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February, 2010

  • 23 February

    Meir Dagan: the mastermind behind Mossad’s secret war, Uzi Mahnaimi

    IN early January two black Audi A6 limousines drove up to the main gate of a building on a small hill in the northern suburbs of Tel Aviv: the headquarters of Mossad, the Israeli secret intelligence agency, known as the “midrasha”. Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, stepped out of his car and was greeted by Meir Dagan, the 64-year-old …

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  • 22 February

    Governor by chance now Nigeria’s acting president, By JON GAMBRELL

    LAGOS, Nigeria — Goodluck Jonathan has once again lived up to his name by becoming acting president of Africa’s most populous nation. He took over as governor of an oil-rich state only after his predecessor was indicted; militants dynamited his country home but he wasn’t there. Now he’s leading Nigeria after the president’s lengthy hospitalization in Saudi Arabia prompted legislators …

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  • 21 February

    Inter-faith dialogue a prominent tool to erase conflicts, By Ansari

    Vice President Hamid Ansari on Saturday said inter-faith dialogue has emerged as a prominent civil society initiative between nations and groups in the post-Cold War world, amidst the “Clash of Civilisations” debate and the raging ethnic and religious conflicts in various parts of the globe. Delivering the inaugural address at a conference on “An International Dialogue between Islam and Oriental …

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  • 20 February

    Passport to the Truth in Dubai Remains Secret, By Robert Fisk

    It’s a propaganda war. Whoever killed the Hamas official in Dubai – let’s speak frankly – it’s part of an old, dirty war between the Israelis and the Palestinians in which they have been murdering their secret police antagonists for decades. Whose were the passports? Or should we say “passports”. So here’s a moment to reflect on realities. Many Dubaians …

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  • 20 February

    From ire to pyre if US attacks Iran or imposes sanctions , By Ameen Izzadeen

    The United States appears to be in a hurry to bring about a regime change in Iran but its biggest problem is that it does not know how to go about it. In recent weeks, the US has increased its Iran-bashing tempo and intensified diplomatic efforts aimed at forcing Tehran to give up its uranium enrichment programme. US Secretary of …

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  • 19 February

    Hastening Armageddon, By Asiff Hussein

    Why the Unholy Alliance between American Christian Fundamentalists and Jewish Zionists poses a threat to World Peace and what the Muslim World can do about it Little do we realize that events unfolding in the West today are bound to have serious implications for the Muslim world and indeed the world at large. One of these is of course the …

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  • 18 February

    America’s Global Weapons Monopoly Don’t Call It “the Global Arms Trade”, By Frida Berrigan

    On the relatively rare occasions when the media turns its attention to U.S. weapons sales abroad and shines its not-so-bright spotlight on the latest set of facts and figures, it invariably speaks of “the global arms trade.” Let’s consider that label for a moment, word by word: *It is global, since there are few places on the planet that lie …

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