US Arms ‘Bonanza’ in Middle East 

Two of the United States' closest allies in the Middle East, Israel and Saudi Arabia, are on the brink of signing large arms deals with the US in a move designed to ratchet up the pressure on Iran, according to defense analysts.  America has agreed to sell Saudi...

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Homeless Bedouins Take On Israeli Forces

RAMALLAH -- A bruising battle of will is taking place between Israeli security forces and Palestinians recently made homeless after two Palestinian villages were razed and hundreds left homeless. During the last few weeks over a thousand heavily armed Israeli riot...

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UN Chief May Be Heading for Showdown with Israel

When the Israeli government gave its blessings to a U.N. panel of inquiry probing the military attack on a flotilla of ships carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza last May, there was widespread speculation that Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon may have struck a backdoor deal...

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Injured Workers Man Gaza’s Battered Services

GAZA CITY - Outside the battered Civil Defense station in northern Gaza's Jabaliya region, Mohammed Zidan, a seven-year veteran of fire-fighting and rescue services, stands on crutches in front of battered Civil Defense vehicles. Zidan, 31, lost his right leg during...

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War Is Coming

(Interviewed by Louis James, Editor, International Speculator) L: Doug, last time we conversed, you said: "Let's talk about what Clausewitz called 'the extension of politics' next time – I think the odds are increasing that we may see war rear its ugly head again...

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