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Speaking at The Daily Telegraph-sponsored Hay Festival, Michael Scheuer said western politicians had to accept that the conflict in the Middle East was caused by US foreign policy. Mr Scheuer, the former head of the CIA's Osama bin Laden unit said that the terrorist and organisations such as al-Qaeda were fighting a war against US imperialism rather than a war …

  While serving on the House International Relations Committee from 1993 to 2003, it became clear to me that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was an anachronism.  Founded in 1945 at the end of World War II, NATO was founded by the United States in response to the Soviet Union's survival as a Communist state.  NATO was the U.S. …

FILE – In this Feb. 19, 2011 file photo, Palestinians carry their belongings after coming back from Egypt at the Rafah border crossing, southern Gaza Strip. Egypt's official news agency said on Wednesday, May 25, 2011 that the Rafah border crossing with Gaza will be permanently opened for Palestinians on Saturday, a move that will significantly ease a blockade of …

Dictatorship:- When People fear the Rulers. Democracy/Islamocracy:- When Rulers fear the people. Bakeer Markar (former Speaker of Sri Lanka’s  Parliament  ) Memorial Lecture by Senior Journalist and Author Latheef  Farook on Thursday 12 May 2011 at  the All Ceylon Union of Muslim League Youth Fronts at KG 7,Elvitigala Flats. Colombo-8 Political uprising sweeping Middle East and North Africa has taken …

"The President does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation" —candidate Barack Obama, December, 2007 "No more ignoring the law when it's inconvenient. That is not who we are. . . . We will again set an example for …

Dmitry Medvedev says Russia will not support the use of force in the Syrian conflict  [AFP] President Medvedev comes out against any UN move to authorise use of force, saying Syria must settle own affairs. Dmitry Medvedev, the Russian president, has said Russia will not support any United Nations resolutions on the use of force against the Syrian government. "As for …