Istanbul (48hills.org) – In 2013, an Iranian national living in Texas was sentenced to twenty-five years in prison for planning to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to Washington, D.C. The State Department alleged that Iran’s Al Quds force masterminded the terrorist plot. Although the bombing never took place and Iran denied any connection with the conspiracy, […]
Myanmar: Nobelist Suu Kyi silent as Rohingya Crisis Rolls On; let’s at Least help the Refugees
I sneaked into Myanmar on a tourist visa because the military junta running the country made it almost impossible to travel as a journalist. So I thought I was the only foreign reporter in the capital of Yangon in July of 1995. I was relaxing one morning when BBC TV ran a bulletin that famous […]
What 15 Years of US Occupation have Produced: Angry Iraqis
Militant protests continue in the oil rich city of Basra
As Trump Expands Failed War in Afghanistan, he Stops Boasting about It
(San Francisco ( 48hills.org) – President Donald Trump is back on the stump, trumpeting his alleged triumphs since the 2016 elections. Somehow, he never mentions Afghanistan. For years, Trump has denounced endless foreign wars, including Afghanistan. He tweeted in 2012, for example, that Afghanistan is “a complete waste….Time to come home!” Once in power, however, […]
Trump has Launched a Trade War with China: Why he will Lose
When I first reported from China in 1980, bicycles outnumbered cars on Beijing’s major streets, and the tallest building in town was a 25-story hotel. I visited a small village that had one black and white TV, which everyone watched at night. Today China’s major cities are jammed with modern factories, skyscrapers, and large public […]
With 5 Powers fighting in Syria, who will come out on top? Netanyahu, Putin, or Trump?
Other nations push their own interests to the detriment of the Syrian people
Leftist Wave sweeps Mexico: Can Lopez Obrador take on Corruption, Poverty… & Trump?
Lopez Obrador also benefited from widespread voter anger at the establishment political parties
What could Really Make a US-N. Korea Summit Work: A Peace Treaty US Hawks Honor
Democratic and Republican hawks in Washington are already trying to make sure there’s no meaningful peace accord
Why the Youth of Gaza Protest: It is their Squalid Open Air Prison, not Hamas
Conditions in Gaza are inhumane and continue to deteriorate
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