Is US Involvement in Mali War Really ‘Limited’?

Washington claims its only direct involvement in France's military intervention in Mali includes the US Air Force flying in French soldiers and 124 tons of equipment. Beyond that, the Pentagon will only admit vaguely to "intelligence support." Whether the US is flying...

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Bahrain: The Forbidden Country

On a dusty football pitch in Bahrain, a convoy – or rather, a pack – of police 4x4s screeched into the crowd that had gathered there, scattering panicking protesters. As they circled at high speed, passing through the crowd, it was not clear if they were actively...

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In Algeria, More Blood on Hillary Clinton’s Head

I am mystified why, after the uproar of over the 4 Americans killed last September in Benghazi, Libya, that there is so little outrage against Hillary Clinton over the 37 dead hostages in Algeria. Clinton was gung-ho on bombing Qadaffi out of power and she gloated...

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The Military Lobby in America

Interest groups have always tried to influence the state for their own unearned benefit. Despite what idealists in this country would like to believe, going back to the founding of the United States, immediately following the end of the Revolutionary War, everyone...

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UN Report Finds Rampant Torture in Afghan Prisons

Prisoners in Afghanistan continue to be tortured and abused in detention facilities under Afghan control and Afghanistan's spy agency is operating secret prisons to avoid international scrutiny, according to a United Nations report released on Sunday. The UN...

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War in Mali – A French Confidence Booster?

New York Times: “The French, who are so gloomy and pessimistic about the situation in the country and the economy, have at least one reason to be proud of what their country can achieve,” Jean-David Levitte, the diplomatic adviser to former President Nicolas Sarkozy...

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‘A Time Comes When Silence Is Betrayal’

Worth remembering on MLK day is his vehement opposition to the ruthless American terrorism in Indochina. He called it "the destruction of Vietnam." Hear and read his famous speech, delivered on April 4, 1967 at a meeting of Clergy and Laity Concerned at Riverside...

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