The Growing Military-Industrial Complex in Asia

Often what is hidden in our world is so simply because no cares or thinks to look. Yes, a fair amount of attention has recently been given to the staggering new Pentagon budget request, the largest since World War II, that the Bush administration has just submitted to...

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Hobbled in Kabul

Speaking to a friendly crowd at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) last week, President Bush declared: "The Taliban, al-Qaeda, and their allies are on the run." Although he wasn't declaring victory ("Afghanistan has a long road...

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Tuesday: 46 Iraqis Killed, 18 Wounded

Updated at 7:35 p.m. EST, Feb. 12, 2008As Coalition and Iraqi forces secure more areas in Iraq, the number of mass graves found has increased. The latest was found in Muqdadiyah, while several more bodies were discovered scattered around Baquba. Overall, at least 46...

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Iran and the US: A History of Mistrust

By his own admission, U.S. Ambassador John W. Limbert's ordeal as a captive during the Iranian hostage crisis began with a monumental failure of negotiation. "In 1979, somebody thought it would be a good idea to the let the shah [of Iran] into the U.S. for...

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US-Backed Groups Challenge Iraqi Government

BAQUBA - U.S.-backed Sunni militants have challenged the U.S.-backed Iraqi government in Baghdad and demanded political power after two women were killed by government forces. Tensions rose earlier this month when men dressed in Iraqi security personnel uniforms...

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In Iraq, Learning Can Be Dangerous

BAQUBA - University professors now enjoy increased pay, but in the face of threats and isolation, there is little they are able to do in the world of academics. All that has gotten better is the pay. Under the regime of former dictator Saddam Hussein – and...

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SecDef Torn Between Bush and Military Over Iraq

As the man responsible for the health and strength of the U.S. military, Pentagon chief Robert Gates is increasingly finding himself between the devil and the deep blue sea. On the one hand, there's the devil in his Iraq-obsessed boss, President George W. Bush, who...

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God vs. Elliott Abrams

Back in June 2003 Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas and Foreign Minister Nabil Shaath came to the White House to meet President Bush for the first time. Shaath relates that Bush told his visitors during their meeting in the Oval Office that God had commanded...

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Bush Calls on France for Help

"We support the troops!" That's the excuse the Democrats have given for continuing to fund Bush's aggression against Iraq and Afghanistan. But, of course, war funding doesn't support the troops. War funding supports an evil machine that chews up and spits...

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