Missile strike in Pakistan may have killed Al Qaeda official
• LA TimesPakistan military is tight-lipped about the incident. Local officials say at least 12 people died in the attack, believed to have been carried out by a U.S. aerial drone.
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Ellsberg’s Lessons for Our Time (The Pentagon Papers)
• James Bovard for LewRockwell.comEllsberg knowingly risked spending a life in prison to bring the truth about the Vietnam War to Americans. He had hoped truth would set Americans free from the spell of official lies.
Obama: Iran should take US seriously
• RawStory.comBut in a rare signal of solidarity with the current Republican administration, Obama told a news conference in Paris on Friday that Iran should not wait for the next U.S. president to try to reach a deal over its nuclear program.
Hey Barack - NO Bush, NO Baker, NO Corporate War Maker. We've Had Enough!
• AfterDowningStreet.orgSome men sacrificed their sons for their nation. George Herbert Walker Bush sacrificed his nation for his son.
Obama Commits U.S. support for Israel
• Wall Street Journal Video(Meet the New Boss,... Same as the Old Boss)
In Germany, Obama urges joint fight against terror (meet the new boss, same as the old boss)
• www.breitbart.comBefore an enormous crowd, Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama on Thursday summoned Europeans and Americans together to "defeat terror and dry up the well of extremism that supports it" as surely as they conquered communism a gene
US general warns Russia on nuclear bombers in Cuba
• RawStory.comNewspaper Iszvestia on Monday cited an unnamed senior Russian air force official in Moscow as saying that Russia may start regular flights by long-range bombers to Cuba in response to US plans to install a missile defense system in eastern Europe.
Bush Administration Promises Full Effort on India Nuclear Deal
• www.voanews.comThe Bush administration says it will do all it can to try to remove remaining obstacles to the U.S.-India nuclear cooperation accord
U.S. lawyer urges Iran to sue over nukes
• UPI.comTEHRAN, July 22 (UPI) -- A University of Illinois law professor says he has offered to represent Iran if it decides to sue the United States over threatened nuclear program sanctions.
U.S. targets Somali pirates
• USA TodayThe area is a key shipping route for cargo transported to and from the U.S. and elsewhere. In response to pirate attacks, the U.S. has stepped up its patrols to deter them and sometimes intervened to rescue hostages and ships.
Congressman Ron Paul on *A Foreign Policy of Freedom*
• www.vimeo.comFuture of Freedom Foundation speech - What Ron Paul says in front of a room full of his friends and fellow libertarians.
US plans to station diplomats in Iran for first time since 1979
• www.guardian.co.ukThe Guardian has learned that an announcement will be made in the next month to establish a US interests section - a halfway house to setting up a full embassy. The move will see US diplomats stationed in the country. (Do you feel better???)
Iraq toughens stance on U.S. troop withdrawal
• news.xinhuanet.com (China View)BEIJING, July 9 (Xinhua) -- Iraq's stance in negotiations with the U.S. over the country's security has been getting tougher, a trend obviously seen when a Iraqi security officer demanded a definite deadline of U.S. troops' withdrawal.
Russia threatens military response to U.S. missle shield
• The Times OnlineRussia threatened to retaliate by military means after a deal with the Czech Republic brought the US missile defence system in Europe a step closer.
The North Korea "Problem"?
• The Nolan ChartThe fact is there is no North Korea "problem" or "situation." There is only a U.S. government problem.
US Congress approves Israel aid increase
• RawStory.comThe US Congress has approved a 170 million dollar increase in security assistance to Israel as part of its new 10-year, 30 billion dollar defense aid commitment to the Jewish state.
Bush moves to take N.Korea off terrorism blacklist
• APSix years after branding North Korea a part of his "axis of evil," Bush offered mostly symbolic concessions in exchange for Kim Jong Il's decision to hand over a long-awaited accounting of its nuclear bomb-making abilities.
China says lessons learned from U.S. economic woes
• Reuters...the head of China's central bank said the United States used to be a model for how to manage an economy, but was of interest now because of mistakes it made that caused the subprime mortgage crisis.
Prosecutors OK release of Rosenberg testimony
• RawStory.comThe sealed testimony was taken in 1950-51. The Rosenbergs were convicted of passing nuclear weapons secrets to the Soviet Union and were executed in 1953.
Lebanese leader: country nearing self-destruction
• RawStory.comLebanon has 17 different religious sects and at least a dozen armed groups that exert some degree of military control over various parts of the country and the capital.
Breaking Down the 'Great Firewall of China'
• FoxNewsAs Beijing readies itself for the Olympic Games in August, Chinese dissidents living in the U.S. have launched an attack on the country's so-called "Great Firewall," which prohibits its citizens from having full access to the Internet.
EU to lift sanctions on Cuba
• www.usatoday.comAs part of its action, the EU approved a set of conditions on Cuba in return for sanction-free relations. They include the release of all political prisoners; access for Cubans to the Internet; and a double-track approach for all EU delegations arriv
Chavez says he will meet with next US president
•But Chavez also warned that George W. Bush "will be much more dangerous during the last months that he has left" in the White House, and accused the outgoing U.S. president of attempting to orchestrate his assassination or spur a military r
Bush exports police state to police state China
• Washington Times[Try it out there, before we try it out here...ooopps to late.] The support includes security and military equipment that is restricted for export under the Export Administration Act, prompting some critics of the policy to question its legality.
Mideast negotiations now bypassing Washington
• McClatchy NewsIn a week of dramatic developments in the Middle East, the most dramatic development of all may have been the fact that the United States, long considered the region's indispensable player, was missing in action.
Iranian president tries to seal India pipeline
• ReutersIranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad pushed to seal a $7.6 billion pipeline deal linking the world's second-largest gas reserves to growing South Asian economies, despite opposition from the United States. Ahmadinejad met Prime Minister Manmohan
Karzai Escapes Unharmed After Taliban Attack (Video of Attack)
• YouTubeSuspected Taliban militants attacked a ceremony attended by Afghan President Hamid Karzai Sunday, unleashing automatic weapons and rocket fire. The attack killed two but the president escaped without injury. (April 27)
Will the CIA Kill or Oust Ecuador’s President?<br> by Jacob G. Hornberger
• Future of Freedom FoundationEcuador’s president Rafael Correa may not be long for this world, both in a political sense and in genuine life-or-death sense. He recently fired his defense minister, army chief of intelligence, and commanders of the army, air force, and joint chief
Quotes: Twenty Foreign Policy Quotes by Liberals
• Mondoreb“One hundred nations in the UN have not agreed with us on just about everything that’s come before them, where we’re involved, and it didn’t upset my breakfast at all.” That was Ronald Reagan in 1983 after the Grenada Invasion. He'd likely have t
US May Post Marines in Taiwan
• APThe United States may post Marines at its unofficial embassy in Taiwan - a small but symbolically significant change in its delicate political relationship with the self-ruled island.
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