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U.S. resetting its relationship with Karzai
When a team of senior U.S. officials led by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton entered the presidential ...via NewsRack -
Court rejects David Miliband bid to suppress CIA evidence
• Sixth damning ruling in Binyam Mohamed case • Foreign secretary?s claims of security risk dismissed The high ...Posted by Ben Ross -
In Obama's China trip, stark contrast with past
The changes reflect not so much a policy shift by a new administration in Washington as a dramatic and much bigger ...via Memeorandum
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On 20th Anniversary of Killings of 6 Jesuit Priests by US-Backed Salvadoran Forces, Thousands to Protest "School of the Assassins" at Ft. Benning
This year’s protest will mark the twentieth anniversary of the murder of six Jesuit priests in El Salvador by the ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Missing the Gain But Joining the Pain
Since the industrial revolution, profits from the exploitation of fossil energy — coal, oil and natural gas — ...Posted by J Sinclaire
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Kerry: Afghan handoff may take 4-5 years
In the past year Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., has become a more prominent force in Washington. As chairman of the ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Copenhagen summit: Change we can't yet believe in
Confirming yesterday what had already been apparent for some months, Barack Obama and other leaders yesterday said ...via Google News -
Renouncing Islamism: To the brink and back again
In the mosques across the city, I hear a fringe of young men talk dreamily of flocking to Afghanistan to "resist". ...Posted by Chris Finnie
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Karzai’s Paranoid World
(Blog Post) When Hamid Karzai is re-inaugurated as president today after one of the world’s dodgiest elections, everyone from ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
OpEdNews - Article: One year later...and the doors to the world's largest prison are still sealed shut
Since January 2006, when Palestinians had the audacity to choose their own government (led by Hamas) in elections ...Posted by Pam Rasmussen
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Official resigns over Afghan war
A former Marine Corps captain with combat experience in Iraq, Hoh had also served in uniform at the Pentagon, and ...via Digg -
Toxic munitions 'may be cause' of baby deaths and deformities in Fallujah
Evidence was growing this weekend that babies born in the Iraqi city of Fallujah – scene in 2004 of one of the ...Posted by Chris Finnie -
Karzai win complicates White House strategy for Afghanistan
Afghan President Hamid Karzai's election by default Monday confirms at least a week earlier than expected that the ...via Washington Post
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How the US Funds the Taliban
With Pentagon cash, contractors bribe insurgents not to attack supply lines for US troopsvia The Nation -
Mahmoud Abbas Threatens to Step Down in Light of Ongoing Israeli Colonization of West Bank
(Blog Post) Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas says he wants to stand down and he declines to run in the upcoming ...via Informed Comment
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The Generals' Revolt
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Afghanistan: Now what?
In the first round of balloting, Afghan President Hamid Karzai received 1 million "ghost votes" from people who ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Copenhagen summit: Change we can't yet believe in
Confirming yesterday what had already been apparent for some months, Barack Obama and other leaders yesterday said ...via Google News
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America's Next Unwinnable War
America’s unwise, unwarranted, and sadly unwinnable war in Afghanistan—hastily initiated and then abandoned for ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Former Marine captain resigns in protest of Afghanistan war
(Blog Post) Matthew Hoh, a former Marine captain with combat experience in Iraq, resigned last month from his position with the ...Posted by Derek Hawkins
