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77 US troops Wounded in Truck Bombing of Base in Wardak; Top Reasons US should get out of Afghanistan
Never before in the Afghanistan War, the longest-running military conflict in US history, have so many US troops been wounded in one day. Some 5 […]
Ten Years after 9/11, Do the Arabs value Democracy more than We do?
The September 11 attacks have been revealed as a last gasp of a fading, cult-like twentieth-century vision, not as the wave of the future. They […]
State of Alert in Egypt after Breach at Israeli Embassy
The assault on the Israeli embassy in Cairo on Friday represented a dangerous escalation of tensions between the protesters and the transitional regime. The military […]
A tale of two Afghan Leaders, before and after 9/11
Ten years ago, a horrific suicide bombing carried out by Algerian al-Qaeda operatives posing as journalists snuffed out the life of Ahmad Shah Massoud, the […]
Sadrists to Demonstrate in Baghdad against US Troops Remaining
One of the major consequences of the September 11 attacks ten years ago was that members of the Bush administration decided to “take advantage” of […]
Turkey Crisis Provokes Israeli Army Anger at Lieberman
The crisis between Turkey and Israel deepened on Monday, allegedly provoking severe tensions between the Israeli officer corps and the far right-wing Minister of Foreign […]
Accord Reached for Peaceful Entry of Bani Walid?
Aljazeera Arabic is reporting a breakthrough in the negotiations between the new government in Tripoli and the elders of the city of Bani Walid, a […]
Top Ten Good News Green Energy Stories
Here are the week’s top ten energy good news stories. 1. A Japanese technical innovation has the potential to double or triple the power generated […]
China offered Qaddafi Armaments in midst of war
People who favored saving the civilian populations of Benghazi and other eastern Libyan cities from Qaddafi’s tanks and artillery have often been termed “interventionists.” But […]
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