(CHICAGO) — Some observers call Washington a city of scandals. Lots of intrigue reflects daily life in the nation’s capital. Elected and appointed officials come and go. Most often it’s uneventful. Other times once powerful figures fell from grace or scandals affecting them rose to the level of affixing a “gate” suffix on what happened. […]
(CHICAGO) — Some observers call Washington a city of scandals. Lots of intrigue reflects daily life in the nation’s capital. Elected and appointed officials come and go. Most often it’s uneventful. Other times once powerful figures fell from grace or scandals affecting them rose to the level of affixing a “gate” suffix on what happened. […]
(CHICAGO) — Uniting Netanyahu and Lieberman is bad enough. Combined with Uzi Arad’s influence makes it combustible. More on him below. Netanyahu and Lieberman represent the worst of rogue Israeli leadership. Both are out-of-control warmongers. They’re also war criminals. They deserve prison, not high office. They deplore peace. They spurn democratic values. Why Israelis tolerate […]
(CHICAGO) — Uniting Netanyahu and Lieberman is bad enough. Combined with Uzi Arad’s influence makes it combustible. More on him below. Netanyahu and Lieberman represent the worst of rogue Israeli leadership. Both are out-of-control warmongers. They’re also war criminals. They deserve prison, not high office. They deplore peace. They spurn democratic values. Why Israelis tolerate […]
(MintPress) – President Barack Obama secured a second term in office this week, defeating the Republican challenger Mitt Romney in a resounding victory. While President Obama will likely place the economic recovery as a top issue in his second term, the president has the opportunity to create a new foreign policy based upon respect for national […]
(MintPress) – President Barack Obama secured a second term in office this week, defeating the Republican challenger Mitt Romney in a resounding victory. While President Obama will likely place the economic recovery as a top issue in his second term, the president has the opportunity to create a new foreign policy based upon respect for national […]
President Barack Obama faces a new urgent task now that he has a second term, working with a status-quo Congress to address an impending financial crisis that economists say could send the country back into recession. “You made your voice heard,” Obama said in his acceptance speech, signaling that he believes the bulk of the […]
President Barack Obama faces a new urgent task now that he has a second term, working with a status-quo Congress to address an impending financial crisis that economists say could send the country back into recession. “You made your voice heard,” Obama said in his acceptance speech, signaling that he believes the bulk of the […]
In recent weeks, protesters have called for the United Kingdom to formally recognize Palestine. The U.K. recently discouraged Palestine’s observer status in the United Nations despite the World Bank and the European Union attesting to the analysis that Palestine is ready to be a state. The U.K. has found itself in the impossible position of […]
In recent weeks, protesters have called for the United Kingdom to formally recognize Palestine. The U.K. recently discouraged Palestine’s observer status in the United Nations despite the World Bank and the European Union attesting to the analysis that Palestine is ready to be a state. The U.K. has found itself in the impossible position of […]
Alongside the Washington Post’s latest blockbuster reports on the Obama administration’s drone kill list is a new graphic, depicting US covert strikes since 2002. Based on reports by monitoring organisations, the graphic lists hundreds of US drone strikes in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia, in what the paper says will be a regularly updated project. Also detailed are ‘the […]
Alongside the Washington Post’s latest blockbuster reports on the Obama administration’s drone kill list is a new graphic, depicting US covert strikes since 2002. Based on reports by monitoring organisations, the graphic lists hundreds of US drone strikes in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia, in what the paper says will be a regularly updated project. Also detailed are ‘the […]
By Chris Woods, Alice Ross and Jack Serle Pakistan: Reported casualties from CIA drone strikes in Pakistan double this month compared with September. Agency targets include a North Waziristan madrassa, killing at least 16. Yemen: Thirteen named militants are among those killed in Yemen, with US operations continuing below their May 2012 peak. Somalia: No US drone strikes are again reported from Somalia, […]
By Chris Woods, Alice Ross and Jack Serle Pakistan: Reported casualties from CIA drone strikes in Pakistan double this month compared with September. Agency targets include a North Waziristan madrassa, killing at least 16. Yemen: Thirteen named militants are among those killed in Yemen, with US operations continuing below their May 2012 peak. Somalia: No US drone strikes are again reported from Somalia, […]
