This practice invites Taliban attacks on Afghans and NGOs A dirty and deadly secret of the war in Afghanistan is that some of the so-called Taliban attacks on civilians have really been attacks aimed…
Category: Mid-East
“Israel Vs Iran” reads Sunday’s cover of the New York Times Magazine– the words written ominously in ashes from which smoke and flame still rise. Inside the magazine, Ronen Bergman a military analyst for the…
Yesterday upon the stair I met a man who wasn’t there He wasn’t there again today Oh, how I wish he’d go away – William Hughes Mearns, 1899 One of the most uncommented on ironies today…
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey told Israeli leaders Jan. 20 that the United States would not participate in a war against Iran begun by Israel without prior agreement from Washington,…
US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta believes there is a “strong possibility” that Israel will strike Iran’s nuclear installations this spring, the Washington Post said Thursday in an editorial. When asked about the opinion piece by…
The United States is working with Qatar, Saudi Arabia and other members of the Arab League to push through a resolution for the United Nations Security Council to lay the basis for military intervention along…
Today, January 31, 2012, reality made one giant leap into science fiction. Since we are talking about Israel, I almost said a Giant Leap Forward in the Communist sense, but this is not funny anymore….
[anyplayer:url=http://rt.com/files/news/libya-torture-death-detainees-817/icf8880948c67ab48d2cc72e9e259c244_libya-finoshina-0800.flv] Despite the changes sweeping Libya, violence and bloodshed have not stopped. In shocking revelations, military and security forces stand accused of torturing detainees to death. Rights groups say Libya’s new rulers have not addressed…
[anyplayer:url=http://217.218.67.244:8181/video/20120201/09-22-00-ftp-hank-new york.flv] There was considerable optimism on Tuesday among Western states like the US — France — and the UK — which the stated Russian opposition to an anti-Assad resolution was softening. British Foreign Secretary…
The head of Italy’s refiners’ lobby, Mr. Piero de Simone, has revealed that Italy is preparing to close five refineries because of the European Union’s unilateral sanctions against Iran and the boycott of its oil…