By Paul Jamiol, Jamiol’s World
Archives for November 2012
How US Drone Assassinations all Began (Woods)
Chris Woods writes at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism: The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) usually gets all the credit for the first US drone targeted killing beyond the conventional battlefield. But it was the military which gave the final go-ahead to kill on November 3 2002. Lt General Michael DeLong was at Centcom headquarters in […]
Comedian Chris Rock: Obama is the Great White Hope
Comedian Chris Rock: argues that voters looking for a truly white presidential candidate need look no further than Barack Obama.
Abdel Nasser Jokes about Outrageous Muslim Brotherhood Demand that all Women Veil
Then Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser tells anecdotes (early 1960s?) about his meetings with the Muslim Brotherhood and their demand that he make all Egyptian women wear headscarves in public. How much things have changed is apparent in the humorous way Abdel Nasser dealt with what he saw as a completely unrealistic request. Ironically, the […]
Republicans Tip world off to covert CIA Role in Libya
The politicization by the Republican Party of the tragic attack on the US consulate in Benghazi has been a security disaster for the United States. A document dump by Congressman Darrell Issa outed the identities of Libyans working with the US. Now, it has come out that the annex of the Benghazi consulate was a […]
Koshik the Elephant speaks Korean
Scientists in South Korea have taught Koshik the elephant what sounds like a few words of Korean.
Iran still Suffers from the illegal Diplomatic Hostage-Taking of 1979 (Azad)
Armin Azad writes in a guest column for Informed Comment For more than three decades, there has been a government-organized demonstration in front of the former US Embassy in Tehran on November 4, though this year the rally was held early. The crowd gathers there to mark the anniversary of the militant Islamic students’ seizure […]
Analysis: How Washington Post strips casualties from covert drone data (Woods)
Chris Woods writes at The Bureau of Investigative Journalism: Analysis: How Washington Post strips casualties from covert drone data The Washington Post: is it telling the whole story? Alongside the Washington Post’s latest blockbuster reports on the Obama administration’s drone kill list is a new graphic, depicting US covert strikes since 2002. Based on studies […]
US backs away from Syrian National Council
The Syrian opposition appears split on American intervention to shape its leadership. The Syrian revolution is a grassroots affair, with hundreds of small groups on the ground, some of them neighborhood associations, others bigger organizations such as the Muslim Brotherhood. The umbrella group for the fighters on the ground inside the country is the Free […]
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