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Before the Iraq war began, the President and his Administration claimed that Saddam Hussein was an immediate threat to the United States. The country had weapons of mass destruction and could use them against America or give them to terrorist groups. The White House talked about mushroom clouds. As we know now, neither nuclear weapons … Continue reading “The Iraq War: Is the United States Better Off?”

It was just last week, on the eve of the bloodiest act of terrorism in Europe’s modern history, that Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director George Tenet warned that the U.S. administration’s optimistic rhetoric on winning the “war on terrorism” was premature. Al-Qaeda has “infected others with its ideology, which depicts the United States as Islam’s … Continue reading “Spanish Blowback: Iraq War Boomerangs”

An interview conducted by Saul Landau on “Hot Talk” radio Cal Poly Pomona. Check out his other interviews. High Bandwidth (DSL or Cable modem): Low Bandwidth (dial-up modem):Leila Farsakh, a Palestinian political economist, is a post-doctoral fellow at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University and research fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of … Continue reading “The Deteriorating Political Economy of Palestine”

It is a key to winning any war that one knows the nature of their opponent. However, from the moment the planes hit the World Trade Center, the United States government has not only made no meaningful effort to understand the nature of its enemy but has sought to obfuscate any understanding of the causes … Continue reading “America’s Financial War on Terror: Fighting for Failure”

My fellow Americans, I’m angry. My blood started bubbling when I read that our government is still paying $340,000 per month to Iraqi National Congress leader Ahmed Chalabi. Chalabi, who calls himself a “hero in error” for spreading distortions that midwifed a war, is pulling down four million a year? Outrageous! After all, the economy’s … Continue reading “Come on Down to the Intelligence Blowout Sale!”

A year after we allowed ourselves to be lied into war with Iraq, what have we got to show for it? Rising casualties, including at least two inflicted by U.S.-trained and subsidized Iraqi police. As many as 10,000 wounded. A bill, so far, of over $100 billion, amid rising deficits, with more on the way. … Continue reading “Iraq: One Year Later”

More than two million people defied the cold and the heavy rain in the Spanish capital Friday, and millions of others came out in the streets all around the country to protest the terrorist attacks on commuter trains in Madrid that left 199 dead and 1,463 injured Thursday. The demonstrations, which drew as many as … Continue reading “12 Million March in Spain Against Terrorism”

Last month, Judge G. Mallon Faircloth sentenced me to three months in prison for participating in a November, 2003 peaceful protest, organized by the School of the Americas Watch (SOAW), at Fort Benning, GA. During three days of trial, 27 activists offered moving testimony about why they carried crosses and coffins onto the base. Defendants … Continue reading “The Further Invention of Nonviolence”

Washington’s policymakers might believe they have scored a diplomatic coup of sorts in South Asia by reportedly reaching a deal with Pakistan to allow US troops to be deployed in Pakistan to hunt down Osama bin Laden. This deal with Pakistan President Gen. Pervez Musharraf is supposedly in return for the pardon that Musharraf gave … Continue reading “US Move Is Bad News for South Asian Security”