IDF Cover up proves Israeli Army Cannot investigate Itself.

Palestine: Cover-up of phosphorus shelling in Gaza proves army cannot investigate itself 01-02-2010 B'Tselem: [Israeli human rights group]B’Tselem has sent an urgent letter to the judge advocate general, Maj. Gen. Avichai Mandelblit, demanding that he immediately order...

The Economy: Arms Sales and Missile Defences

While the U.S. economy appears  to be in the tank and there are some $85 Trillion in unfunded Medicare and Medicaid liabilities, it would appear that the Arms Industry seems to be thriving. Some experts...

Kill Us! You’re Only Making Us Stronger

After bidding farewell to one of our great leaders, Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh, we all vow to carry on with his heroic path till we meet him again, not on Earth, but in Paradise. On the 19th of this month (January 2010),...

Israel denies UN charge of Gaza war crimes

Israel submitted its rebuttal on Thursday to a United Nations report accusing it of war crimes within the strikes on Gaza last year.   The rebuttal will focuses on misinformation within the report, and on an anti-Israeli bias,  sources say.  Renowned...

How US set out to destroy Iraq's national identity

EXCERPT: "The 13 authors of this work say the US set out to destroy Iraq’s national identity, reduce and marginalise the educated class and wipe the Iraqi slate clean in order to build from ground zero a weak state which would be dependent on the US. This experiment in...

Aid convoy to Gaza attacked by Egyptian riot police

Last night saw serious clashes as Egyptian riot police used clubs and tear gas to break up protests by international volunteers attempting to deliver medical supplies to Gaza. The 450 participants in the Viva...

TRATEGIC INCOMPETENCE---THE GREATER THREAT?

Spearhead Research AnalysisTo most Americans, with deference to climate change and Iran, the major threat and national security danger to the nation emanates from al Qaeda. Yet, strategic incompetence on our part may be a greater danger. This characteristic is not new. ...

Why is it that USA always seems to appear like the lone ranger?

Yemen is located in Southern Arabia. It is a poor cousin and the source of disruption in the region. Americans should encourage Saudi Arabia to deal with Yemen terrorists and to shore up the government with...

Smile, It's Israel Slaughtering You!

“Why are you angry? All I did was kill your kids, rape your wife, cut your leg off and set your house on fire! What’s the big deal?” “I just beat the devil outta you, why should you hate me?” “Let’s...

Arab Dictatorships Take 4 of Top 5 Spots in Purchase of U.S. Wea

While United States manufacturing exports have been declining, sales of arms and weapons have been flourishing to the point where one could posit that the US military industrial complex is the chief supplier of the the Middle East arms race according to the Congressional...

Gaza, Israel and the New Year

During the siege of Acre in 1799, Bonaparte prepared a proclamation announcing a Jewish state in Palestine. He did not issue it since the siege was lost to the Ottoman Empire and the plan was never carried out....

Gaza aid convoy refused entry by Egypt government

After starting off from places as far afield as Chicago, London, Istanbul and Kuala Lumpur the 200 plus vehicles carrying 450 volunteers from over 20 different countries have remained stranded just a few hundred...

Foreign Policy Commentary Updates

Here are some selected articles providing a foreign policy commentary update for late December, 2009 for those interested in the Middle East, Iraq, and Afghanistan politics A Year Later: Gaza and Israel Both Under Siege by Rami G. Khouri Israel militarily attacked and laid...

Citizen journalism: Media cover band or just bad karaoke

By Barry O'Regan Citizen journalists have been accused of being both, by some in the mainstream media and the public. Then again, there is MSNBC who rely on Citizen journalists to supplement their news and / or...

Iran Revolutionary Guards take over Gulf Naval Forces

An American intelligence report claims that Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps has been given command over Iran's navel operation in the Straights of Hormuz and in the Persian Gulf. With the command transfer,...

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