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A neo-conservative strategist who has long called for the United States and Israel to work together to "roll back" the Ba’ath-led government in Syria has been quietly appointed as a Middle East adviser to Vice President Dick Cheney. David Wurmser, who had been working for Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security John … Continue reading “New Cheney Adviser Sets Syria In His Sights”

Amid rising tensions over Iran’s nuclear program and renewed charges that it is sheltering senior al-Qaeda leaders, including the son of Osama bin Laden, a major international think tank is calling on the administration of President George W Bush to seriously engage Tehran rather than to seek confrontation with it. In a new report entitled … Continue reading “Iran: More Talk, Less Action”

With plummeting morale among the soldiers in Iraq, and dive-bombing poll numbers at home, the administration is planning a gradual reduction in U.S. occupation forces – or are they? The Washington Post announced the “exit strategy” in a front page story in Sunday’s edition: if all goes according to plan, we can look forward to … Continue reading “EXIT STAGE IRAQ?”

HELL (Fox News) – Satan defended Lt. Gen. William Boykin and U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld in a heated press conference Sunday, though he refused to call either man one of his own. “Boykin is doing some great work up there fomenting discord, but more like a dupe than an agent. Heck, he’s probably … Continue reading “Satan Defends General Boykin, Rumsfeld”

Despite a two-week public-relations offensive designed to persuade the world and the U.S. public that it knows what it is doing in Iraq, the Bush administration appears increasingly at sea. That was made clear by a number of developments this week, which were capped Friday by the killings of four more U.S. soldiers in two … Continue reading “Postwar Casualties Rise Amid Disarray in US Plans”

I would like to express my strong opposition to this ill-conceived and ill-timed legislation. This bill will impose what is effectively a trade embargo against Syria and will force the severance of diplomatic and business ties between the United States and Syria. It will also significantly impede travel between the United States and Syria. Worse … Continue reading “Syria Sanctions Will Cut Trade and Peace”

Representatives of a new coalition of prominent foreign-policy scholars and analysts whose political views range from right to centre-left announced here Thursday they hope to spearhead opposition to the imperial policies pursued by the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush. Leaders of the ‘Coalition for a Realistic Foreign Policy‘ charged that the administration is … Continue reading “Thinkers Launch Anti-Empire Drive”

As we pull, and tug at the spam propaganda story – those fake “good news” letters from Iraq sent out to 500 newspapers, signed by different soldiers – the whole fabric of this odd little episode begins to come apart, revealing a whole other layer underneath. The Pentagon, the local commanders, everyone disclaimed any knowledge … Continue reading “GOOGLING THE WAR PARTY”

One of the secrets of Empire’s success is that so many people have a vested interest in it. From the White Marble Throne itself to the lowliest NGO intern in some obscure occupied satrapy, the fact that they represent the Empire gives them power, authority and meaning. It is also a very lucrative source of … Continue reading “Agents of Empire”

The epochal Israeli bombing inside Syria on October 05 has practically rendered the 1974 Disengagement Agreement between the two countries irrelevant. By bombing the purportedly ‘militant training camp’, as portrayed by Israel, near Damascus, the latest act of antagonism flustered the already frantic world media, who were struck as much as the Syrians by the … Continue reading “The March on Damascus: A New Epoch Unfolds”