Gap Grows Between US, World Public Opinion

Mistrust of the United States, particularly US President George W. Bush, has grown steadily in western Europe over the past 10 months while anti-American sentiment in the Arab world remains pervasive, says a major new public-opinion poll of nine countries. Large...

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The Meaning of Madrid

The neocons wanted a new world war – and now they have it. That is the meaning of the Madrid attacks, in which 201 people were killed and over a thousand wounded, for which Al Qaeda has taken responsibility. In the run-up to the invasion and occupation of Iraq,...

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The Iraq War: Is the United States Better Off?

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...

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Spanish Blowback: Iraq War Boomerangs

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....

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The Deteriorating Political Economy of Palestine

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...

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Come on Down to the Intelligence Blowout Sale!

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...

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