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Your Time Is Up: Assad`s Speechs Will Not Save Regime

Assad A Mockery In Eyes of Syrians   Syrians watch their president, Bashar Assad, promise reforms in a TV speech. Syrian President Bashar Assad, following in the footsteps of other beleaguered Arab autocrats, promised reforms and threatened protesters in a televized speech. But German commentators join the growing number of observers who feel Assad’s regime may be running…

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Saudi Arabia: Self Destructive And Undermining The Arab Revolution

The Saudi threat is intended to present U.S. policymakers with a choice between U.S. values and U.S. interests. In his speech last week on the Middle East, President Barack Obama left little doubt that America stands with the people of the region in their demand for change. This puts the U.S. on a collision course…

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Desert Rats: Blackwater Eric Prince Training Another Secret Army

Desert Force Set Up by Blackwater’s Founder Adam Ferguson/VII Network Erik Prince, the founder of Blackwater, has a new project. By MARK MAZZETTI and EMILY B. HAGER Published: May 14, 2011 ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Late one night last November, a plane carrying dozens of Colombian men touched down in this glittering seaside…

The Coca Cola Effect : Drugs & Crimes In Afghanistan Rob The Soul

The Lost Souls of Kabul: Photographs by James Nachtwey A man injects himself under a bridge near an open sewer in Kabul. While overall production has dropped thanks to aggressive eradication efforts, and a blight that destroyed almost half of last year’s harvest, more Afghans than ever are getting addicted to opiates. We’re used to…

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The Future of Wars Insanity of Killing: Cyber Terrorism Weapon of Mass Destruction

Computer expert says US behind Stuxnet worm By Glenn Chapman   A computer security expert said he believes the United States and Israel’s Mossad unleashed the malicious Stuxnet worm on Iran’s nuclear program. Photo / Thinkstock LONG BEACH – A German computer security expert said he believes the United States and Israel’s Mossad unleashed the…

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The Goal of Zero Nuclear Weapons

  ‘Global Zero’ and the Argument for Nukes Richard Perle Essay  Defense policy veteran Richard Perle explains why, despite its appeal, the no-nukes, “Global Zero” agenda should – and will – fizzle. March/April 2011   There are many specters haunting our world, but one is of our own making—the utopian vision of a world free…