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    UN Chief urges Hezbollah to turn from militia to political party


    Syrians Raise Stakes - Cut Ties


    Olmert Says More 'indirect' Talks with the Syrians


    Syrians Call on U.N. to ACT against U.S. for Attack and Killings


    Israel: Coming National Unity Govt Will Not Bring Peace


    U.S. takes page from Israel's book in Syria strike


    Syrian riot police encircle U.S. embassy as thousands protest raid


    Peres "Peace" Center Exposed


    Rabin's Assassin


    Bush's Looming Defeat in Iraq
    John McCain continues to talk about a U.S. “victory” in Iraq and Sarah Palin baits Barack Obama for not using the word “win” when he discusses the war ... more

    Attack on Iran Off the Table?
    On Sept. 23, the neo-conservative chiefs of the Washington Post’s editorial page mourned, in a tone much like what one hears on the death of a close f ... more

    Suheir Hammad: Poet and author
    "As a child I had this sense that God was a huge poet," she said. "We can all be part of this larger narrative because of the scripture." Hammad comb ... more

    Suheir Hammad on "Salt of This Sea"


    The 2003 Attempt to Stop the Iraq War - U.S. Spying at the U.N.


    Harsh 100-Year Economic Storm Blowing Worldwide
    "A harsh storm seen only once in 100 years is raging," Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso told a news conference.

    Berlin and America - End of Love Affair


    China Govt Decrees no Heat in Hotels till 15 Nov


    New Opposition Tactics in IRAQ
    U.S. and Iraqi officials are seeing a shift in violence in Iraq from mass car bombings to assassinations using magnetic bombs, weapons with silencers ... more

    Iraqi PM Will Not Go to Parliament or Sign U.S. Deal


    U.S. threatens and blackmails IRAQ - Agree to Our Terms Or Else!
    "It was really shocking for us. Many people are looking to this attitude as a matter of blackmailing."

    Deadlock Over U.S. Stay in IRAQ
    Nonetheless, the Iraq government considers the changes crucial. "There is no third option, either the agreement or extending the UN resolution which ... more

    In Israel It's 3 to 1 - McCain in a Landslide
    An Israeli pollster says that if the country were on the U.S. election map, it would be bright red. A survey of Americans in the Holy Land released T ... more

    CIA led mystery Syria raid that killed terrorist leader


    Moshe Arens - Take Down That Wall?
    But some will argue that the fence around the Gaza Strip works. Well, hardly. The terrorists have found ways of outwitting our politicians. Terror is ... more

    BBC - New film: JERUSALEM: EAST SIDE STORY


    McCain, Obama, Khalidi
    How interesting. Here we have someone purportedly working on behalf of the Palestinian people who was being funded by the Republican Republican Insti ... more

    Suheir Hammad: Poet and author


    Suheir Hammad on "Salt of This Sea"
    October 27, 2008: Star of the first film ever to be written and directed by a Palestinian woman speaks on Palestine

    'I fell in love with a female assassin'
    They met on a train and fell in love. Then Jason P Howe discovered that his girlfriend Marylin was leading a secret double life – as an assassin for r ... more

    Livni Vs Bibi - and the future of Israel and the Middle East


    McCain's Last Ditch Effort: Tying Obama To Muslim World
    John McCain's campaign is making what appears to be a final, full-throated effort to paint Barack Obama as a sympathizer with the Muslim world. In the ... more

    McCain's Last Ditch Effort: Tying Obama To Muslim World


    Hidin Biden


    US says attack on village was 'warning to Syria'
    An unprecedented US airborne attack on a Syrian village was intended to send a warning to Damascus to take stronger action against Iraq-bound foreign ... more

    U.S. Worst Presidents


    Accuracy of Polls Questionned


    Found in a rundown Boston estate: Barack Obama’s aunt Zeituni Onyango


    Hillary Clinton dissmed MOVE ON


    Pakistan's New American Amb


    US Trying to Coopt the Taliban While Sending More Special Ops
    For those who wanted Omar Muktar (Anthony Quinn) in LION OF THE DESERT, they'll understand what this U.S. ploy is all about.

    Effort aims to counter Christian Zionism
    Before the year is up, nearly 45 million people will get more than a sermon at their churches -- they'll get a brochure titled "Why We Should Be Conce ... more

    Tina Fey and Sarah Silverman: the new queens of comedy - And Hitchens Again


    Palin's Far-Out Alaska Christianity
    But this kind of rhetoric is unexceptional in conservative evangelical churches, where Christians are taught to think of themselves as soldiers in the ... more

    Clinton on Obama's arrogance and elitism back in April 2008


    Allies of Palestinians see a friend in Barack Obama
    Today, five years later, Obama is a U.S. senator from Illinois who expresses a firmly pro-Israel view of Middle East politics, pleasing many of the J ... more

    Obama's Plays His "Jewish Kinship" back in April in PA
    It was a critical time with Obama trying to beak Clinton in the PA Primary.

    McCain campaign accuses L.A. Times of 'suppressing' Obama video
    The Times says its promise to a source prevents the paper from posting the video, which shows Barack Obama praising Palestinian activist Rashid Khalid ... more

    Iraq's blast walls become canvases
    'We want to create a sense of beauty amid this violence,' says Asad Sagheer of Baghdad University's College of Fine Arts. So the gray safety barriers ... more

    SYRIA: Attack's aftershocks continue
    But in the end, the operation may wind up being more trouble than it was worth as repercussions continue to reverberate in the Middle East and through ... more

    ISRAEL: Politics' wheel of misfortune


    Palestinian College Student Makes Pro-Obama Calls to America From Gaza Strip
    "I think the Senator Obama achieve the peace in the world and in my area. For the peace, please elect Senator Obama. Thank you very much." < ... more

    Arrested American woman felt the tug of Iran
    Esha Momeni was playing with fire when she returned to Tehran from Southern California to work on a project about women's rights.
    Arrested American woman felt the tug of Iran
    Esha Momeni was playing with fire when she returned to Tehran from Southern California to work on a project about women's rights.
    Iraq condemns U.S. assault on Syria from Iraq
    The Cabinet also approves changes to a proposed security deal, including giving Iraq the right to determine whether any U.S. soldier suspected of comm ... more

    Pakistan to U.S. - STOP IT!
    The Pak government is confused and compromised; maybe fatally so. On the one hand it is dependent on the Americans -- especially when it comes to mon ... more

    McCain camp demands L.A. Times release video


    Asking if OBAMA is a Marxist.


    PALESTINE HISTORY - TIMES ON LINE


    Why McCain is getting hosed in the press


    Both Afghanistan and Pakistan Could Topple to Anti-U.S. Forces
    Try this for a nightmare scenario -- a witch's brew of Taliban and Al Qaeda, using the mountain region between the two countries as a sanctuary, succe ... more

    Taliban insurgents shoot down U.S. helicopter in Afghanistan


    Effigy of Sarah Palin hanging by a noose creates uproar in West Hollywood
    A West Hollywood Halloween display showing a likeness of Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin hanging by a noose has caused a furor among ... more

    Bi-Weekly Declares OBAMA WINS


    Bi-Weekly Declares OBAMA WINS


    Abraham Burg's Major 2007 Interview
    "I am a human being, I am a Jew and I am an Israeli. Zionism was an instrument to move me from the Jewish state of being to the Israeli state of being ... more

    Biden Compares Attacks on Obama with Past Great Presidents
    Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden on Monday cast White House hopeful Barack Obama with presidential giants, likening attacks against hi ... more

    Dem Chairman Calls for One-Party Rule
    “Republicans had a chance to rule. They failed miserably. I think it’s time to give the other party a chance,” Dean said on MSNBC.
    Avraham Burg’s New Zionism
    Avraham Burg’s New Zionism Editor’s Notebook By J.J. Goldberg Wed. Jun 13, 2007 Article tools Text size: Larger

    WE ARE REACHING A BREAKING POINT - Top Economist
    “Even using the nuclear option of guaranteeing everything, providing unlimited liquidity, nationalising the banks, making clear that nobody of importa ... more

    LATEST SCURILOUS SLANDER OF OBAMA. The Twisted Hook Headline: LA Times Refuses to Release Video of Obama Toasting Ex-PLO Operative
    This is one of the worst examples of twisted slanderous "journalism". Of course it's FOX News, Daniel Pipes, Drudge Report, and in this case Breitba ... more

    Program: How to run Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex from a flash drive


    At the U.N., Many Hope for an Obama Win


    '60s leftist William Ayers: Time for GOP to get over it


    The B-Cast: LA Times Refuses to Release Video of Obama Toasting Ex-PLO Operative
    It's a terribly false and inflammatory headline. Turns out the "Ex-PLO Operative" is the Columbia University Professor Rashid Khalidi who now holds t ... more

    Loosing in Afghanistan and Anxious about Pakistan the U.S. and the Taliban May Be Talking
    The United States is considering taking part in talks with elements of the Taliban in a sharp change in tactics in Afghanistan, the Wall Street Journa ... more

    Obama Campaign Blames Fox News & Drudge Report for ‘Fake News Controversy’
    “This is a fake news controversy drummed up by the all-too-common alliance of Fox News, the Drudge Report and John McCain, who apparently decided to c ... more

    NKorea threatens to turn SKorea into 'debris'
    "The puppet authorities (Seoul) had better bear in mind that the advanced pre-emptive strike of our own style will reduce everything... to debris, n ... more

    1948 - ISRAEL IS BORN - THE TIMES OF LONDON


    Ayers Speaks...and Runs...


    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/25/AR2008102502011_pf.html


    Burg: Zionism is Futile


    Former Head of Jewish Agency Rejects 'Jewish State'


    Forward Blogs


    Complete Abraham Burg Interview: Leaving the Zionist Ghetto


    Burg: Defining Israel as a Jewish state is the key to its end


    Burg: Defining Israel as a Jewish state is the key to its end


    Interview with Avraham Burg on France24


    US/UK/Jordan Palestinian Force Starts Arrests in Hebron Area


    Ahmadenijad and Larry King


    Bibi Rushing to fill the political void


    Tehranologist: Money, money, and money
    Those are the three things the world stands on, according to a Yiddish proverb. But since the oil price has fallen from nearly $150 per barrel to less ... more

    Syrians Warn U.S.
    A US military raid inside Syria was an act of "criminal and terrorist aggression", Syria's foreign minister said today Speaking at a news conference ... more

    I just feel so angry. So angry' says Mother of murdered aid worker


    Peres Invites than Disinvites Cat Stevens


    Palin; "We look forward to ... working with your Jewish Agency."
    "Unfortunately, I think John McCain might be added to that long list of Arizonans who ran for president but were never elected," McCain's fellow senat ... more

    Hamas Tells Abbas Leave Power In January As Required!


    Obama Better for ISRAEL = Congressman Howard Berman in JP
    I AM convinced that Barack Obama is also a true friend of Israel. Why do I say that? The people who know him best, the hard-nosed, tough-minded leader ... more

    IRANIANS Officials Talk of Retaliating Against UK and ISRAEL
    As is usually the case; these twisted reports come from Israeli and Mossad sources, in this case THE JERUSALEM POST: During a visit to Bahrain last W ... more

    Nouriel Roubini: I fear the worst is yet to come
    When this man predicted a global financial crisis more than a year ago, people laughed. Not any more...

    Un Chief Urges Nuclear Powers to Cur Arsenals
    U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the world's nuclear powers on Friday to start negotiations on eliminating nuclear weapons and begin talks to ... more

    Greenspan - In 2007 With His Book He Claimed to Know HOW THE WORLD WORKS
    The most startling and scary admission of all came in October 2008 when before Congress Greenspan was forced to take it all back and say, in actual wo ... more

    Terrorist 'tweets'? US Army warns of Twitter dangers
    A draft US Army intelligence report has identified the popular micro-blogging service Twitter, Global Positioning System maps and voice-changing softw ... more

    Latest Saturday Night Live on Thursdays - Bush in the White House


    Iranian official calls for attack on UK
    Citing some examples he said: "US presidents are usually adventuresome in their second terms... [Richard] Nixon, disgraced by the Watergate scandal; [ ... more

    Double Standard Watch: Who's making these Nazi-like statements?


    Israeli forces in Gaza "willfully kill" journalist


    UN report castigates Israeli abuse of journalists


    Pakistan's man in Washington walks a delicate line
    Husain Haqqani, who has lived in the U.S. since 2002, represents a country whose citizens are wary of the United States, which in turn has deep doubts ... more

    Effort aims to counter Christian Zionism


    Abu Nidal, notorious Palestinian mercenary, 'was a US spy'
    Secret papers claim the feared assassin was hired to find links between Saddam and al-Qa'ida. Robert Fisk reports

    Gaza's 400+ Tunnels - The Story


    Livni: Ahmadinejad speech makes mockery of UN vow of 'never again'


    Wiesel: Ahmadinejad UN speech shows world hasn't learned from Holocaust
    "Ten years ago, and less, the ruler of a country that announced its aspiration for Israel to be wiped off the map would not have dared appear and spea ... more

    John McCain loses temper with defeatist aides as he vows to fight to the last
    John McCain has read the riot act to members of his own campaign staff for their defeatist attitude, making clear that they must join him in fighting ... more

    Bibi tells MEMRI no peace with Syria will last


    Israelis Ask: Have we become Sodom?
    It's true: There are young men - hoodlums, as Ehud Barak terms them, or rioters, to use the media's phrase - who harass Palestinian olive harvesters. ... more

    Syria envoy: Future generations will pay if Israel scuttles peace talks
    "If the Israelis are merely interested in the 'process' and not the 'peace', they will ultimately be held accountable... Future Israeli and Arab gener ... more

    Israeli Game: Will Israel Attack Iran?
    Play the news / Will Israel strike Iran's nuclear sites? By Haaretz.com Staff Tags: playthenews.com, nuclear row In June, former U.S. Ambassador to ... more

    Top Iran officials recommend preemptive strike against Israel
    Safavi said a small, experienced group of officials is lobbying for a preemptive strike against Israel. "The recent Israeli declarations and harsh rhe ... more

    Saudi official presents new Israeli-Palestinian peace plan
    There is clearly a coordinated effort underway between the US-sponsored Arab regimes, Israel, and the U.S, with of course the Palestinian regime spon ... more

    Barak: Israel seriously considering Saudi peace plan


    Discontented Fatah politicos consider launching third intifada
    Palestinian officials admit to receiving assistance from Israel and the United States and have arrested hundreds of Hamas activists and closed down do ... more

    Is Mossad responsible for delaying Iran's attainment of nuclear capability?


    Iranian official: Tehran proud of its support for Hezbollah, Hamas


    Israeli Poisoning of Nasrallah, or Disinformation?
    Nasrallah says its psy warfare; plus of course there's the Iranians saved him angle to this.

    World's Richest Jew and Big McCain Backer Sees Big Loss


    In advance of War with IRAN and Hezbollah Israel Pushes Treaty with Lebanon


    Abbas' forces deploy in Hebron crackdown
    It's another major U.S. and Israeli move to prop up their "Palestinian Authority" and foment even greater Civil War in the occupied territories. more

    Top DHL Americans Gunned Down in Kabul


    Leave Afghanistan? This from Israel's Haaretz
    The departing commander of British forces in Afghanistan, Brig. Mark Carleton-Smith, has claimed that defeating the Taliban is "neither feasible nor s ... more

    US and Israel Send Controlled Palestinian Military Forces into Hebron
    "We are serious and willing to arrest anyone who disturbs law and order ... starting with illegal armed groups and whoever deals with illegal arms," t ... more

    Walt: Cure for Lobbying in Washington?


    GET THIS! Lieberman: I'd try to help a victorious Obama!
    Joe Lieberman! What a Guy! Cheerleader for the political and evangelical right-wing, from Hagee to McCain. For those who don't know he actually was ... more

    Mutilation Story Pushed by McCain Campaign People
    And no doubt these were the people that also pushed the story onto the DrudgeReport, top story with picture for awhile until Drudge backed off as the ... more

    Republican volunteer charged over false claim of mutilation by Obama supporter
    The McCain campaign immediately denounced the attack as “sick and disgusting”, while Barack Obama was forced to issue a statement deploring such behav ... more

    Keating law firm donates $50,000 to McCain campaign
    Campaign finance records have revealed that the law firm founded by Charles Keating - before he went to jail for fraud, racketeering, and conspiracy ... more

    'I made a mistake' admits Alan Greenspan


    Joe 'scared for America' after talking to Obama


    FED Greenspan 'Made A Mistake' - and the world is collapsing!
    The most remarkable phrase from Greenspan has not been focused on: "I misunderstood how the world works"! Just last year Greenspan was being applaud ... more

    eBay buyer faces libel action after leaving negative feedback


    ‘John McCain was never tortured in my jail’, says Tran Trong Duyet. And he's no "War Hero" either!
    “In Vietnam we are taught to honour the whole unit, rather than the individual but I know it is different in America. Even so, I really don’t think th ... more

    The Washington insider who made Obama rich
    Obama became a rich man. But like McCain, he had help: before that deal with Crown, he left his longtime book agent for Robert Barnett, a Washington l ... more

    BIBI Coming Again In Israel -- Shas betting on its renewed alliance with Netanyahu
    In a gushing interview which was published in the official Shas bulletin Yom L'yom on the eve of the holiday of Sukkot, Netanyahu declared that Shas w ... more

    Hamas: 'Jewish Lobby' in U.S. to blame for global financial crisis


    Olmert: Israel must quit East Jerusalem and Golan


    Fingering Alan Greenspan


    Saudi Peace Plan One More Time
    Turki al-Faisal, the former Saudi intelligence director and a member of the royal family, presented a proposal for Israeli-Palestinian peace at a conf ... more

    Dennis Ross on why he's working for Obama and how he'd talk to Iran


    Barak: Israel seriously considering Saudi peace plan


    Dennis Ross on why he's working for Obama and how he'd talk to Iran
    Peres said that while he doesn't "accept all of the Saudi plan and it needs to be negotiated further, its spirit is correct." However, Mubarak openly ... more

    New Gallup poll shows 75% of U.S. Jews plan to vote Obama
    Not surprisingly, the Jewish vote swings heavily in McCain's favor among the Orthodox. According to the survey, the Arizona senator can count on supp ... more

    'Hit a Jew Day' lands St. Louis students in hot water


    Peres Now Says SAUDI Peace Plan Can Bring Peace to Middle East
    Now anyone even marginally familiar with Shimon Peres has to be aware of his Olympic Records for duplicity and double-dealing. Now, with Obama/Biden ... more

    David Frum Has His Say on FOREIGN POLICY Web Exclusive


    Clinton Admits Great Mistakes About World Hunger
    Former President Clinton told a U.N. gathering Thursday that the global food crisis shows "we all blew it, including me," by treating food crops "like ... more

    TOMBOYS Banned by Malaysian Muslims
    Malaysia's main body of Islamic clerics has issued an edict banning tomboys in the Muslim-majority country, ruling that girls who act like boys violat ... more

    TORAH SAGES Say NO - Israeli Elections Coming
    ...The Council of Torah Sages, decided that Shas "will not be able to join the government under these conditions." Elections would throw Israel's poli ... more

    Who's Keeping You in Line Online? Behind the Scenes, Moderators Blow the Whistle on Out-of-Bounds Online Speech
    Behind the Scenes, Moderators Blow the Whistle on Out-of-Bounds Online Speech

    John McCain ‘has 6pc risk’ of dying from skin cancer


    The Hassle-Free Holiday Flying Guide
    Book Like a Pro

    Do five simple things a day to stay sane, say scientists
    A “five-a-day” programme of social and personal activities can improve mental wellbeing, much as eating fruit and vegetables enhances physical health, ... more

    Obama: The Choice - THE NEW YORKER
    At a moment of economic calamity, international perplexity, political failure, and battered morale, America needs both uplift and realism, both change ... more

    35,000 Turn Out for Obama Rally in Leesburg, Va.


    VIDEO - Joe McCain Calls 911 To Complain About Traffic


    JOE McCain (yes another JOE) Calls 911 to Make Traffic Complaint near DC!


    Black Man Atacks White Woman and Scrapes 'B' on Face?
    "The unidentified woman reportedly declined immediate medical attention last night but said she would go to the hospital today."Whether there is any p ... more

    Israeli Pres Peres Tells Arabs WE ACCEPT!


    Meltdown in Pakistan
    "I am coming from toy shop. The birthday of my kid. He was insisting me to get some toys, but I was unable," Asfir said, while walking through an Isla ... more

    Influential Iraq Ayatollah in Iran calls U.S.-Iraqi security pact 'a sin God won't forgive'
    Cleric in Iran Issues Fatwa Against U.S.-Iraqi Pact. Influential ayatollah calls U.S.-Iraqi security pact 'a sin God won't forgive'. The Iranian-bor ... more




    Pentagon Starkly Warns Iraqi Govt
    Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff, who was traveling in Latvia, issued a stark warning to the Iraqis to think ... more

    Biden Warns: Expect Obama Crisis Ahead in 2009


    Dealing with Iraq - Center for American Progress - Headed by Obama Transition Chief


    World Citizens Prefer Obama to McCain by Nearly 4-to


    McCain Running Out of Electoral Math Equations


    McCain - INCOHERENT and SLASHING - TIME Magazine


    Leftie Rachel Maddow Spikes for MSNBC


    Olbermann on REAL AMERICA and Palin


    U.S. Again Fingers IRAN 'training' Hezbollan and 'insurgents'
    Now, more than 80 pages of newly declassified intelligence documents for the first time describe in detail an elaborate network used by Iraqis to gain ... more

    Israeli Web site superimposes swastika on the pope
    A photograph of Pope Benedict XVI emblazoned with a superimposed Nazi swastika appeared Monday on an Israeli Web site run by self-proclaimed supporter ... more

    McCain Palin Preventing top Journalists From Getting on the Plane


    Ms. RunAMuck Joins FOX News
    She's a Neocon (thinly masked), she's Jewish, she's Zionist and Israeli centric, she helped start the Iraq war, she disgraced the New York Times and t ... more

    US Permanent Basing Agreement (masked) Faces Much Opposition
    "I think the main thing is that Maliki is worried about the provincial elections and he doesn't want to be seen as making concessions to the Americans ... more

    Who Put Hate in My Sunday Paper?
    Who Put Hate in My Sunday Paper? Uncovering the IsraeliRepublicanEvangelical Networks Behind the “Obsession” DVD

    Oil Down and Venezuela, Russia, and Iran Wonder
    Now, plummeting oil prices are raising questions about whether the countries can sustain their spending — and their bids to challenge United States he ... more

    Race and Hate Bitterness Stirred by McCain and Drudge
    Beyond this threadbare scare on taxes, all that’s left to McCain is a Rovian appeal to the darkest impulses of the American people. McCain’s tactics, ... more

    Drudge Report Again Singled Out by Top Politicos
    Generally, they needn’t look farther than the Drudge Report, which shamelessly selects information—and disinformation—in order to stereotype Barack O ... more

    Baldwin on Palin, Kissinger, and SNL


    OLPC, One Laptop Per Child, Comes to NYC School System


    Obama


    Why Europeans Love Obama
    INTERVIEW WITH BERNARD-HENRI LÉVY

    Obama Video About Campaign Contributions
    Average Contribution $86. Biggest Groups: Students and Retired. New Contributors in Sept: 632,000 Total Number of Contributors: 3.1 million more

    U.S. Weapons Sales Escalating


    CHINA THREAT! Right-Wing and Neocons Pushing and Harping
    China is a cash-rich communist dictatorship launched on a massive military buildup and brooking no political opposition at home. And yet few expressi ... more

    Petraeus adapted from British techniques for reconciling with IRA


    Now Repubs Want JOE THE PLUMBER to Run for Congress!


    The Family Ties That Bind


    Vatican - Israel Tensions Rising Over Pope Bnedict XVI


    JERUSALEM - Divided, Confused, and Fearful
    On Sept. 21, young Jewish and Palestinian musicians came together for a joint rock concert sponsored by the United States Consulate at the historic Y. ... more

    Baghdad's Walls Coming Down...And What About Israel?


    As Fears Ease, Baghdad Sees Walls Tumble
    “Allah. Homeland. Salary,” reads one piece of protest graffiti painted near an Awakening checkpoint in Dora market, adapting the motto of a feared pa ... more

    Loosing in Afghanistan - Generals Panicking as Anti-U.S. Anti-NATO passions rise


    Sadr's August Offer Dissolves Into Massive Street Protests on 17 Oct


    IRAQ Bleeding U.S. Finances
    A year ago, the Congressional Budget Office estimated the cost of funding the Iraq and Afghanistan wars from 2001-2017 to be around $2 trillion, or mo ... more

    IRAQ Remains EXPLOSIVE and future much in doubt
    the new NIE will reportedly warn that, contrary to the rosy picture of progress stressed by McCain on the campaign trail, the situation in Iraq remain ... more

    Major Anti-U.S. March in Baghdad
    If the "Agreement" is rammed through in one way or another it is setting the stage for what might become an even worse IRAQI CIVIL WAR and/or the brea ... more

    Krugman Predicts Long Hard Recession and Says Get Cracking Govt!
    And this is also a good time to engage in some serious infrastructure spending, which the country badly needs in any case. The usual argument against ... more

    Pakistan on the Brink - Hard Turn to I.M.F. as last resort
    Economic hardship has been mounting across Pakistan for several months. Electricity shortages have become so dire that even middle-class families in b ... more

    Noonan on Palin as Sarah Plays Tina


    Google Profit Increases 26% As Web Giant Cuts Outlays


    CIA Down in George - First Shot in Cold War II Years Ago?
    Fifteen Years Ago, a Bullet Felled CIA Agent Freddie Woodruff. Was It the First Shot in a New Cold War With Russia?

    Huge IRAQ Rally Condemns New U.S. Pact
    "If they tell you that the agreement ends the presence of the occupation, let me tell you that the occupier will retain its bases. And whoever tells y ... more

    Barack Obama vows to 'change the world'
    Barack Obama has vowed that he will "change the world" even as he urged his supporters to guard against complacency.

    WSJ Warms of LIBERAL SUPERMAJORITY!


    Bush Tries Hard to Push Through Military Agreement in IRAQ before U.S. Election
    "I believe the next few days will be crucial for the Iraqi leaders to make a political decision and a judgment on this agreement."
    Top U.S. Sunni Leader Killed in IRAQ as Anti-American Protests Escalate
    Also on Saturday, Iraqi officials said the leader of a U.S.-allied Sunni group that turned against al-Qaida was killed in a drive-by shooting south of ... more

    The Street and Political Battle for IRAQ'S Future Accelerates
    "If they tell you that the agreement ends the presence of the occupation, let me tell you that the occupier will retain its bases. And whoever tells y ... more

    Obama's transition team meets, candidate pushes on


    Farrakhan Says 'New Beginning' For Nation of Islam
    Hmmmm...looks like he just couldn't wait for his fellow Black Chicagoan to get elected to the Presidency. And with his timing maybe he doesn't really ... more

    Farrakhan Says 'New Beginning' For Nation of Islam
    Hmmmm...looks like he just couldn't wait for his fellow Black Chicagoan to get elected to the Presidency. And with his timing maybe he doesn't really ... more

    SNL - Second Presidential Debate


    SNL - First Presidential Debate


    SNL's third presidential debate parody
    Last night's "Saturday Night Live" parody of Wednesday's debate mocked John McCain for having Joe the Plumber as his "imaginary friend." The sketch co ... more

    Karl Marx's book sells as Germany economy sinks
    "It's definitely in vogue right now," Joern Schuetrumpf, the publisher's director, told The Associated Press. "The financial crisis brought us a huge ... more

    Growing Opposition to US Imposed 'Bases Agreement' on IRAQ
    "The agreement that is supposed to be signed between Iraq and the U.S. is more dangerous than the occupation," Sheik Abdul-Sattar Abdul-Jabar told the ... more

    Pakistan Collapsing; Great 'Unrest;' Feared, Expected
    "Bankruptcy, should it happen, could unleash a massive tidal wave of social unrest," the U.S.-based intelligence risk assessment agency Stratfor said ... more

    Desperate Obama Talks JOE THE PLUMBER MORE
    This the featured DrudgeReport story on 17 October 2008 - right at the top with Joe's Picture no less! MCCAIN DEFENDS THE PLUMBER REMARKS IN MIAMI, ... more

    Networks Preparing for How to Do with Early Evening Obama Victory


    Obama, McCain line up for red-state sprint


    Obama Leading In Critical Swing Counties in Swing States


    Bookies Pay Out Early on Obama
    Forget the pollsters. Look to the bookies. Ireland's largest bookmaker, Paddy Power, on Thursday declared the U.S. presidential race over and paid o ... more

    It was Drudge Again - Source of Joe the Plumber for McCain
    A McCain source said Thursday that the campaign read about Wurzelbacher on the Drudge Report... McCain learned the fine print Thursday on the plumber ... more

    Google Ad Advertising Up As Newspapers Keep Going Down


    Obama Puts Foot Soldiers in Red States Like VA


    Rice Urges Israelis To Do More for Palestinians


    Obama Camp Reacts Fast and Furious to Jesse Jackson Zionism and Israel comments


    Obama Camp Responds to Jesse Jackson's Comments on ‘Zionists’
    UPDATE: The McCain campaign has jumped on these comments, with senior foreign policy advisor Randy Scheunemann saying, "According to a prominent Demo ... more

    Rice: I'll leave no stone unturned in pursuit of ME peace
    Though the clock is ticking on the Bush administration and Israel is in political turmoil, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pledged to push for ... more

    Jessie Jackson on Obama, Blacks, Israel, and 'Family
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    Hamas Launches AQSATUBE


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    Syria Establishes Diplomatic Ties With Lebanon


    Dems Pushing for SUPER MAJORITY


    WaMU Execs Spill the Beans -- But only now too late


    Ban confronted Ahmadinejad on speech


    Gordon Brown has saved the world's financial system, says economics Nobel Prize winner


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    Israelis unhappy over Jerusalem plot's return to Russians


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    More Israeli Jews favor transfer of Palestinians, Israeli Arabs - poll finds


    More Israeli Jews favor transfer of Palestinians, Israeli Arabs - poll finds


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    Robert Fisk's Week: Horrors of war our leaders never have to confront


    Who Saw The Economic Crisis Coming?


    Jewish Penthouses Over JERUSALEM


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    Chomsky on the Financial Crisis


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    French army chief agrees Afghanistan 'cannot be won'
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/3166480/French-army-chief-agrees-Afghanistan-cannot-be-won.html

    Analysis: the chances of victory in Afghanistan


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    Secrets of Iraq's death chamber - Robert Fisk
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    How I became a target for Israel's 'Jewish terrorists'
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    Acanchi, which has built its reputation on altering international perceptions of nations such as Lebanon and Bahrain, has been contracted to counter a ... more

    Iran appoints successor to Mughniyeh
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    Unrepentant and Unbreakable - The Time for Mordechai Vanunu is Now


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    Trailer: ‘The Jewish Case Against Barack
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    ‘Time’s Up’: SNL Mocks Brokaw’s Control of the Clock During 2nd Presidential Debate


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    Farrakhan on Obama: 'The Messiah is absolutely speaking'
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    PAK and other Countries About to Go Bankrupt


    US Predator Attack Almost got Senior Taliban and Al-Qaeda Leaders en masse
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    Sarah UNRETOUCHED - Newsweek Criticized


    Another Huge Suicide Attack Against Govt and US in Pak


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    Footage shows freed terrorist Kuntar training with Hezbollah


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    Pak American Protest to Obama


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    Top dozen YouTube gaffes of US election


    Google Rewires Washington in Challenge to Microsoft (Update1)


    Barack Obama 'pseudo controversies' hide racism, news anchor says


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    Carter Condemns Bush Admin for bringing on Economic Crisis
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    ANALYSIS / Thank goodness for McCain and Obama support on Iran


    Bronfman: One can be Jewish without believing in 'Biblical' God


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    From Israel’s narrow focus, America’s next leader is critical


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    Dem strategists see landslide in the making


    Dem strategists see landslide in the making


    Nasrallah: We have not abandoned plan to avenge Mughniyeh
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    Obama threatens dire consequences if Iran doesn't change its ways


    Another Major Attack in "Secure" Islamabad


    Race and the Election - Obama Up Rather Than Down


    Best Buy Gets the Blues


    Report: Taliban Ready to End War, Break with Qaeda (Update)


    White House anger after judge sets free 17 Chinese Muslims held in Guantanamo for seven years 'without evidence'


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    New Gmail feature called 'Mail Goggles' might prevent email regrets


    Kashmir separatist fury over Pakistan president's 'terrorist' tag


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    Palin may be related to Princess Diana and Roosevelt


    Military Spending Now At World War II Levels


    POLITICO - The worst debate ever


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    Cindy McCain Unloads on Obama


    OPEC Calls Emergency Meeting As Prices Slide


    CBS - McCain Camp Better Organized and Helpful to Press


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    Economic woes may give planet a breather


    US-Iraq security pact faces hurdles
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    Gates Tells Allies to send More Troops to Afghanistan


    2 American Journalists Maybe Kidnapped in Lebanon


    Biden Introduced as Next Vice President ‘Joe McCain’


    Attacks on Christians in Iraqi city raise concern


    Indictment for Breaking into and reading Palin's Email


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    Race-Baiting And Xenophobia - NYTimes Attacks McCain/Palin Campaign
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    'Left in Dark Times: A Stand Against the New Barbarism' by Bernard-Henri Levy
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    Economic Stress Out Now Common
    More Than 3/4 Of Men And Women Report Unhealthy Side Effects From Ongoing Financial Crisis

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    FOX and right-wing talk all about OBAMA'S "Terrorist" Connections!


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    AIG St. Regis Hotel Invoice - Week After BAILOUT


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    US Threatens To Seize Iraqi Billions Unless "Long Term" Agreement is Signed
    "Washington threatened to use any means to seize Iraqi assets if we do not support the security pact," Talabani was quoted as saying.
    American financier kills his family and himself after losing fortune in credit crunch


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    June 2007 - AIPAC Spy Trial Delayed Again


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    Bail Out the Homeowners! Why Paulson's Plan is a Fraud


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    Hollywood goes political as election nears


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    Meltdown Monday after U.S. Congress Acted Last Friday


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    Did Vladimir Lenin Predict The Banking Disaster Of 2008?


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    French FM Predicts Israel will EAT and/or HIT IRAN
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    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/sarahpalin/3127313/Sarah-Palin-porn-film-made-by-Larry-Flynt.html


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    Palin Plays Michigan....and McCain


    Report: North Korea developed nukes for Iran at bombed Syrian facility


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    Palestinian Authority on alert for Hamas takeover of West Bank
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    Israel: North Korea supplying weapons to six Mideast states


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    Whats missing however is any concern about the fairness of the very structure of the debate. The Obama and McCain campaigns jointly negotiated a detai ... more

    New Yorker Endorses Obama


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    Obama’s Risky Pakistan Strategy


    The Vice Presidency — By the Numbers


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    She's spoken up harshfully and rightly about the failures of the main stream media and of top officials in the U.S. Government. Now it's payback time ... more

    Russia Warns Georgia against Support for US War on in Iran
    Moscow said that the involvement of Georgia by the United States into a military operation against Iran will pose an additional threat to Russia's nat ... more

    Ramallah real estate boom sends prices skyrocketing


    Ex-IDF chief: Israel can't avoid a military confrontation with Iran
    "Today, we in the West are facing the same situation, the lack of decisiveness towards a threat that is no less severe than that which Hitler posed in ... more

    Abbas says 'no' to Olmert


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    An international summit is to be held in Egypt in November, with representatives from Israel, the Palestinian Authority and the members of the Quartet ... more

    ADL: Financial crisis sparking anti-Semitic upsurge on Internet


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    Israel is wary of the deployment of the new US high-powered radar facility in the Negev, officials were quoted as saying Thursday. The X-Band Radar ... more

    Retro: Sabra and Shatilla More Than 25 Years After


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    VP hopefuls push for two-state solution
    "A two-state solution is the solution," she said. "Trying to forge that peace, that needs to be done, that will be a top-of-an-agenda item, also, unde ... more

    Israel: The Older You Are The Less You Pray


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    Iran hints at nuclear rethink if gets guarantees


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    Rights groups report a sharp increase of attacks by West Bank settlers on Palestinians, as well as rising right-wing violence against left-leaning Isr ... more

    Flirting with Palin earns Pakistani president a fatwa
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    Long before Mr. Hussein was hanged on Dec. 30, 2006, with supporters of Iraq’s new Shiite-led government taunting him as the noose was tightened aroun ... more

    Russia to equip Iran with 'game changer'?


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    Internet forum, blogs rife with newfound wave of 'virulent' anti-Jewish rhetoric tied to ongoing financial calamity. 'Whenever there is trouble or unc ... more

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    Distribution of the controversial Clarion Fund documentary is pegged to 9/11, not the presidential election, the group says. Some see a 1st Amendment ... more

    33 days – Chuck Todd sees race 'at a tipping point'


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    The U.N. ordered children of its international staff to leave the Pakistani capital and other areas it considered unsafe, raising its security level f ... more

    Homer tries to vote for Barack Obama, but runs into a few problems.


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    "The time of domination by one economy and one currency has been consigned to the past once and for all," Medvedev said during a forum alongside Chan ... more

    VP debate moderator's impartiality questioned
    The host of PBS'"Washington Week" and senior correspondent on "The NewsHour" said she did not tell the Commission on Presidential Debates about the bo ... more

    Letterman Keeps on Riping McCain


    McCain and Palin Sow Doubts About Ifill


    Christian 'Creationist' Palin - Dynassoars and Humans Coexisted
    The idea of a "young Earth" -- that God created the Earth about 6,000 years ago, and dinosaurs and humans coexisted early on -- is a popular strain of ... more

    McCain Pre-Blames Moderator Gwne Ifill
    It's a variant of Kill the Messinger. First they put 'Moderator' Ifill on the Defensive. And then, should Palin, stumble and trip, they'll target If ... more

    How and Why Wachovia Fell


    Israelis Say SYRIANS Pursuing Nukes
    According to the report, Israeli military sources told the London-based paper that following the reported airstrike against the nuclear reactor at Al- ... more

    IRAN 2-5 Years From Nuclear Weapons
    Iran is two years to five years away from being able to produce a nuclear weapon, the former head of the US weapons-hunting team in Iraq said Wednesda ... more

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    Iran is two years to five years away from being able to produce a nuclear weapon, the former head of the US weapons-hunting team in Iraq said Wednesda ... more

    Olmert's Political Death Bed Conversion
    "Anyone who says he was mistaken for 35 years cannot be believed," Eldad said. "He is just saying it to find favor with the left-wing judges so that h ... more

    Quartet 'creating power vacuum' in Middle East


    Massive Arms Sales of Newest Jet Fighters to Israel
    A Pentagon official said Wednesday that the sale of the stealth jets to Israel was essential to American national interests and was meant to ensure th ... more

    Khamenei: Iran will stand by Hamas, 'holy warrior' Haniyeh
    Khamenei said Israel "has weakened day by day ... Today, officials of the Zionist regime acknowledge that they are moving towards weakness, destructio ... more

    Would-be bomber - 15-year old girl


    Quartet 'creating power vacuum' in Middle East
    The international community is "losing its grip" on the Middle East peace process and failing to improve the appalling living conditions for Palestini ... more

    Bill Clinton Slams Palin, Shows Fire For Obama
    "So he's got a better philosophy. He's got better answers. He's got a better understanding, and better advisers on these complex economic matters. He' ... more

    Why propping up banks will not rescue a debauched financial system


    New Pentagon Report: Prepare for Conflict with CHINA!
    The United States needs new weapon systems, including missile defenses and other advanced military capabilities, to deter and counter China's steady b ... more

    Iranian leaders says Israel defeat ”absolute”


    Palin says she represents 'Joe Six-pack'
    "It's time that normal Joe Six-pack American is finally represented in the position of vice presidency," the Republican vice presidential candidate to ... more

    An 800-number for Just $10 a Month


    McCain Turns Defensive, Sarcastic, Irritable over Palin Questions
    When it was suggested that Palin's lack of experience worried voters, McCain turned sarcastic. "Really? I haven't detected that in the polls, I have ... more

    THE END OF ARROGANCE - America Loses Its Dominant Economic Role
    The banking crisis is upending American dominance of the financial markets and world politics. The industrialized countries are sliding into recession ... more

    Putin Lashes Out at AMERICANS with Pretensions to Global Leadership
    “Everything that is happening in the economic and financial sphere has started in the United States. This is a real crisis that all of us are facing," ... more

    Pakistan spy chief replaced amid ‘double game’ suspicions


    British envoy says mission in Afghanistan is doomed, according to leaked memo
    The official version of the US-led campaign in Afghanistan received a blow today with a leaked report that the British Ambassador in Kabul believes th ... more

    What it's like to debate Sarah Palin


    The New President of Pakistan - Already an Assassination Target Less Than a Month in Office - ‘On the Record’
    If you missed last night’s ON THE RECORD, here is your chance to watch our interview with new Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari … check out what he ... more

    USA 2008: The Great Depression


    Israel will have to reinstate pre-1967 border for peace deal, Olmert admits
    Israel will have to reinstate pre-1967 border for peace deal, Olmert admits

    Palin Unable to Name One News Source She Reads
    Asked what newspapers and magazines she reads, Palin - a journalism major in college - could not name one publication. "I've read most of them, agai ... more

    Osama Bin Laden: Terrorist and...Wedding Poet?
    The pending publication of Osama Bin Laden's poetry in the academic journal Language and Communication next month is sparking some debate. While the p ... more

    Former Top CIA Official Imprisoned


    Palin New Yorker Cover (Remember the one of Obama and wife)?


    Sarah Palin gets painted in full, and nothing's conservative about it
    "I've been following her religiously," he said Monday at the bar. "I had never heard of her before, like everyone else. I find her bizarrely fascinati ... more

    Commentary: Bankruptcy, not bailout, is the right answer


    McCain's Cancer and Health


    Western World Becoming Significantly Less Wealthy


    US Sends Secret Radar and US Military Technicians to Israel

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