Pakistan says next US leader must stop attacks

Pakistan's prime minister today said that whoever is elected as the new US president later today must stop the attacks and cross-border raids into sovereign Pakistani territory. The comments signal that the new leadership in Pakistan is set to try to forge a very different...

Chomsky on World Ownership

"Chomsky on World Ownership Michael Shank | January 23, 2008 Editor: John Feffer Email this page to a friend Comment on this article Foreign Policy In Focus www.fpif.org Noam Chomsky is a noted linguist, author, and foreign policy expert. On January 15, Michael Shank...

Why Does Norman Podhoretz Hate America?

"Norman Podhoretz's new book, World War IV: The Long Struggle Against Islamofascism, is a hate-filled, anti-American book of the first order. Podhoretz hates every American who does not support the neoconservatives' views, the foreign policy they have devised, and the...

Norma Gabler, Leader of Crusade on Textbooks, Dies at 84

"Norma Gabler, a Texas homemaker who recoiled at material in her children’s textbooks and became the public face of a crusade with her husband to rid schoolbooks of content they considered antifamily, anti-American and anti-God, died on July 22 in Phoenix. She was 84."

Influx of Al Qaeda, money into Pakistan is seen

"WASHINGTON — A major CIA effort launched last year to hunt down Osama bin Laden has produced no significant leads on his whereabouts, but has helped track an alarming increase in the movement of Al Qaeda operatives and money into Pakistan's tribal territories, according to...

America’s Wahhabi Invasion - Forewarned is Forearmed

“The Wahhabi Invasion of America” " Reza F. Safa, author of Inside Islam, estimates that since 1973, the Saudi government has spent an unbelievable $87B to promote Wahhabism in the United States, Africa, Southeast Asia and Europe" "In these Wahhabi texts, Islam is...

Mahdi Army lowers its profile, anticipating arrival of U.S. troops

"BAGHDAD, Iraq - Mahdi Army militia members have stopped wearing their black uniforms, hidden their weapons and abandoned their checkpoints in an apparent effort to lower their profile in Baghdad in advance of the arrival of U.S. reinforcements. "We have explicit directions...

Top aide to Muqtada al-Sadr killed in Iraqi raid

Got another bad guy in Iraq "A top aide to anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr was killed in a raid by US troops Wednesday in the Shi'ite holy city of Najaf, an Iraqi lawmaker said. The US military, however, said American troops participated in a raid led by Iraqi...

Why Chavez Is a Shoo-in: It's the Economy, Stupid

"Never mind his anti-American theatrics. The Venezuelan president carries the support of the majority because they believe he's eased their poverty. Listening to his campaign speeches, you might think Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was running against George Bush —...