CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – A Marine accused of killing unarmed Iraqi women and children pleaded guilty Monday to dereliction of duty in a deal that will mean a maximum of three months confinement and end the largest and longest-running criminal case against U.S. troops to emerge from the Iraq War. Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich of Meriden, Conn., led the Marine …
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161 Islamic missionaries ordered to leave country – Immigration chief says they violated visa rules; Fowzie to intervene – By Leon Berenger
A group of 161 foreign nationals, who are in Sri Lanka to preach the virtues of Islam to Muslims, have been ordered to leave the country. “The group which arrived in different batches has violated their visa status,” Immigration and Emigration Controller Chulananda Perera told the Sunday Times. He said visas were granted to them to visit Sri Lanka …
Read More »A year after the Arab Uprising Middle East remains turbulent. By Latheef Farook
Road ahead for the inspiring Arab uprising which toppled some tyrants and threatening the others, is going to be long, turbulent and violent. Only little more than a year ago such uprisings were unimaginable in view of the extreme oppressive nature of the regimes throughout the region. The mere fact that people are sacrificing their lives to assert their rights …
Read More »U.S. Warns Israel on Iran Strike By ADAM ENTOUS,JULIAN E. BARNES and JAY SOLOMON
Officials Lobby Against Attack on Iran as Military Leaders Bolster Defenses False Flag And Battle Field Preparation? U.S. defense leaders are increasingly concerned that Israel is preparing to take military action against Iran, over U.S. objections, and have stepped up contingency planning to safeguard U.S. facilities in the region in case of a conflict. President Barack Obama, Defense Secretary …
Read More »Syria and Iran: The Great Game By Alastair Crooke
Regime change in Syria is a strategic prize that outstrips Libya – which is why Saudi Arabia and the west are playing their part This summer a senior Saudi official told John Hannah, Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, that from the outset of the upheaval in Syria, the king has believed that regime change would be highly beneficial to Saudi interests: "The …
Read More »The Middle East Agenda: Oil, Dollar Hegemony & Islam By Prof. Francis A Boyle
Transcript – Public Lecture – Perdana Global Peace Forum 2006 Kuala Lumpur – Little has changed in the imperialist tendencies of American foreign policy since the founding of the United States of America in seventeen eighty-nine. The fledgling United States opened the nineteenth century by stealing the continent of North America from the Indians, while in the process ethnically cleansing them …
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