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Is Anybody Listening? U.S. Intel Chief Says Iran Isn’t Building Nukes. By Nima Shirazi
In testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday March 12, 2013, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper reaffirmed what the U.S. intelligence community has been saying for years: Iran has no nuclear...
New Documentary Reexamines the Iraq War “Hoax” By David Corn
An MSNBC film, hosted by Rachel Maddow and based on Michael Isikoff and David Corn's book, finds new evidence that Bush scammed the nation into war. A decade ago, on March 19, 2003, President George W. Bush launched the invasion of Iraq that would...
Revolution in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia? By Bruce Riedel
The overthrow of the Saudi royals is finally a possibility. In an excerpt from a new Brookings Institution briefing book for Obama’s second term, Bruce Riedel on what a catastrophe it would be for Obama. Saudi Arabia is the world’s last...
Firebrand Shiite cleric al-Sadr voices support for Sunni protesters angry at Iraq’s government By Adam Schreck
Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr speaks during a press conference in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Jan 1, 2013. The anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr voiced support for Iraqi Sunni protesters...
US Kills 12 Civilians and Destroys a Community.By Letta Tayler
The villagers who rushed to the road, cutting through rocky fields in central Yemen, found the dead strewn around a burning sport utility vehicle. The bodies were dusted with white powder — flour and sugar, the witnesses said — that...
Amidst Turmoil, Nuke-Free Mideast Conference Derailed By Thalif Deen
Ruins of the Abu Khadra complex for civil adminstration following an Israeli airstrike on Gaza City. Credit: Mohammed Omer/IPS UNITED NATIONS, Nov 28 2012 (IPS) - A long outstanding international conference on a nuclear weapons-free zone...
Israel’s latest bloodbath in Gaza By Latheef Farook
Once again Israel unleashed its killing machine in Gaza as part of its long term strategy to drive out Palestinians from there in the same way Palestinians were driven out around seven decades ago. The...
Bahrain Uprising Threatens US Hegemony By Finian Cunningham
Connecting the dots of recent dramatic events in Bahrain spells one unmistakable message — the US-backed Al Khalifa regime is on the political ropes. It is desperately trying to defeat a determined pro-democracy movement that just won’t lie...
Arab Spring and the Israeli enemy By ABDULATEEF AL-MULHIM
Thirty-nine years ago, on Oct. 6, 1973, the third major war between the Arabs and Israel broke out. The war lasted only 20 days. The two sides were engaged in two other major wars, in 1948 and 1967. The 1967 War lasted only six days. But, these...
