Paul Jamiol on Reactions to the Wikileaks: Courtesy “Jamiol’s World”
Israel’s Mega-Fire and Climate Change’s Drying Mediterranean
You can’t relate a one-off event like Israel’s massive forest fire near Haifa to climate change, which has to be measured over a long series. It is the worst in Israel’s history. But what is true is that more and more such disasters will be faced by those regions of the earth that become dessicated […]
Charges Against Cheney Filed by Nigeria in Bribery Case
The Lagos Guardian reports that the Nigerian government has preferred charges against former US vice president Richard Bruce Cheney (they always give the full names of criminals) in connection with an investigation of Halliburton on bribery charges when he was CEO of the company (1995-2000). Given that the wikileaks cables show that both the Bush […]
The Ottoman Empire, 1798-1923
The real background of the modern Middle East: Map: The Ottoman Empire, 1798-1923
Map Ethnic Groups in Iran and Central Asia
Ethnic Groups in Central Asia (click for stand-alone map and click again to enlarge) From the very useful Perry-Castaneda map collection at the University of Texas. IC map site under construction.
Bad “Weather” between Obama and Karzai Forestalls Meeting
Update: President Obama made a surprise trip to Afghanistan on Friday but is said to have gotten stuck on Bagram Base and could not meet face to face with Hamid Karzai. The press is saying that Obama cannot get to Kabul because of high winds and fog, making it impossible to fly helicopters to the […]
The Karzai Problem in Afghanistan: Wikileaks
The bodies of the six US troops — killed Monday by a newly recruited Afghan border guard who turned Taliban — arrived back in the United States late Wednesday. That 6 US soldiers were killed in one day was generally not news on the so-called news networks, though of course the major print media reported […]
Zangeneh: Mahmoud Abbas needs to call Snap Elections in Palestine
Hamid Zangeneh writes in a guest column for Informed Comment: We need a breakthrough in the Middle East peace process. One key problem is that the negotiator-in-chief for the Palestinians, President Mahmoud Abbas, lacks the legitimacy and grassroots support to represent his people properly. Abbas (Abu Mazen), has been the Chairman of the Palestine Liberation […]
Jahanpour: US following Israeli 5-Point Plan on Iran: Wikileaks
Farhang Jahanpour writes in a guest column for Informed Comment What is truly alarming about the new batch of Wikileaks diplomatic files is the extent to which US politicians and their Israeli allies are obsessed with Iran. There is virtually no talk of Israeli colonial settlements on the West Bank, the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, […]
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