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Supporting occupation - Gordon Brown in Israel
Whoever scheduled Gordon Brown’s recent visit to Israel is surely out of a job. Brown’s dreary, etiolated performance – appropriate for a political corpse – was rendered even flatter by its proximity … more →
The Heathlander
The Watering Hole: August 6 - Hiroshima
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WaltTheMan wrote 4 months ago: On this date in 1945 an atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima in Japan by the Enola Gay, … more →
The Watering Hole: August 4 - Wandering into a Totalitarian State
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WaltTheMan wrote 4 months ago: Dukan Resort, where three American hikers were last seen Three hikers and two journalists are incarc … more →
The Ethics of Indefinite Detention 101
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Briseadh na Faire wrote 6 months ago: Think Progress has a thread about a Washington Post article stating that President Obama’s con … more →
Open Thread for Friday - The Six Day War (June 5-11, 1967)
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WaltTheMan wrote 6 months ago: If you are seeing a trend here, June may be a month for upheaval in the history of mankind. This tre … more →
Obama takes US closer to total ban on cluster bombs
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nwmuse wrote 9 months ago: This is a very good direction for the United States to move… It is a relief to my ears. From T … more →
After Sucking America Dry
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MsJoanne wrote 10 months ago: Erik Prince, the CEO of the formerly named Blackwater (renamed Xe – pronounced “Z” … more →
The truth about the run up to the Iraq war must be published - in the UK
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EV wrote 11 months ago: This will shed a lot more light on the decision making in the run up to the Iraq war. I can hardly w … more →
Saudi Arabia's Patience is Running Out
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MsJoanne wrote 11 months ago: Well, bully for them. Saudi Prince Saud Al-Faisal wrote an OpEd piece in today’s Financial Tim … more →
Experts: SOFA Faces Legal Uncertainty
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nwmuse wrote 1 year ago: Truthout The Bush administration’s push to nail down a bilateral agreement governing the futur … more →
20'000 disappeared, Obama inherits torture and death
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EV wrote 1 year ago: : : : : : : : : : : When I wrote my wish list for Obama, I did mention the necessity for the US to j … more →
RUSSIA’S FOREIGN POLICY
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hafezamohtar wrote 1 year ago: THE TRAJECTORY IN UNDERSTANDING THE RUSSIA’S FOREIGN POLICY IN THE LENS OF PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN … more →
America Crumbles as We Give $1 Billion in Aid to Georgia
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MsJoanne wrote 1 year ago: : : : : : : : : : : The Bush administration announced a $1 billion aid package to Georgia. This mak … more →
Supporting occupation - Gordon Brown in Israel
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JamieSW wrote 1 year ago: Whoever scheduled Gordon Brown’s recent visit to Israel is surely out of a job. Brown’s dreary, etio … more →
Save the Children? Not if they're Palestinian
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JamieSW wrote 1 year ago: In an interview today about the cyclone in Burma, Foreign Secretary David Miliband assured viewers t … more →
Global poll gives world public a clean bill of mental health
JamieSW wrote 1 year ago: A BBC World Service poll (.pdf) has found that “[s]upport for tough measures against Iran … more →
A Humanitarian Implosion
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JamieSW wrote 1 year ago: Life is grim in Gaza. According to a report (.pdf) published today by eight human rights NGOs based … more →
Engineering a coup in Gaza
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JamieSW wrote 1 year ago: The latest escalation of violence in Gaza, sparked by the assassination of five Hamas militants, saw … more →
A tortuous cover-up
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JamieSW wrote 1 year ago: The government admits to complicity in two cases of “extraordinary rendition”, but claim … more →
Killing a nation
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JamieSW wrote 1 year ago: The House of Lords recently debated the issue of human rights in West Papua. It’s well worth a … more →
