Peter Van Buren, How Not to Withdraw from Iraq
The Fall of Baghdad – Wiki Image Peter Van Buren TomDispatch Iraq? Where’s that? Most Americans no longer seem to know and evidently could care…
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NATO shortcomings ‘could jeopardise Libya mission’
© AFP/File AFP BRUSSELS (AFP) – US Defence Secretary Robert Gates warned on Friday that military shortcomings among NATO members could jeopardise the alliance’s air…
Yemen turmoil makes Qaeda ‘more dangerous’: US Mullen
Yemeni anti-government protesters © AFP Ahmad Gharabli AFP CAIRO (AFP) – The turmoil in Yemen which has seen its veteran president seek treatment in Saudi…
Obama says sorry to Karzai for civilian deaths
Afghan Abdu Rahman, 7 © AFP/File Mauricio Lima AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Barack Obama on Wednesday expressed his “sorrow” in a video conference…
Obama meets Bahrain crown prince at White House
© AFP Jim Watson AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Barack Obama met the crown prince of Bahrain Tuesday, as Washington backed the Sunni royal…
US lawmakers delay Libya vote
© AFP Gianluigi Guercia AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – The House of Representatives delayed a vote Wednesday on a resolution calling for the end of US…
Dempsey urges response to Arab Spring
© AFP Carl Court AFP LONDON (AFP) – The man named by President Barack Obama to be the top US military officer said Wednesday that…
George Galloway: Hands off Libya (Video)
YouTube “Now, the King of Qatar has appointed himself the oil minister of liberated Libya, and has been given the job in London two days…
Fighting grips Yemeni capital as Saleh orders arrests
An man injured from fighting in the north Sanaa © AFP AFP SANAA (AFP) – Security forces in the Yemeni capital battled heavily armed supporters…
Netanyahu stands firm on peace with Palestinians
Benjamin Netanyahu © AFP Saul Loeb AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu told US lawmakers he would uproot settlements in a “generous” peace deal with…
US senators introduce Iran sanctions bill
The Russian-built Bushehr nuclear power plant © AFP/MEHR NEWS/File Majid Asgaripour AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – A nuclear-armed Iran would be a nightmare scenario marking the…
Libyan rebels to open office in US: top official
Feltman is in Benghazi © AFP Saeed Khan AFP BENGHAZI, Libya (AFP) – Libya’s rebels have accepted an invitation to open a representative office in…
Complex But Clear US Foreign Policies
Wiki Image Jack D. Douglas LewRockwell I’ve heard Congress people and others say repeatedly that the U.S. has no real or clear foreign policy for…
Obama stands by vision for Mideast peace
An Israeli protester © AFP David Buimovitch AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Barack Obama stood his ground to defend his vision of an Israel-Palestinian…