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Obama December 9, 2009

Obama’s Weak Report Card on the CIA

While he has been successful in addressing the CIA's renditions, detentions and interrogations programs,
Other Issues December 9, 2009

US ‘No Fly’ List Keeps Growing

The FBI’s terrorism watch list, from which the smaller no fly-list is derived, has 1,000,000 people listed, but according to officials, only a mere 400,000 of them are real people
IraqObama December 9, 2009

Explaining the Drop in Iraqi War Dead

Bush’s 'surge' increased the Iraqi violence in late spring 2007, including a spike in US casualties, and that only a political-military decision to pull back from offensive operations that summer
Human RightsMB NewsPrisoners of Conscience December 9, 2009

The charade continues with extended detentions, unusual release orders and a change of heart.

The Alexandria Criminal court supported the decision made earlier by the Misdemeanors' court to release 11 Muslim Brotherhood detainees earlier today
IraqObama December 9, 2009

Obama with Blood on His Hands

US troops in Iraq and Afghanistan have operated under standing orders to 'call for fire' (an air-strike) whenever resistance fighters take cover in a house or apartment building, even when
December 9, 2009

Are Swiss Alps Threatened by Minarets?

In both Europe and America right-wing politicians, political commentators, media personalities, and religious leaders continue to feed a growing suspicion of mainstream Muslims by fueling a fear that Islam, not
DemocracyObama December 9, 2009

Victory at Last!

The Iraq War has yet to begin to go away, the Afghan War is being escalated in a major way, the Middle East is in some turmoil, Guantanamo remains open,
IranOther Issues December 9, 2009

A Strait of Impasse or Opportunity?

Can the nations bordering the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz learn from the mistakes of past civilizations? Will the West de-monopolize its interests in the region and pursue a
DemocracyHuman RightsObama December 9, 2009

The Twin Frauds of Obama

In a failed state, the government’s priorities are totally separate from those of the people. The US can’t afford health care or a bailout for jobless homeowners, but it can
DemocracyIslamic Issues December 9, 2009

AKP is not Islamist, but somewhat Muslimist

The Justice and Development Party sometimes misses the point that the Muslim thing to do in global politics is not to give blind support to our ‘Muslim brothers,’ but is