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UNITED NATIONS – The U.S. administration has sought to keep a tight focus on the suspected nuclear activities of Iran and North Korea at month-long talks here on the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). But other countries also have highlighted the impact of Israel’s nuclear weapons arsenal on efforts to establish a Middle East nuclear-free zone. … Continue reading “Israeli Arsenal Vexes Nuclear Negotiators”

The U.S. government is engaging in political intimidation and improperly investigating law-abiding advocacy groups, civil liberties groups have charged – even as the U.S. Senate weighs renewing controversial counter-terrorism powers and the White House seeks to have them expanded. The government’s Joint Terrorism Task Forces, composed of federal and local law enforcement agencies and scattered … Continue reading “Govt Sued Over ‘Political Abuses’ as it Seeks Expanded Security Powers”

If you would like a role model on how a manly person should act in front of politicians and the media, I highly recommend the Honorable George Galloway, a member of the British Parliament. A Senate subcommittee out to discredit the United Nations made the mistake of inviting Galloway to appear before its members. They … Continue reading “More Manly Galloways, Fewer Slimy Colemans”

I regard a war with China – hot or cold – as perhaps the greatest strategic blunder the United States could make, beyond those it has already made. The end result would be the same as that from the 20th century wars between Britain and Germany: it reduced both to second-rate powers. In the 21st … Continue reading “The Worst Blunder Bush Could Make”

An Iranian rebel group that is aggressively campaigning for Washington’s support as part of a "regime change" strategy in its homeland has committed serious abuses, including torture and prolonged isolation, against dissident members, according to a leading human rights watchdog. The group, the Mujahedin-e-Khalq (MEK), insists that it should lead a U.S.-backed effort to bring … Continue reading “Neocons’ Pet Iranian Revolutionaries Accused of Torture”

AMMAN – As with the siege of Fallujah six months back, U.S. claims over the siege of the Iraqi town al-Qa’im are being challenged now by independent sources. The U.S. military claims a “successful” end to the week-long operation earlier this month around al-Qa’im, a town about 320km west of Baghdad close to the Syrian … Continue reading “Observers Challenge US Claims About Iraq Siege”

Dahr Jamail, an independent reporter from Alaska, covered our occupation of Iraq for much of 2004 and the beginning of 2005 before coming home early this year. As a “unilateral,” he was a distinctly atypical figure in Baghdad. Unlike reporters for major papers, wire services, and the TV news, he lacked the guards, vehicles, elaborate … Continue reading “An Iraq Correspondent Comes Home”

Expanded powers and a heightened sense of alert have helped U.S. law enforcers take some dangerous people off the country’s streets since the White House declared its "war on terror." But they also have triggered some bizarre missteps. Take the case of the two 16-year-old Muslim girls arrested in New York and detained in Pennsylvania … Continue reading “Security Missteps Spawn Quirky Cases”

What is perhaps most striking about the tussle between Newsweek and its critics is how similarly the two sides operate in the way they treat the implications that are proper to draw from bare facts. There’s something to what critics like Thomas Sowell say about Newsweek and other minions of the fabled MSM. As Sowell … Continue reading “Looking-Glass Wars”

Correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t believe the United States government would react with anything but unmitigated outrage if 500 to 750 demonstrators in, say, Russia, had been mowed down in cold blood by government troops. Yet here we have in Uzbekistan the biggest massacre since Tiananmen Square, and the Americans are saying… … Continue reading “Uzbekistan: The Revolution Betrayed”