Libya Intervention Threatens the Arab Spring

DOHA - Despite its official U.N.-granted legality, the credibility of Western military action in Libya is rapidly dwindling. Within just 48 hours of the start of the bombing campaign, the U.S. and its allies lost the support of the Arab League. Ironically, one of the...

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Friday: 5 Iraqis Killed, 31 Wounded

Hundreds defied heavy rain to protest in Baghdad’s Tahrir Square and other Iraqi cities. While many were protesting corruption and poor services, some were demonstrating support for Bahraini protests. Meanwhile, at least five Iraqis were killed and 31 more wounded in new and previously reported incidents.
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10 Reasons the US Should Leave Libya NOW

On the eighth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq to oust Saddam Hussein under intentionally false charges of possession of weapons of mass destruction, the American empire struck again, this time in Libya.  Though it strikes me as self-evident that this was a...

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Neocon Foreign Policy

One of the enduring mysteries is why neoconservative foreign policy continues to dominate the Republican Party and also large parts of the Democratic Party even though that policy has been disastrous for the United States.  No one – not even Secretary of Defense...

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