The myopic view of the world’s most powerful men in Washington never ceases to amaze me. I am reminded of the 1980s when then American president Ronald Reagan compared the Afghan Mujahideen to America’s founding…
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The rebels also claim that it was Saudi Prince Bandar bin Sultan, the chief of Saudi intelligence who arranged for the provision of the sarin nerve gas to the rebels. There is little doubt that Syrian rebels, including the Al Qaeda affiliate, the Jabhat Al Nusra, have been in possession of chemical weapons in Syria and have used these weapons against civilians and Syrian government forces. The U.S. intelligence that Syrian forces used chemical weapons has, according to CBS News, been has been rated as «low to moderate» confidence, hardly believable enough for America to launch an attack on Syria. The Russian government has provided a 100-page report to the United Nations showing that Syrian rebels conducted a chemical attack on Khan al-Assal in northern Syria on March 19.
A newly-discovered document of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency revealed Monday by Foreign Policy magazine shows that the U.S. agency had decisive evidence dating back to at least the 1980s that Israel had a stockpile of chemical and biological weapons. The revelation comes in the midst of reports about the alleged use of chemical weapons by the Syrian government on August 21st, although there is still no clarity as to whether the regime or the rebels carried out the attack, or whether it was an accident. While U.S. President Barack Obama threatened to go to war with Syria over the attack, the Syrian government has denied responsibility, and has agreed to a proposal by the Russian government to open its stores of chemical weapons to international inspection and destruction.
Study set out to test confidentiality of 50 of the biggest Internet companies Researchers sent unique web address in private messages through firms They found six of the companies opened the link from…
You could almost pity these people. For 67 years successive US governments have resisted calls to reform the UN Security Council. They’ve defended a system which grants five nations a veto over world…
they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary—Isaiah 40:31 Deriorating into oblivion, the world’s largest army cannot move fast enough to cope with the immediateness of the…
Google argues for right to continue scanning Gmail SAN JOSE, California: Google’s attorneys say their long-running practice of electronically scanning the contents of people’s Gmail accounts to help sell ads is legal, and…
The article below entitled Who is Osama bin Laden? was drafted twelve years ago on September 11, 2001. I started writing on the evening of September 11, late into the night, going through piles of…
(Translated from Urdu in “The Reluctant Fundamentalist” a film by Mira Nair) When your dreams all turn heavy as stone, Say what you have to say. Your history holds you tight as bone, Say what…
China’s Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, says the Syria issue should be dealt with under the framework of the UN Security Council. Wang stressed China’s stance in a telephone call to US Secretary of…