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Iran: Was Washington Reframing its Red Line before Israel Attacked?
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Iran: Was Washington Reframing its Red Line before Israel Attacked?

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Such recalibration does not necessarily signal concession. It may reflect caution.

“In Infinite Pursuit:” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:39

“In Infinite Pursuit:” FitzGerald’s Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:39

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Critiquing Israel is not Anti-Semitism: The American Psychological Association

Critiquing Israel is not Anti-Semitism: The American Psychological Association

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We Misunderstood Barack:  He only wanted the Domestic Surveillance to be Made Legal, not to End It

We Misunderstood Barack: He only wanted the Domestic Surveillance to be Made Legal, not to End It

We misunderstood Barack Obama years ago when he slammed the Bush administration for arbitrary intrusion in the privacy of citizens, in the name of the […]

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Sen. Wyden Warned us in 2011 that the Government was Running wild on Surveillance (Video)

Sen. Wyden Warned us in 2011 that the Government was Running wild on Surveillance (Video)

Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) warned two years ago that when the US public discovered how the Patriot Act is actually interpreted by the FBI and […]

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"I am Bradley Manning" Celebrity Support Video (Leaked Teaser)

“I am Bradley Manning” Celebrity Support Video (Leaked Teaser)

“I am Bradley Manning” [Leaked teaser] : for celebrity support video.

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PRISM: The US Government is mad at Bradley Manning for doing to it what it is Doing to All of us

PRISM: The US Government is mad at Bradley Manning for doing to it what it is Doing to All of us

Bradley Manning, who spilled the beans on the US blowing away of unarmed Iraqi journalists and overlooking war crimes by the US military and allied […]

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Turkey
Turkey: Erdogan’s Blindness to People Power will Diminish Him (IslamiCommentary)

Turkey: Erdogan’s Blindness to People Power will Diminish Him (IslamiCommentary)

Julie Poucher Harbin, EDITOR, ISLAMiCommentary, interviews two scholars on Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan: A small demonstration against bulldozing a park in Turkey escalated into […]

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Fresh US covert Drone Strikes in Pakistan and Yemen (Serle and Woods)

Fresh US covert Drone Strikes in Pakistan and Yemen (Serle and Woods)

Excerpted from a report by Jack Serle and Chris Woods for the Bureau of Investigative Journalism: Pakistan The only drone strike reported to hit Pakistan […]

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NSA-Verizon Surveillance: Welcome to the United States of Total Information Awareness

NSA-Verizon Surveillance: Welcome to the United States of Total Information Awareness

It turns out that the National Security Agency demanded and got Verizon phone records of all US telephone calls, mobile and otherwise, within the US […]

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Afghanistan
Obama pledged investigation of Alleged Taliban Prisoner Massacre by US-Backed Afghan Warlords; Where is it? (Currier)

Obama pledged investigation of Alleged Taliban Prisoner Massacre by US-Backed Afghan Warlords; Where is it? (Currier)

Cora Currier writes at ProPublica In his first year in office, President Barack Obama pledged to “collect the facts” on the death of hundreds, possibly […]

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Bradley Manning Trial aimed at Silencing Whistleblowers?  (Democracy Now!)

Bradley Manning Trial aimed at Silencing Whistleblowers? (Democracy Now!)

Democracy Now! considers the Bradley Manning trial in the context of attempts to intimidate and punish government whistle blowers. That the world general reading public […]

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