While world attention is focused on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a crisis is brewing among Israel’s own Arab citizens. "This is not a democracy, it is an ethnocracy," complains Assad Ghanem, senior lecturer in political science at Israel’s Haifa University. Ghanem is an Arab Israeli, a descendent of the indigenous population that did not flee, or …
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For the fourth time in the past 100 years, U.S. army boots are marching on Haitian soil. Humvee armored cars rumble down the main boulevards of the capital and camouflaged tanks train their long cannons towards the pedestrians and drivers who pass the proud gleaming white National Palace and stately prime minister’s office. When President …
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It took barely 24 hours for the spirit of celebration over the fact that the Iraqi Governing Council’s unanimous approval of a relatively liberal – at least on paper – interim constitution to be overshadowed by a series of attacks and explosions that left about 280 Iraqi Shiites dead on the festival of Ashoura, the …
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Aesop once told the story of a jaybird that ventured into a yard where peacocks used to walk. There the jay found a number of feathers fallen from the majestic birds when they had last molted. He tied them all to his tail and strutted toward the peacocks. His cheat was quickly discovered, and the …
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The Bush administration’s role in facilitating the ouster of Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide came under sharp and sustained attack by Democrats in Congress Wednesday, while leaders of the of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) called for an independent investigation into the circumstances that led to his exile aboard a U.S.-chartered jet Sunday. In an unusually rancorous …
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Although Chilean President Ricardo Lagos won authorization from the Senate to send army troops to join the multinational force in Haiti, the fact that he announced the decision before seeking congressional approval ruffled feathers among both his ruling coalition and the opposition. The first contingent of 120 special forces troops will travel Wednesday to the …
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The killing of 13 civilians in Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) bordering Afghanistan by Army personnel hunting the Taliban, has fuelled fears of a revolt in the fiercely independent region that could easily derail the war on terror. There were conflicting accounts about the incident that occurred near Wana town in South Waziristan over …
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The troubled Balkans pot continues to simmer. In Macedonia, people mourn the death of President Trajkovski, whose plane crashed in the highlands of Herzegovina last Thursday. Meanwhile, the Empire once again protects Kosovo Albanian separatists from facing arrest, while condemning the new Serbian government for refusing further extraditions to the kangaroo court in The Hague. …
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Best Collection of Lies I enjoy Antiwar.com, which I recommend to everyone over here in Malaysia as proof positive that not every American is a stark raving loonball. A majority, yes. All of us, no. My question is where can be found the best collection of lies uttered by our president and his men re …
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An interview conducted by “Philip Dru.” Check out his other interviews with prominent libertarians and antiwar personalities. Recorded February 28, 2004 WMV format (requires Windows Media Player) MP3 format (download requires any MP3 player)Ivan Eland is a Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute, the Director of The Center on Peace and Liberty, and OnPower.org.
