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Gaza – Business as Usual

Gaza – Business as Usual

The latest attack on Gaza by Israeli airstrikes, killing several including women and children, occurred soon after Egypt had brokered a cease-fire between the two sides. And yet – here is the Western reaction to the [...]

Latest American Unemployment Figures – Flattering to Deceive

Latest American Unemployment Figures – Flattering to Deceive

Jamal Harwood “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics.” On the first Friday of each month the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) release the “Non-Farm Payroll” numbers for the US economy. It [...]

Afghanistan: America and NATO misadventures

Afghanistan: America and NATO misadventures

 Abid Mustafa “The West has already failed in Afghanistan, just as the Soviets failed in the 1980s and the British way back in the nineteenth century.”–John Humphrys   After having fought for more than a decade [...]

Obama’s Murder-by-Drone

Obama’s Murder-by-Drone

The primary role of any American President is not national security – but to get himself re-elected. It is what drives his thoughts from the day he assumes office. But this President is sacrificing more to [...]

Untying the Knots of Human Trafficking

Untying the Knots of Human Trafficking

Sharique Naeem  The epitome of the most sinister of all trades, a lucrative business, and a thriving industry in the 21st century is not of mineral ores, or glittering gemstones, of arms, or opium; it is [...]

Obama: Real Change and Drone Wars

Obama: Real Change and Drone Wars

Sean Fenley The Washington Post looks like it decided to do a bit of actual journalism recently. Penning an extensive and informative article, on the Obama infatuation with the mass-killing aerial drone. This former constitutional scholar [...]