middle east
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Behind the U.N. sanctions against Iran
On Dec. 23, 2006, the United Nations Security Council unanimously approved Resolution 1737, requiring Iran to suspend all of its…
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Ramsey Clark denounces planned execution of Saddam Hussein
Former U.S. attorney general Ramsey Clark denounced the Iraqi Special Tribunal's death sentences against Saddam Hussein and two co-defendants in…
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Richest two percent own half of world’s wealth
"…in proportion as capital accumulates, the lot of the labourer, be his payment high or low, must grow worse." —…
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New U.S. military strategies in Iraq bring more death, destruction
The writer is a student leader at Howard University in Washington, D.C. The New York Times reported on Dec. 5…
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U.S. vastly underreporting attacks, casualties in Iraq
Since the U.S. "shock and awe" invasion of Iraq in March 2003, almost 3,000 U.S. troops have been killed in…
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The struggle for power in Lebanon and the Middle East
A situation of dual power exists in Lebanon today. There are two counterposed sources of authority and power in the…
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Politicians fiddle, Iraq burns
In 1970, Henry Kissinger chaired the Vietnam War’s version of the Iraq Study Group (ISG). Its name was virtually the…
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¿Podrá Washington admitir su derrota en Irak?
En las semanas que conduc??an a las elecciones en noviembre de 2006, la guerra en Irak fue el tema principal…
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Atrocities in Palestine follow appointment of fascist Israeli deputy prime minister
The appointment of Avigdor Lieberman as new Israeli deputy prime minister has been followed by stepped-up atrocities against the Palestinian…
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LGBT movement should stand with the oppressed, not the imperialists
The recent New Jersey Superior Court ruling on the right of same-sex couples to unite and enjoy the same rights…
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