Category: Israel

When sponsorship of a terrorist group is acceptable

Israel, MEK and state sponsor of Terror groups By Glenn Greenwald, Friday, Feb 10, 2012 7:59 AM 17:56:22 CST … One of the most under-reported political stories of the last year is the devoted advocacy of numerous prominent American political figures on behalf of an Iranian group long formally designated as a Terrorist organization under …

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Clean, calibrated conflict is a mirage

The neocons’ big Iran lie By Matt Duss, Friday, Feb 10, 2012 7:00 AM 17:10:12 CST … In February 2003, less than a month before the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, Gen. Eric Shinseki told a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee that “Something on the order of several hundred thousand soldiers” would be required …

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Viscount Allenby of Megiddo and of Felixstowe

John McCarthy knows the value of history By Robert Fisk, Saturday 11 February 2012 … How come people like historical memory holes? I’m moved to ask this question by the Lebanese Minister of Culture, Gaby Layoun, who said last week that “the Cedar Revolution does not exist”. He’s decided, in fact, to erase it from …

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Alarmist and deeply hateful

Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s War By Anthony Alessandrini, Feb 09 2012 … For a couple of centuries now, we have had to make due with Samuel Johnson’s famous phrase: “Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.” Thanks to Ayaan Hirsi Ali, we can now revise this phrase for the twenty-first century: the last last refuge …

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Patron saint of hate

What To Do About Violent Biblical Texts? By Philip Jenkins, 02/ 3/2012  4:11 pm … Every few weeks, it seems, Islam makes headlines in the U.S., whether the topic is a television show like All-American Muslim, a state prohibiting Sharia law, or just a grandstanding platform statement in a primary. No less predictable are the …

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No one knows what to do

The opposition in Syria needs our help, and now By Joan Smith, Sunday 05 February 2012 … Here is the brutal truth about Syria: no one knows what to do. Six months after Barack Obama said bluntly that Bashar al-Assad should go, and with the Arab League calling for him to resign, there is no …

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Dysfunctional sectarian misery

An attack on Iran must be stopped By Andrew Murray, Saturday 4 February 2012 09.00 EST … The Anglo-American aggression addicts haven’t kicked the habit. The team that brought you shock and awe and Operation Infinite Justice is gearing up for yet another crack at winning a senseless war in the Middle East. This time …

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