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Bush blames Mubarak for war decision

Former US President Bush's book Decision Points, which reveals and highlights mistakes made by him during the Iraq war campaign alleges that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak had informed Bush that

Spotlight on the Americas

Lawrence Davidson considers why so many US officials, some ostensibly intelligent, end up blatantly lying or blindly following murderous orders without question, and why the general public seems to accept

Obama’s Expanding War In Pakistan: Key to U.S. Withdrawal From Afghanistan

President Obama took office vowing to strike al-Queda forces inside Pakistan if President Zardari’s government failed to ferret out the nations’ terrorists networks.

Obama’s task on Egyptian democracy

wHEN HE met with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in September, President Obama brought up the need for "a vibrant civil society, open political competition, and credible and transparent elections in

Bring me the head of Silvino Herrera

Against the background of the leaking of the USA’s secret Iraq war crimes files by the whistleblower website WikiLeaks, Daniel Patrick Welch peers beneath the West's self-proclaimed cultural and moral

Obama’s half-hearted efforts for Egyptian democracy

Since Obama brought up the need for "a vibrant civil society, open political President Mubarak’s regime has done exactly the opposite of what Obama asked.

Israel is Relieved Not to be The Only War Criminal

The voice of joy, the voice of rejoicing is heard in Israel: The Americans and British have also committed for war crimes, not only us.

President Obama puts political expediency ahead of US Constitution and civil liberties

Lawrence Davidson argues that by upholding the principle of immunity from prosecution for senior officials who commit crimes – a principle that was established during George W. Bush’s era –

Michael Moore: If Only NPR Had Fired Juan Williams for the Right Reasons

Moore asks Williams, 'What do you think when you see rich, middle-aged white men talking on TV about how they get nervous around African Americans on the street?'

Tony Blair and the great Islamic threat

People often wind up believing their own cover story. Former British prime minister Tony Blair, for example, is trapped forever in the rationalizations he used in 2003 to explain why