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• Yemen new frontier in US ‘war on terror’ – BBC News

  
  Memmis.com News Agency — Authority: 171
  Aljazeera.net Yemen new frontier in US war on terror BBC News The increased violence in Yemen is a clear indication that military campaigns to crush al-Qaeda-inspired violence extend far beyond the borders of Afghanistan and Pakistan. It also shows up hostile fault-lines within the Middle ... ...
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• Battle against al-Qaida stepped up in Yemen – Washington Post

  
  Memmis.com News Agency — Authority: 171
  AFP Battle against al-Qaida stepped up in Yemen Washington Post AP WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon has poured nearly $70 million in military aid to Yemen this year, a massive financial infusion aimed at eliminating the expanding al-Qaida safe havens in that country. Airstrikes Thursday in Yemens ... ...
  21 hours ago

• Israel steps up campaign of repression. We can step it up our campaign, too!

  
  US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation — Authority: 426
  Independent media outlets have been providing some great coverage of this latest wave of repression directed against Palestinian nonviolence. Heres Neve Gordon at Counterpunch , who frames the issue with an overview of the history of Palestinian nonviolence and Israeli repression and summarizes the current trend: ...
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• This isnt what accountability looks like

  
  US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation — Authority: 426
  Last week we asked an important question : "What does accountability for human rights abuses and violations of international law look like?" Well, heres what it doesnt look like, from The Forward : " Leaders in Washington and Jerusalem have publicly locked horns over the issue of West Bank settlements. ...
  3 days ago

• US Campaign member group rep: "Settlements, attacks drive out Palestinians"

  
  US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation — Authority: 426
  Check out this great op-ed in the Cedar Rapids Gazette Online from Sarah McDonald, who works with US Campaign member group Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) in the South Hebron Hills of the West Bank. McDonald was one of the CPT members who was attacked by Israeli settlers recently . Here, she comments on the ...
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• Colombian rebel groups join forces to fight against government

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 723
  Bogota, Dec 17 (EFE) Colombia’s two largest guerrilla groups have joined forces in the fight against the government of President Alvaro Uribe, the leaders of the two groups said in a joint statement.“We aim to work for unity to confront the current regime with firmness,” the Revolutionary Armed Forces of ...
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• Omar Baddar: "The Race Against Israeli Expansionism"

  
  US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation — Authority: 426
  Heres Omar Baddar in a Huffington Post article entitled " The Race Against Israeli Expansionism ," arguing that contradictions in U.S. policy toward Israeli settlements are making prospects for a just peace look pretty dim: " US policy, in line with international law and the international consensus, is fully ...
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• U.S. Military Aid and the Paramilitaries Behind the Philippine Election Massacre

  
  God's Politics Blog — Authority: 665
  For many of us in the U.S., the sometimes vicious attack ads of last year’s presidential election are more than just a recent memory. The Philippines, a longtime ally of the U.S.,  is gearing up for its own round of elections…
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• US House approves $1.5 bn aid for Pakistan tied to fighting terror

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 723
  By Arun KumarWashington, Dec 11 (IANS) Acceding to President Barack Obama’s request for a sharp increase in economic and military assistance to Pakistan, the US House of Representatives has authorised $1.5 billion annually in non-military aid over the next five years tied to progress in fighting terrorists.The ...
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• US allocates 1.5 billion dollars for Pak in 2010 budget

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 723
  Washington, Dec. 11 (ANI): The United States has allocated approximately 1.5 billion dollars for Pakistan in its budget for the 2010 fiscal year.According to sources, the US House of Representatives has approved 1.459 billion in assistance for Pakistan as it passed a massive 1.1 trillion dollar appropriations bill.The ...
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• Ukraine strikes $2.4 bn arms deal with Iraq

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 723
  Moscow, Dec 10 (RIA Novosti) Ukraine will deliver a variety of military equipment to Iraq under a recent deal worth an estimated $2.4 billion, a Russian newspaper has reported.According to the Nezavisimaya Gazeta daily, the deal between the state arms exporter UkrSpetsExport and the Iraqi defence ministry is the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Pakistan is the challenge, say US lawmakers

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 723
  Washington, Dec 10 (IANS) Top US lawmakers agree that Pakistan constituted the principal challenge for US policymakers as all major terror groups, including perhaps Osama bin Laden, were based in that country.John Kerry, Democratic chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, acknowledged Pakistan was at the ...
  2 weeks ago

• "The US cash behind extremist settlers": US Campaign member group exposes U.S. funding of Israeli settlers

  
  US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation — Authority: 426
  Weve posted before about efforts of US Campaign member groups to expose groups like the Hebron Fund, U.S.-based "charitable" organizations that raise money for extremist settler groups. Today, Andrew Kadi and Aaron Levitt of Adalah-NY have a great piece in The Guardian reporting on tax-deductible donations in ...
  2 weeks ago

• The United States “Enhanced Partnership with Pakistan Act”: Massive Aid, Tough Love, Tall Order

  
  Trends Updates — Authority: 593
  With Obama signing the ‘Enhanced Partnership with Pakistan Act,’ otherwise known as the ‘Kerry-Lugar-Berman Bill,’ a five-year, $7.5 billion aid package to Pakistan is assured, along with a promise of more to come. ‘It includes language proposing a subsequent tranche of $7.5 billion of aid for 2015 to 2019. ...
  3 weeks ago

• Update on the 10 MiG29s for Lebanon

  
  The Lebanese Inner Circle : Blog — Authority: 122
  A Russian military delegation is inspecting airfields before Moscow sending 10 MiG-29 fighter jets to bolster Lebanon’s almost non-existent air force, a challenge to U.S. efforts to build up the Mediterranean country’s state institutions to counter Hezbollah. Under a deal announced in December by Lebanese Defense ...
  3 weeks ago

• Switzerland Bans Minarets, Gets Bad Press. Israel Bombs Minarets, Gets More Military Aid. What?

  
  US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation — Authority: 426
  By now, Im sure youve heard about the Swiss referendum banning mosque minarets --a blow to religious freedom that is getting global attention as a blow to religious freedom. Heres the Associated Press : " Amnesty International said the vote violated freedom of religion and ...
  3 weeks ago

• Sky News Covers Settler Attack on US Campaign Member Group

  
  US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation — Authority: 426
  Check out this piece from Britains Sky News about settlers intimidating and attacking schoolchildren and internationals, i ncluding members of US Campaign member group Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) , in the South Hebron Hills (thanks to Sam Nichols of CPT for posting this) : " On Wednesday this week, two ...
  4 weeks ago

• Watch:President of Pakistan Azif Ali Zardari:World should be a non-nuclear world

  
  Ekawaaz - One Voice - Many Issues : News Views and Reviews — Authority: 106
  Very Wise thinking Mr. President, even I would love to see the world free of Nuclear War Heads, but realistically it’s not possible in today’s date. To be honest Mr. President I failed to understand how you will make this possible?A Non-Nuclear WorldBy letting and setting free world most deadly nuclear smuggler ...
  4 weeks ago

• India has expressed concern over US arms supply to Pakistan: Nirupama Rao

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 723
  By Smita PrakashWashington, Nov.24 (ANI): Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao has told media persons here that the Indian Government has expressed its concern to Washington over US arms supply to Pakistan.Addressing a press conference here last night, Rao said Indian Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh has expressed his ...
  4 weeks ago

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