Japan by Array of Gadgets With Similar Power, Speed CHINA OIL surpasses U.S. PetroChina Co. almost tripled on its first day of trading in Shanghai, becoming the world's first company to be valued at $1 trillion, more than Exxon ... more JAPAN - Alive and safe, the brutal Japanese soldiers who butchered 20,000 Allied seamen in cold blood The perpetrators of some of the worst atrocities of the Second World War remain alive and unpunished in Japan, according to a damning new book.Painst ... more Meet the spoilt bratskis - the daughters of Russia's super-rich Ninety years on from the Russian Revolution, a new phenomenon is gripping the former Soviet Union – the Spoilt Bratski Revolution. Young, glamorous a ... more More US Missiles Killing in Pakistan Even as the strongman of Islamabad is in his final throes of power, the stealth American War in Pakistan is escalating... Musharraf warned: hold elections and quit as army chief Envoys to spell out ultimatum in talks today in Pakistan 30 Senate, with Noticeable Ommissions, Say NO to Bush on IRAN Senators Warn White House on Iran Thirty Senators have signed a letter sent to President Bush today, expressing concern with the administration's inc ... more Salon - War Room - 5 Nov 07 Kucinich and Tongue-Stud Wife Get "interviewed" Kucinich, Ahmadinejad and the tongue stud We know it's still early in the race, but CBS's Hannah Storm made a strong play this morning for "Worst Int ... more Arab Roadmap? Israel and the Palestinians - Articles in THE ECONOMIST SPECIAL REPORT: Religion and public life Holy depressing Religious politics at its worstNov 1st 2007 MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA: Syria A mystery unsolved ... more Martyrs or traitors - The Economist THE Arab world has long been criss-crossed by feuds and rivalries. But if there is one point on which Arabs have agreed for more than half a century i ... more 'You got rid of one Saddam and you left us with 50' "There was this nonsensical idea that Saddam and everything he created was a kind of freak and that once you eradicated him the whole thing would fall ... more Morrocco - Where familiarity breeds contempt In Casablanca, comment is still far from free, a defiant Moroccan editor tells Ian Black Pakistani Dictator Tries To Have It all Ways The US and Britain are today expected to demand that Pakistan's president, Pervez Musharraf, honour pledges to hold elections in the next two months a ... more US Diplomacy Under Condi All Talk Little Action The US secretary of state's dash around the Middle East has failed to patch up a foreign policy in tatters. Israel's Settlements Palestinian lawyer Rajah Shehadeh finds solace in the hills of the West Bank, but his memoirs lament the losses caused as Israeli settlements encroach ... more TIMELINE - Instability in Pakistan Pakistan Timeline 2007 The Palestinians - Amazed and No Longer Themselves IT IS a sullen parade of short, bitter stanzas, equal parts sadness, bewilderment, shame and rage. In a poem that Palestinians have been posting on b ... more Some Senators, Noticeable Ommissions, Warn Bush on IRAN wow! now that's funny, coming just after a 79 to 22 vote from the senate asking George Bush to declare a portion of the Iranian government's militar ... more ECONOMIST Articles 2007 about Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Israel and the Palestinians ECONOMIST Calls for Arab RoadMap NOW Israel's neighbours should seize the initiative to resolve the conflict with Palestinians Gaurdian Book Awards Biology's Big Bang When atoms were first proved to exist (and that was a mere century ago), they were thought to be made only of electrons and protons. That explained a ... more Martyrs or traitors A choice the West must be careful not to force on the people of the Middle East Back to the Ottomans FOR many Westerners, Hidayet Tuksal is a confusing figure. Headscarfed and imposing, she grew up in a strict Muslim household in Ankara. At universit ... more The new wars of religion Faith will unsettle politics everywhere this century; it will do so least when it is separated from the state The fly's a spy Unmanned aircraft will become more common, but how they swarm will depend on how safely they are used and how people react to the invasion of privac ... more As the internet becomes intertwined with the real world, the resulting “geoweb” has many uses Palestine: Boost here, squeeze there Build up the Fateh forces working with Israel and the U.S., crush down the Hamas forces working independently and forced to look to others for support ... more VIDEO IRAN - Zero Degree Turn, Iranian drama Show - Part 1 Zero Degree Turn, Iranian drama Show - Part 1 Musharaff Has Learned from Bush to Call Black White Musharaff Has Learned from Bush to Call Black White. In announcing on 3 November total military rule he kept invoking the democracy he was bringing t ... more Iraqi dam burst 'would drown 500,000' A catastrophic failure of the largest dam in Iraq would send a wave 65ft high hurtling down the valley of the river Tigris, killing up to 500,000 peop ... more Water Bar at Claridges: Has The World Gone Mad? One variety, 420 Volcanic, sourced through 200m of rock, costs £21 for 42cl, which works out at £50 a litre. Who will buy this stuff? Has the world go ... more 101 gadgets that changed the world 101. Zip, 1913 Look at your flies or your handbag and, chances are, the zip that keeps your valuables in place started life in a factory in the Qiao ... more Olmert ally says Israel wants peace before Bush quits They want to force the Palestinians into submission while Bush and Cheney are in charge; thus the hot and cold to everything... Régis Debray: Deliberate Blindness in Palestine Last year President Jacques Chirac asked Régis Debray to study the situation in the Middle East. On 15 January 2007 Debray sent the French authoritie ... more Tomorrow is another Gone With the Wind sequel One hundred and forty two years after America's civil war, 71 years after the fictional Scarlett began pining for Ashley, 53 years after the desegrega ... more Jews in Bahrain Bahrain boom overshadowed by fear of looming war with Iran But if there is a country in the region that has every reason to be apprehensive about a Western military confrontation with Iran it is the Arab world ... more Fatah targets mosques in latest anti-Hamas campaign · West Bank preachers arrested or sacked · Imams ordered to stop spreading dissent Ghaddafi Wants New film About 100 Years Ago Begun on the cusp of the First World War, the Libyan invasion incubated the bacillus of Fascism. And the horror of it was meat and drink to Europe's n ... more FISK on RENDITION, the film... we both sat absorbed by Rendition, Gavin Hood's powerful, appalling testimony of the torture of a "terrorist suspect" in an unidentified Arab capital ... more Saudis signal doubts over Middle East peace talks called by US "We have been negotiating for 70 years and we are still at first base," said Prince Saud. "This is now the oldest conflict in the world. It is becomin ... more Mariane Pearl: "Celebrities Are Doing The Work That Journalists Are Not" "I think the Wall Street Journal has one person covering Africa." If celebrities like Angelina Jolie, who wrote the forward to Pearl's book, are drawi ... more 60 Years Ago - The EXODUS Saga Remembered Israelis Play Muslims Who Helped in Holocaust Card Military Seizes Total Control in Pakistan Eight Supreme Court judges immediately rejected the emergency, which suspended the current constitution. The government blocked transmissions of priva ... more Wash Post On Lost Broken Watch in Senate Hart Bathroom Amazing; they actually take time to report on things of this kind in the Washington Post! Obama Skips Senators Letter to Bush on IRAN Coverage of the Middle East Conflict - News hour 2002 Joining me now to further explore the reporting of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict are CNN's chief news executive Eason Jordan; Alex Safian, associat ... more Coverage of the Middle East Conflict - News hour 2002 Joining me now to further explore the reporting of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict are CNN's chief news executive Eason Jordan; Alex Safian, associat ... more Dueling Books Reignite Debate Over Israeli Lobby in United States Two books examining the Israeli lobby in the U.S., "The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy," and "The Deadliest Lies," present opposing views on Isr ... more Desmond Tutu Likens Israeli Actions to Apartheid Tutu drew parallels between the apartheid of South Africa and occupied Palestine of today, including demolitions of Palestinian homes by the Israeli ... more The Bush Hitler Thing There isn't much doubt in my mind - anyone who compares the history of Hitler's rise to power and the progression of recent events in the US ca ... more New Expanded US Military Bases in Lebanon, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and probably more The Lebanese newspaper As-Safir reported yesterday that a US delegation led by Eric Edelman (Assistant Defence Secretary for Political Affairs) recent ... more Democratic rivals bash Hillary Clinton on Iran Iran, rather than Iraq, dominated the foreign policy segment of Tuesday night's Democratic presidential candidates' debate, with competitors pouncing ... more Column One: The results of brilliant theories US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's opinion of Russian President Vladimir Putin seems directly correlated to his hostility toward America. The ... more : Springsteen strikes a chord Judge subpoenas Rice, Hadley for AIPAC trial Breaking News: RICE and HADLEY to be called in ISRAEL LOBBY Spy Case Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and other senior intelligence will be subpoenaed to discuss their discussions with pro-Israel lobbyists, a federal ... more 'Curveball' Living Comfortably; IRAQ Destroyed; US on Rampage 60 Minutes has identified the man whose fabricated story of Iraqi biological weapons drove the U.S. argument for invading Iraq. It has also obtained ... more Biden about IRAQ: In the Beginning "Osama bin Laden set up camps there, and he was getting a lot of help from folks running that country called Afghanistan. And that's where he planne ... more SYRIA prepares for war with Israel and US The Syrian sources, who were unnamed, told Al-Khaleej that Russia and China, when apprised of Syria's concerns, sent "stern warnings" to both Jerusale ... more Iraqis in US training Marines held and now suing Six men of Iraqi descent who were heading home from doing training for the U.S. military have sued American Airlines, saying employees detained and pu ... more US Paranoia Shows Up Again Video - Bush Warns WWIII if IRAN Gets Nukes Pakistan militants parade 48 captured soldiers Islamic militants loyal to a pro-Taliban cleric in northwest Pakistan Friday paraded 48 men said to be paramilitary troops who surrendered during a we ... more Mighty Mouse - More Stamina, More Sex, More Aggression It was the German Nazis a few generations ago who wanted to breed a superior human. Now the biological technology is on the way. What will humans do ... more The top US conservatives and liberals With a year to go before voters across the United States go to the polls to elect their 44th president, The Daily Telegraph unveils its list of the 10 ... more Abbas Meets With Hamas but Denies... 'Only Praying, Not Dialogue' "They prayed with president Abbas who invited them with other Islamic dignitaries. Nothing more. That does not amount to dialogue," spokesman Sami Ab ... more Obama Introduces Iran Measure Democrat Obama to Introduce Resolution Saying Bush Has No Authority for War With Iran The Air Force Cover-Up of That Minot-Barksdale Nuke Missile Flight Was there a plan to use one or more of those nukes—W80-1 warheads that can be calibrated to detonate with an explosive power ranging anywhere from 150 ... more Would You Bomb Iran, Yes or No? Sandwiched between the Clinton-bashing and UFO-sighting there was much talk of Iran at last night’s Democratic debate in Philly — as there has been at ... more 30 Senators warn Bush has no authority on Iran Problem is if 30 Senatores warned Bush in this way, that means that 70 did not! And this comes in fact just a day after a new opinion poll shows that ... more NYTimes.Com Launches Enhanced Technology Section Colbert Told NO by Home State South Carolina Bush Blasts Congress for Heeding ‘MoveOn.org Bloggers and Code Pink Protesters’ Bush Blasts Congress for Heeding ‘MoveOn.org Bloggers and Code Pink Protesters’ California Bank Refuses to Open Account for Muslim Woman Wearing Headscarf California Bank Refuses to Open Account for Muslim Woman Wearing Headscarf 'Unwelcoming' US sees sharp fall in visitors since 9/11 Chairman Stevan Porter lamented the "extraordinary decline" in the number of overseas visitors to the United States, while the advocacy group's execu ... more Jewish Agency and WZO at odds... Bonds are fraying here in America, too. It’s not just the apathy of the younger generation. The older generation is having its own trouble with the re ... more Carter’s Efforts To Mend Ties With Community Get Cold Shoulder Jimmy Carter’s newest efforts to repair relations with the Jewish community were rebuffed not once but twice last week — and at the very highest level ... more NYU Bid To Take Over Center for Jewish History Called ‘Dead on Arrival’ No funeral, No headstone: Pilot of plane that dropped Hiroshima bomb dies Carter Rebuffed by American Jews The organized American Jewish community has a long track record of black-balling and shunning. It's the way they 'enforce' the rules; and Jimmy Carte ... more A year before voting, a nation of discontent A year before voting, a nation of discontent ISRAEL: CNN Out, FOX NEWS In A cable insider tells TVNewser HOT (the largest cable operator in Israel) took CNN off the air from both their digital and analog platforms at 11:30am ... more Fed Pumps $41B Into US Financial System The action comes one day after Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and all but one of his central bank colleagues voted to slice a key interest rate for the sec ... more Newspaper Decline Accelerating According to industry sources speaking to E&P, daily circulation for reporting papers in the six-month FAS-FAX period ending September is down about ... more Israeli Leftists in Conference on Annihilating Israel For years the "one state solution" has been the preferred solution among the Far Left to the "problem" of Israel's very existence. No, by "one state s ... more Shocker: Blog's Fans Eschew Dead-Tree Tie-In Before Gawker Media gets carried away with dominating the world, maybe it should try to master the book industry? As of yesterday, The Gawker Guide to ... more Russians Warn IRAN They Cannot Stop Americans The more likely explanation lies elsewhere. Teheran has long wanted to position itself as Russia's "strategic ally". So, there is no reason why Moscow ... more Audio: American Jewish Organization Unite to Prevent Division... American Jewish Organization Unite to Prevent Division of Jerusalem Rabbi Pesach Lerner, executive vice president of the National Council of Young Isr ... more Conf: A Single State in Israel/Palestine? “The beginning is to develop something entirely missing from both Israeli and Palestinian realities today: the idea and practice of citizenship, not o ... more Iraqi and Iranian FMs call for Talks with U.S. Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari on Wednesday called on Iran to hold talks with US on Iraq security. He said in a joint press conference with ... more Hamas Warns: Abbas is a Traitor With preparations firmly underway for Annapolis where PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) is expected to sign an agreement with Israel, Hamas has al ... more The dancing girls of Islam Zogby: Majority Favor Strikes on Iran A majority of likely voters - 52 percent - would support a U.S. military strike to prevent Iran from building a nuclear weapon, and 53 percent believe ... more The Israel lobby: "We have an 'unwritten contract' with the American media" "The fact is, you know, we may be unhappy with the New York Times from time to time, and we at CAMERA have been, but I have to say we are fortunate. T ... more Blackwater Mounts a Defense With Top Washington Talent Blackwater Worldwide, its reputation in tatters and its lucrative government contracts in jeopardy, is mounting an aggressive legal, political and pub ... more The importance of a failed summit Desperate Rice Lowers Expectations, Shoots For Anything This isn't about peace between Israelis and Palestinians; it is about war with IRAN and setting the stage. From the article: U.S. Secretary of State ... more Syria accused of plot to kill Lebanon PM Syria on Wednesday strongly denied a claim by the leader of Lebanon's parliamentary majority that Damascus was plotting to assassinate him and the We ... more War Plans Escalate - Israel, Lebanon, Syria, IRAN Ban said there has been no progress the disarmament of Hezbollah and other militias, although he sees this as essential to fully restoring government ... more Clinton people call for MORE MONEY to Attack Attackers One caller from Oklahoma City said that “the questions … were designed to incite a brawl,” and that Russert’s and Brian Williams’s moderating was “an ... more Emirates airline executive rubbishes Gore's climate film Hillary Clinton accused of exploiting Iran nuclear question for political gain "She says she'll stand up to George Bush on Iran," he said. "And, in fact, she voted to give George Bush the first step in moving militarily on Iran - ... more The top US conservatives and liberals With a year and a few days to go before voters across the United States go to the polls to elect their 44th president, The Daily Telegraph today unve ... more Mega-donors prepare for '08 battle Democrats were rattled in late September by a report in The New York Times that a group that supports Republican policies and the Iraq war, Freedom’s ... more Secret move to upgrade air base for Iran attack plans The US is secretly upgrading special stealth bomber hangars on the British island protectorate of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean in preparation for ... more INDIA/US: Risking Survival Govt to Honour Nuke Deal Caving in to intense pressure from Washington and from domestic business and strategic lobbies, India’s Congress party-led coalition government is pla ... more Cashing In on Terror Not to stoke any of the inane conspiracy theories running wild on the Internet, but if Osama bin Laden wasn’t on the payroll of Lockheed Martin or som ... more Desmond Tutu Likens Israeli Actions to Apartheid Tutu spoke with political activist and lecturer Noam Chomsky and others to a largely religious audience about “The Apartheid Paradigm in Palestine-Isr ... more Kucinich Questions Bush’s Mental Health Over Iran “I seriously believe we have to start asking questions about his mental health,” Kucinich, a quirky, long-shot candidate in the race for his party’s p ... more Will we or won’t we attack Iran? That was the big question this Sunday morning. “Clearly the administration seems to be pointing in that direction,” Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) said on ... more Clinton would cream Giuliani, poll finds One year before voters go to the polls to select the next president, the Republican Party is as weak as it has been in a generation, a detailed new po ... more INVISIBLE TANKS Coming to the next War near You It is the type of innovation normally associated with James Bond, and the brains behind the latest technology is the MoD's very own "Q" - Professor Si ... more UN to US: End Embargo of Cuba Now! The United Nations General Assembly Tuesday snubbed the United States for its hostility towards Cuba, amid fresh calls for an end to the 45-year econo ... more Charges Finally Dropped Against 2 Palestinians After all this time and the Government case falls apart; just as did the Holy Land case in Texas. What is our government doing! Although the ostensi ... more For Neocons, Iran Aim Is Still Regime Change Although the ostensible rationale was to pressure Iran to back down on the nuclear issue, in light of the previous views, it appears that they were ho ... more To Bomb, or Not To Bomb So far this year, the U.S. military is bombing more than last year (1,140 air strikes in the first nine months of this year compared with 229 in all o ... more The Lobby Unmasked The Israel lobby: "We have an 'unwritten contract' with the American media" The Lobby All About Henry Siegman "Future Jewish historians who will be writing about our times will not be kind to us because of such political and moral blindness," he said. "In a ... more American Jews Have Hold On U.S. Media Wow. An Israel lobbyist turns over some of her cards! Urging the Israeli government to take legal action against American publications over controvers ... more The Lobby, Unmasked The Israel lobby: "We have an 'unwritten contract' with the American media" US Hell-Bent on More Middle East War Putin's right: the US is 'plunging the world into an abyss of permanent conflicts' Chuchhill Pushed for H-Bomb Threatening Resignation This time, it was Churchill's turn to threaten to quit. "(I) don't admit that my action was improper. If the Cabinet thought so, I should have forfe ... more IRAN warns U.S. as U.N. about to meet again "The enemy knows that if it attacks Iran it will be trapped in a quagmire deeper than Iraq and Afghanistan, and they will have to withdraw with defe ... more Desmond Tutu Likens Israeli Actions to Apartheid South African Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu compared conditions in Palestine to those of South Africa under apartheid, and called on Israelis to tr ... more Israelis Say Help Bush Bomb IRAN by Lobbying Away.. Now...this was back in January by the way. And they've been pretty successful if you look at recent public opinion polls and Talk Show Discussions... ... more Madman Podhoretz Remember now, this is the madman who recently got one of Israel's top Zionist of the Year awards, got 45 minutes alone with Bush last month, is a top ... more Karen Hughes Fails and Departs This is Hughes' second departure from the Bush administration. She was among Bush's closest confidantes during his first term before leaving the White ... more John Bolton: Iran Will Never Give In Former American Ambassador to the United Nation John Bolton writes in a new book that expecting Iran to abandon its nuclear program is “the road to t ... more State Dept Forcing People to Go to IRAQ Some US diplomats angry over Iraq posts By MATTHEW LEE, Associated Press Writer 21 minutes ago Several hundred U.S. diplomats vented anger and frus ... more $1 billion+ More Special Bombs and Missiles to Israel 2 hours, 6 minutes ago The Pentagon announced Wednesday a possible sale to Israel of 1.3 billion dollars in missiles and munitions, including "bunk ... more Chomsky on 9-11 Conspiracies Noam Chomsky explains why he doesn't believe there was a conspiracy. Pentagon Whistle-Blower on the Coming War With Iran - Interview with Transcript Posted on Feb 27, 2007 Karen Kwiatkowski abc.net.au Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski (ret.), a veteran of the Pentagon with firsthand experience of the adm ... more

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