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Thursday, 20 March 2008 |
 So why, exactly, did the US invade Iraq five years ago this week? The official reasons – the threat posed to the US and its allies by Saddam Hussein's alleged programs of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and the possibility that he would pass along those arms to al-Qaeda – have long since been discarded by the overwhelming weight of the evidence, or, more precisely, the lack of evidence that such a threat ever existed. Then there was liberating Iraq from the tyranny of Hussein's particularly unforgiving and bloodthirsty version of Ba'athism. Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan's assertion in his recent memoir that "The Iraq war is largely about oil" has definite appeal. Be first to comment this article
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Thursday, 20 March 2008 |
 Barack v. Hillary isn't the only Presidential election game in Washington these days. There is also the Samir v. Walid v. Michel (as in Geagea, Jumblatt and Suleiman) campaign underway as each seek through direct contact and surrogates, the US imprimatur in their quests to lead Lebanon. This week it appears that Walid's support is dropping faster than Hilary's and Suleiman may end up like Fred Thompson ("failed to live up to expectations and not enough fire in the belly for the job") and Geagea is skyrocketing faster than Barack did in February. Following successful visits by Druze leader Walid Jumblatt over the winter, the Bush administration is currently hosting and vetting long-shot candidate Dr. Samir Farid Geagea.Be first to comment this article |
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Monday, 17 March 2008 |
 Thousands of anti-war protesters have marched in Britain, the United States and Canada to mark the fifth anniversary of the start of the war in Iraq. They took to the streets in London and the Scottish city of Glasgow, demanding that British troops pull out of Iraq and Afghanistan. A spokesman for the 'Stop The War' coalition, which organized the marches, says five years after the invasion of Iraq, the world had become "a much more dangerous place." Organizers estimated that the London march had attracted up to 40,000 protesters.Be first to comment this article |
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Monday, 17 March 2008 |
 Hadi Khosorojerdi lies on his bed in a Tehran hospital, a drip in his arm. In a weak, breathless voice the former Revolutionary Guard recalls the day in August 1987 that he was hit by shrapnel on Majnoon island during the Iran-Iraq War. As he lay unconscious on the ground, the Iraqis unleashed mustard gas. Mr Khosorojerdi was 19. Amazingly he survived, recovered and went on to marry and have two children. But in recent years he has developed severe respiratory problems and nine months ago was admitted to Sasan hospital. “I trust in God,” he replies when asked his prognosis, but the nurse shakes her head sadly. “He has lung cancer,” she says quietly. “He will die.”Be first to comment this article |
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Monday, 17 March 2008 |
 The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) continues its tight siege and prevents movement of people and goods in and out of the Gaza Strip. This includes patients who are close to dying due to denied access to hospitals abroad. Sources from the Palestinian Ministry of Health have indicated that more than 100 patients have died since mid-June 2007. On top of this, the imposed siege has caused the economy to collapse, thereby robbing tens of thousands of Palestinians from their livelihoods. In a new development, the siege threatens the fishing industry, which employs 5,000 Palestinians in Gaza. Three thousand of those are fishermen. The severe fuel cuts by the IOF affect their work directly.Be first to comment this article |
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Sunday, 16 March 2008 |
 Three years have passed on the birth of the so-called March 14 bloc thanks to the 'strong general' Michel Aoun… a bloc that initially rose up against 'meddling in Lebanese affairs', called for 'freedom, sovereignty, and independence'. When this slogan was raised, Aoun and his party wanted it to be concrete and not just a resonant one. Aoun stressed the ruling bloc would have ended a long time ago if it hadn't gained external support. "Their fate is however known. Foreign alliances and personal interests, rather than the interests of the Lebanese people, were what really formed this bloc," he stressed, accusing them of turning Lebanon into a 'joined-stock company.Be first to comment this article |
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Friday, 14 March 2008 |
 The U.S. Congress sent President Bush a bill that would have banned the CIA from using ‘harsh interrogation methods,’ which most of the world sees as torture and which even the military is forbidden to use. Said Mr. Bush: “The bill Congress sent me would take away one of the most valuable tools in the war on terror”. It is not surprising that the irony of that statement is lost on Mr. Bush. Terrorist tools that he allows the Central Intelligence Agency to use are a ‘valuable tool’ in the war against terror.Be first to comment this article |
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Friday, 14 March 2008 |
 The leader of Iraq's minority Christians urged them on Friday not to be cowed and to be "steadfast" in their faith after the kidnapped Chaldean Catholic archbishop was found dead in northern Iraq. The abduction and death of Paulos Faraj Rahho, 65, was the most high-profile attack on Iraq's Christians, who have been targeted by al Qaeda, since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003. Rahho was abducted on February 29 after gunmen attacked his car and killed his driver and two guards. His body was found in a shallow grave in eastern Mosul on Thursday. He had been in poor health and it was not clear how he had died, though Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Thursday blamed his death on al Qaeda.Be first to comment this article |
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