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Just What Is America Doing all Over the World? By Doug Bandow In one of the most celebrated debate exchanges of the 2008 presidential campaign, GOP contender Rep. Ron Paul pointed out that Americans were hated because they were "over there" in Islamic lands. In fact, there is virtually no country on earth where American forces are not located.  Luckily, …

It is that threat that we are most interested in, for in analysing the role of Western Muslims in opposing western hegemony in foreign lands; it is more than evident that we should be at the forefront of supporting Wikileaks and their efforts to expose the truth about western wars in theOrient…  We've all waited for something like to this to …

  To find an analogy to General Petraeus, one must look back to the 19th century and the British General 'Chinese' Gordon.   Robert Grenier Will General Petraeus' military reputation survive the war in Afghanistan? [GALLO/GETTY]     The US government's policy review on Afghanistan is proceeding in an atmosphere of preternatural calm. Just a few months ago, as controversy continued …

  Is the realisation finally dawning in Ramallah, Tel Aviv and Washington that the peace process is dead? (Photo Warrick Page/Getty) Future historians will no doubt argue over the precise moment when the Arab-Israeli peace process died, when the last glimmer of hope for a two-state solution was irrevocably extinguished. When all is said and done, and the forensics have …

Transcript of speech given by the Prime Minister at No 10, Downing Street, 22 November 2010. Thank you very much for that, and can I say how incredibly welcome you all are. There are really three things I want to say tonight. The first is that I think we should be a country that celebrates and looks up to faith, …

  A classified document obtained by SPIEGEL shows notes from a meeting between a top German diplomat and Condoleezza Rice just weeks before the Iraq invasion. It indicates steps by the German government to prevent the war and undermines claims in George W. Bush's memoir that Gerhard Schröder indicated he would support the president should the US go to war. …