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Kabul gets the Baghdad Treatment from Taliban Bombers
The Taliban mounted their boldest and most ambitious assault on the capital of Kabul in recent years on Monday, with a series of well-coordinated bombings […]
MLK: The International Association for the Advancement of Creative Maladjustment
We live in an even more regimented society than the 1950s and early 1960s. We live in a society where protests can be confined to […]
HAITI: Arab aid making its way
Reuters AlertNet – HAITI: Arab aid making its way I was watching Aljazeera Arabic and they noted that the Qatari aid plane had difficulty getting […]
Scott Brown implies that Obama was born out of Wedlock
Martha Coakley – Salon.com An evolution in the birthers and teabaggers? Joan Walsh points out that Republican candidate for senator from Massachusetts Scott Brown says […]
US, Canadian Soldiers Killed; Parliament again Slaps down Most Karzai Cabinet Picks; Charges of Corruption Dog Drug Czar, other Ministers
A US and a Canadian soldier were announced killed in hostile action in Afghanistan on Saturday. In a further blow to the his leadership, the […]
Iran Not Committed to Building Nuclear Bomb, Pentagon Intel Chief Says
NTI: Global Security Newswire – Iran Not Committed to Building Nuclear Bomb, Pentagon Intel Chief Says U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency Chief Lt. Gen. Ronald Burgess […]
Drone strikes Kill 11 but not Hakimullah: US trainers and recruiters fail to attract southern Pashtuns
At least two Pakistani soldiers in Pakistani Kashmir were killed by a roadside bomb Thursday.Some observers fear this sort of move is a bid by […]
Want To Make Use Of $47 Billion To Spare? Help Haiti
My essay is up at NPR on why Wall Street should tithe its bonuses to Haiti as an act of propitiation and a recognition that […]
Najaf Bombings Kill 27, Wound 111; Sunnis Threaten Election Boycott
Three bombs were set off in the old city of Najaf, among the holiest of Shiite sacred sites on Thursday afternoon, according to DPA. The […]