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US puts its faith in Pakistan's military
Seeded on Thu Nov 5, 2009 3:03 PM EST (atimes.com)
Abdullah Abdullah, who this week withdrew from the presidential election runoff in Afghanistan, thereby handing victory to the incumbent, Hamid Karzai, did so under pressure from the United States, Asia Times Online has learned.
Obama and the U.S. Strategy of Buying Time
Seeded on Mon Nov 2, 2009 6:45 PM EST (stratfor.com)
Making sense of U.S. President Barack Obama's strategy at this moment is difficult. Not only is it a work in progress, but the pending decisions he has to make -- on Iran, Afghanistan and Russia -- tend to obscure underlying strategy.
The idiot twins of American idealism
Seeded on Mon Nov 2, 2009 3:46 PM EST (atimes.com)
We have to focus on core interests and concentrate on those countries that have the competence and will to assist us in pursuing our core interests. Most of the world will ruin itself quickly enough without our help.
Taliban take over Afghan province
Seeded on Wed Oct 28, 2009 2:10 PM EDT (atimes.com)
The United States has withdrawn its troops from its four key bases in Nuristan, on the border with Pakistan, leaving the northeastern province as a safe haven for the Taliban-led insurgency to orchestrate its regional battles.
Tensions Grow Between Turkey and the West
Seeded on Wed Oct 28, 2009 1:52 PM EDT (The New York Times)
Turkey is reaching out to predominantly Muslim countries with a vigor not seen in years, a longstanding question is vexing the United States and Europe: Is this large, secular Muslim country turning East instead of West?
Nuristan's new leader
Seeded on Wed Oct 28, 2009 1:42 PM EDT (atimes.com)
Qari Ziaur Rahman, the Taliban commander who has just assumed control of Nuristan province, represents the new breed of anti-United States leaders. Syed Saleem Shahzad interviewed him last year.
Resignation Letter from Matthew P. Hoh
Seeded on Wed Oct 28, 2009 1:14 PM EDT (AntiWar.com)
It is with great regret and disappointment I submit my resignation from my appointment as a Political Officer in the Foreign Service and my post as the Senior Civilian Representative for the US Government in Zabul Province.
Afghan Insurgents: Terrorists, or Tea Partiers?
Seeded on Wed Oct 28, 2009 12:56 PM EDT (AntiWar.com)
In waging its war in Afghanistan, the Obama administration faces a big problem, and his name is Hamid Karzai. This fashion plate, whose name has become synonymous with corruption, claims to be the president of Afghanistan, but this is a double fiction.
U.N. Isn't Addressing Fraud in Afghan Election
Seeded on Wed Oct 28, 2009 12:50 PM EDT (The Washington Post)
Before firing me last week from my post as his deputy special representative in Afghanistan, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon conveyed one last instruction: Do not talk to the press. In effect, I was being told to remain a team player after being thrown off the team.
Obama Still Doesn't Grasp Blowback
Seeded on Wed Oct 28, 2009 12:12 PM EDT (AntiWar.com)
President Barack Obama doesn't seem to understand specifically that U.S. meddling in and occupation of Muslim countries inflames Islamic radicals and is the main cause of blowback anti-U.S. Islamist terrorism.
A Few Good Kids?
Seeded on Sat Oct 24, 2009 4:34 AM EDT (MotherJones.com)
This little-known regulation effectively transformed President George W. Bush's signature education bill [No Child Left Behind] into the most aggressive military recruitment tool since the draft.
Skewed Up Recovery
Seeded on Tue Sep 29, 2009 4:39 PM EDT (atimes.com)
Unemployment continues to rise and poverty to deepen; foreclosures increase and house price declines also continue. Thus, the real economic situation for the least affluent 80% of Americans continues to decline amidst the recovery.
The American Conservative -- Who's Afraid of Sibel Edmonds?
Seeded on Tue Sep 29, 2009 4:12 PM EDT (amconmag.com)
On Aug. 8, Sibel Edmonds was finally able to testify under oath in a court case filed in Ohio and agreed to an interview with The American Conservative based on that testimony.
Obama more successful on terrorism -security adviser
Seeded on Tue Sep 1, 2009 1:11 AM EDT (Reuters)
The United States is having more success fighting terrorism under President Barack Obama partly because of his "radically different" approach to foreign policy, National security adviser Jim Jones said on Monday. "We have better human intelligence.
Health Care Fit for Animals
Seeded on Fri Aug 28, 2009 3:19 PM EDT (The New York Times)
Opponents suggest that a "government takeover" of health care will be a milestone on the road to "socialized medicine," and when he hears those terms, Wendell Potter cringes. He's embarrassed that opponents are using a playbook that he helped devise.
A health insurance lawyer takes on industry scare tactics
Seeded on Tue Aug 18, 2009 2:31 PM EDT (Christian Science Monitor)
If knowledge is power, then it sure seems that the players involved with healthcare reform are doing their best to ensure an ignorant populace, vulnerable to manipulation by fear and political trash talking.
Addicted to War: America's Brutal Pipe Dream in Afghanistan
Seeded on Thu Aug 13, 2009 5:09 PM EDT (chris-floyd.com)
Looks like the "Good War" in Afghanistan is morphing even more directly into the "Drug War" that the U.S.
The bill will fall due for crisis failures
Seeded on Wed Aug 12, 2009 2:15 PM EDT (atimes.com)
We are now two years into the financial crisis that emerged in August 2007 - universally considered as the worst of the post-World War II period - and it is time to take stock.
Explosive Allegations: Blackwater Founder Implicated in Murder
Seeded on Wed Aug 5, 2009 12:35 AM EDT (AlterNet.org)
A former Blackwater employee and an ex-U.S. Marine who has worked as a security operative for the company have made a series of explosive allegations in sworn statements filed on August 3 in federal court in Virginia.
West Offering to Endorse Israeli Attack on Iran as Part of Settlement Deal
Seeded on Fri Jul 17, 2009 11:54 AM EDT (AntiWar.com)
With the West publicly coming out in favor of a diplomatic rapprochement with Iran it seems incredible to learn that behind the scenes they are offering not only to turn a blind eye to a unilateral Israeli attack on Iran, but to openly endorse it.
Nuclear war is Kim Jong-il's game plan
Seeded on Wed Jul 15, 2009 3:28 PM EDT (Asia Times Online)
Kim Jong-il has described the shift to plan B as a stern notice for the governments of the US and its junior allies that they cannot get away with their hostile behavior any longer, unless they are prepared to leave their booming economies consumed in a great conflagration of ret …
Rich lessons in North Korea's playbook
Seeded on Wed Jul 15, 2009 3:16 PM EDT (Asia Times Online)
All indications are that Obama will end up another Bush, choosing between two options: one is to be the first to blink and the other to go to war with a nuclear-weapons state in another wrong war with the wrong enemy, putting into jeopardy the US mainland as well as South Korea a …
Israel and EU Clash Over Settlements
Seeded on Tue Jul 14, 2009 1:41 AM EDT (AntiWar.com)
About 300 Palestinians, including 170 children, received evacuation and demolition orders from the IDF in May alone.
Leading Clerics Defy Ayatollah on Disputed Iran Election
Seeded on Sun Jul 5, 2009 4:42 AM EDT (The New York Times)
The most important group of religious leaders in Iran called the disputed presidential election and the new government illegitimate on Saturday, an act of defiance against the country's supreme leader and the most public sign of a major split in the country's clerical establi …
Saudis give nod to Israeli raid on Iran
Seeded on Sun Jul 5, 2009 4:40 AM EDT (The Times)
The head of Mossad, Israel's overseas intelligence service, has assured Benjamin Netanyahu, its prime minister, that Saudi Arabia would turn a blind eye to Israeli jets flying over the kingdom during any future raid on Iran's nuclear sites.
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