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"Jewish Money" to get more Congressmen

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:47:20 EST

"Where is Grimm's money coming from," said Jennifer Nelson, McMahon's campaign spokeman. "There is a lot of Jewish money, a lot of money from people in Florida and Manhattan, retirees."

Al Qaeda deputy urges Muslim women to become 'holy warriors'

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:24:42 EST

'You are mujahedat (female holy warriors) in the most important battlefield. 'Every single woman who defends her veil is a holy warrior ... in the face of the secular Western crusade. 'France, with all its power and clout, can't touch the head-cover of a nun, but it can assault any face-veiled woman.'

Pakistani ex-spy chief hits back over leaks

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:10:27 EST

"I am a very favourite whipping boy of America. They can't imagine the Afghans can win wars on their own," Mr Gul told the Financial Times. "It would be an abiding shame that a 74-year-old general living a retired life manipulating the Mujahedeen in Afghanistan results in the defeat of America," he joked. "What are they going to do to the history books for their own posterity?"

Iran is joined by Russia in condemning EU sanctions -

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:23:50 EST

Russia said the EU's use of sanctions not approved by the UN Security Council is "unacceptable."

Zawahiri Threatens US Attacks

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:21:10 EST

"Oh American peopleâ¦We offered you a peace plan, and mutual benefit; but your governments were proud and haughty, and so the attacks against you followed one after another, everywhere â from Indonesia to Times Square, by way of Madrid and London. And the attacks are ongoing, and more will come one after another."

Secret war along the Pakistan border

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:38:23 EST

Much of the tension has arisen from a longstanding dispute between Pakistan and Afghanistan over the Durand line, the 117-year-old colonial boundary they still contest. During one confrontation in September 2005, 120 Afghan troops massed on the border in Khost, threatening to attack Pakistani troops

Afghanistan war logs: tensions increase after revelation of more leaked files

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:28:30 EST

The details emerge from more than 90,000 secret US military files, covering six years of the war, which caused a worldwide uproar when they were leaked yesterday.

Wikileaks reveals Bin Laden seen at village meetings

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:26:15 EST

According to the Guardian, which has received the documents, the report went on: 'The top four people in these meetings are Mullah Omar [the Taliban leader], Osama Bin Laden, Mullah Dadullah and Mullah [Baradar].'

How the Neda Video Came to the World

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:18:55 EST

Please let the world know. An example of the new world we are living in....and how everything is not a conspiracy arranged by big organizations, lobbies, and government set-up and supported bogus news agencies. In this case it was Nada and the fallout was against the Iranian Regime. In so many other cases it is the Israelis in occupied Palestine, or the Russians in Chechnia or the Americans in Afghanistan.

IRAN Warns of US and Israeli Plans for Regional War

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:46:56 EST

The Iranian President is rightly worried. The Israeli and US preparations are for nothing less than a major regional war to once again assert control of the region and destroy those opposed to Israeli policies and U.S./Western hegemony.

Clinton's getting new very anti-Zionism family member

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:43:34 EST

Note: This recent attack on Uncle Mezvinsky is from the hard-liners in the Israeli-Jewish Lobby. The background is that Norton Mezvinsky is a very smart, as well as very controversial, fellow. He has also been one of the leading anti-Zionist anti-Israeli American Jews for a very long time. Protege of Elmer Berger, and once prominent in the American Jewish Alternatives to Zionism (AJAZ) organization, Norton is about to become the Uncle-in-Law to none other than Chelsea Clinton, daughter of the former President and current Secretary of State.

Israelis Lambast Jordan, Dr. Peace and Mr. Apartheid

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:19:52 EST

The world must tell Jordan that peace and integration of its own Palestinians are not privileges it is giving away.

Chomsky and Palestine: Asset or Liability?

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:19:18 EST

In a recent interview renowned linguist Noam Chomsky called the BDS campaign 'hypocritical'. Jeffrey Blankfort, who is the author of an earlier important critique of Chomsky's position on Palestine, responds:

Criticism of Chomsky: Asset or Liability?

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:18:37 EST

4Share 0diggsdigg Tirades against Noam Chomsky never cease to amaze me.

Abbas: American Jews on My Side Now

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:45:46 EST

The lobbyists "told me that I had created a revolution among American Jews, and that they had decided to go to President Obama and tell him: there is a Palestinian partner for peace â but is there an Israeli partner?" Abbas said. Amazing twist on reality, but then Abbas is the guy who signed away Palestinian rights on the White House law back in 1993 and has brought them so much misery every since.

Historian warns of sudden collapse of American 'empire'

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:45:21 EST

Harvard professor and prolific author Niall Ferguson opened the 2010 Aspen Ideas Festival Monday with a stark warning about the increasing prospect of the American "empire" suddenly collapsing due

Study: Attack on Iran would be 'start of long war'

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:28:40 EST

"An Iranian administration under attack would experience considerable national unity and would work rapidly to redevelop its weapons programs, withdrawing from the NPT and prioritizing nuclear weapons," the report states.

Remember Tricky Dicky and Slippery Bill... Now Tricky Bibi

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:25:27 EST

Israel has had many rightist leaders since Menachem Begin promised "many Elon Morehs," but there has never been one like Netanyahu, who wants to do it by deceit.

When Does Conciliatory Become Obsequious? Abbas Meets The Pro-Israel Lobby

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:23:25 EST

I really do not see any good coming from meetings between this group of powerful pro-Israel Jews and Mahmoud Abbas. If the Jewish leaders actually wanted to support Abbas in a quest for a fair and just two-state solution they would never compromise his credibility by a public meeting in which they force him to be conciliatory bordering on the obsequious.

Why West Lost Afghan War

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:21:20 EST

The former head of the CIA's bin Laden unit says the US-led coalition has already lost the war in Afghanistan. A shake-up in military leadership won't change that.