When the Abu Ghraib photos were released in 2004, it seemed that most Americans were shocked by such novel and horrific images, but at least one was not. I'm talking about Alfred McCoy, who had been following the Central Intelligence Agency since the early 1970s, when...
Good Speech. Will Anything Come of It?
U.S. President Barack Obama's eloquent Cairo speech was distinguished by the quality of his previous major speeches, that of speaking as an adult to adults. He promised to say what he thought, and did so on all of the topics he addressed. He was not a comfortable...
Leave China Alone
Sunday: 8 Iraqis Killed, 3 Wounded
Saturday: 10 Iraqis Killed, 19 Wounded
Nuclear Promises
Hamas Leader to Obama: Deeds, Not Words
DAMASCUS -- The head of Hamas's political bureau, Khaled Meshaal, gave a qualified welcome here Thursday to the big speech that Pres. Barack Obama addressed to the Muslim world in Cairo. "The speech was cleverly written in the way it addressed the Muslim world......
Obama To Resurrect NPT Regime?
Obama’s Candor Refreshing; His Policies, Not So Much
Egyptians: ‘Obama Talks Democracy, Endorses Dictatorship’
CAIRO, Jun 5 (IPS) -- Egyptian officials are lining up to praise U.S. President Barack Obama's address to the Islamic world delivered in Cairo Thursday. But local campaigners for political reform say the speech was disappointingly light on the issues of democracy and...