The IRGC announced that it had closed the Strait of Hormuz to shipping, and there are reports of British and other vessels turning around
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President Obama needs to get us Out of Iran, too– not Just Iraq (Escobar)
Pepe Escobar writes at Tomdispatch.com: Let’s start with the obvious but important: on entering the Oval Office in January 2009, President Obama inherited a seemingly […]
Egypt: Faction Fighting in the Streets Threatens Stability, leaves 5 dead, 450 wounded
Egypt has descended into faction-fighting in the streets that left some 5 dead and 450 wounded on Wednesday, as President Muhammad Morsi prepared to make […]
Avoiding the Nightmarish “Four Degree World” of 2060: We must Act Now (Giesen)
Tom Giesen writes in a guest column for Informed Comment: Global warming’s disasters once seemed far off and science-fictional. It is now becoming clear to […]
Egypt: 100,000 Demonstrators Deliver “Final Warning,” chase President Morsi from Palace
On Tuesday, another big wave of protests was held against the policies of President Muhammad Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood, with rallies in in the […]
As Rebels close in on Damascus, Obama warns he’ll Intervene if Chemicals are Used
President Obama warned Syria on Tuesday not to deploy its stockpile of chemical weapons against the rebels. What are apparently Israeli intelligence sources are said […]
First, Kill all the Fossil Fuel Subsidies (Plus, a Democracy Now! Video)
Not only is the world not moving to green energy fast enough to avoid very severe future effects of climate change, its nations are still […]
Rupert Murdoch, in midst of Hacking Scandal, tried to entice Petraeus with Presidency: WaPo
Bob Woodward of the Washington Post has another scoop, on former CIA director David Petraeus and possibly from David Petraeus. It reveals that the head […]
Petraeus gave Afghanistan away to NeoCon Think Tanks (Elliott)
Justin Elliott writes at ProPublica Amid the media frenzy over former CIA director David Petraeus’ extramarital affair, we were struck by a quick reference in […]
How the UN’s ITU could take over and destroy Internet freedoms this December (Video)
How the UN’s International Telecommunications Union may take over governance of the internet and threaten freedom of expression: The ITU, by the way, held its […]
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