US Turns to Arab Dictators to Contain Hezbollah

The United States is using authoritarian Arab leaders, who fear that Iran could export its revolutionary political model to their disgruntled populations and are concerned about Washington's reprisal against them à la Saddam Hussein in Iraq, as a buffer between...

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Cost of Terror War Hits $430 Billion

Washington's self-styled "Global War On Terrorism" has cost the country at least 430 billion dollars over the past five years in military and diplomatic efforts, according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the watchdog arm of the U.S. Congress. The GAO...

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In US, Not All Casualties Are Equal

Numerous U.S. groups, intellectuals, politicians and media outlets are mobilizing in the United States to back Israel in its ongoing assault on neighboring Lebanon with one main idea to promote – that Israel is always the victim. On Sunday morning, millions of...

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US Shuts Eyes to Abuses of Key Ally Egypt

The George W. Bush administration has called on the U.S. Congress to keep annual aid to Egypt of nearly $2 billion intact for the next fiscal year, despite a massive crackdown on pro-democracy activists and suppression of political dissent in the country. On May 19...

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US Firms Fear Blowback on Ports Debacle

U.S. lawmakers who killed a deal that would have transferred management of terminals in six U.S. ports to an Arab company say they will forge ahead with legislation targeting foreign ownership of critical U.S sectors. The plans sent shockwaves through U.S. business...

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Donors Threaten Aid Cut After Hamas Win

International donors whose funds sustained the Palestinian Authority for much of its life, and who are now alarmed at the win of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in the Palestinian parliamentary elections, could cut off their aid, effectively threatening to...

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China Oil Bid Tests US Free-Market Rhetoric

An unsolicited bid by the Chinese National Offshore Oil Co. (CNOOC) to buy Unocal, a major U.S. oil company, has put Washington's free-market rhetoric to the test, with disappointing results, some analysts say. The global economic rules set by the victors of World War...

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