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Is it World War III ?
As long as I can remember I have wondered what World War III would be like. Not if, but, when.
As I watch the news and see the Media publishing private comments by world leaders that was picked up by a microphone, I can not fathom how anyone can see that …
Country Default Risk Rises Across the Board
On November 7th, we highlighted the cost to insure against government default through sovereign CDS prices for 38 countries. Since then, default risk has risen for all but two of these countries (Lebanon and Argentina). Below we provide the current credit default swap prices for these countries, along with where they were trading one month ago and at the start of the year. As shown, Argentina, Venezuela, and Iceland have the highest default risk, with Russia not far behind. Germany, Japan,
What Does It Say About the World, or Just America,
that this fine story in the LA Times about the growing fears of a civil war inside Israel over the diehard "settlements" is written by a man named Ashraf Khalil, who I'm assuming has some Arab background (yet is able to visit a settlement and report on attitudes)? It says that We are a more evolved country than Israel, it says that Jews who have the great good fortune of living in this country must try and extend their understanding to the Israelis about minority freedom rather than running the
Obama's Day One Security Priority: Rebuild Confidence In U.S., Progressive Defense Expert Says
Although President-elect Barack Obama clearly faces national security challenges in Afghanistan and Iraq, Obama will have one overarching foreign policy mission on Day One, according to a former Pentagon official now aligned with a top progressive think tank with very close ties with the Obama team."The top national security priority has got to be to rebuild the confidence of other nations in the United States, rebuild our image around the world, because we won't prevail in the struggle against
Hezbollah Renews Solidarity with Palestinian People
Al Manar TV - Hussein AssiOnce again, Lebanon witnessed a solidarity activity with the Palestinian nation against the continuous "non-human" blockade in the Gaza strip.On Wednesday, Hezbollah organized a solidarity meeting with Palestinians at Al-Saha restaurant in Beirut's southern suburb amid a political, diplomatic and religious participation from Lebanon and Palestine. The meeting included speeches that generally praised the Palestinian Resistance and called for ending the blockade as soon a
BARACK OBAMA: HOUSE NEGRO OR FIELD NEGRO; WHO IS HIS MASTER?
"You’ve got field Negroes in America today. I’m a field Negro. The masses are the field Negroes.”By: Fahim A. Knight-ELPresident-Elect Barack Obama has been left with a decaying corpse and a petrified carcass better known as the United States Government, which has declined and reached an unbearable political, economic and social stench and is in dire need of fumigation because postmortem has left our government with some intolerable fumes. President-Elect Obama will be assuming one of the worst
Gilad Atzmon - The Lady Between the Queen and the Tribe
In spite of the fact that I monitor Israeli press and Jewish activism on a daily basis, I must admit that almost once a day I come across something new and refreshing about my ex-brethren. As it happened, yesterday I learned about an organisation named the “International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists” (IAJLJ). An association with such a name didn’t take me by complete surprise. By now I am used to the concept of ‘primarily-Jewish’ organisations and associations. At the end of
LEBANON: U.S. military assistance not so “glamorous” after all
LA TIMES A senior Pentagon official said recently that Israeli misgivings are taken into account prior to any decision regarding U.S. military assistance to Lebanon. This was also echoed by the Lebanese media today, which said that Washington would never help Lebanon with heavy weapons that could pose a threat to the Jewish state. Chris Straub, the U.S. deputy assistant secretary of Defense for Near East and South Asian affairs, said in a recent interview publicized by a Pentagon news release
Lebanon tourism hits four-year high
BEIRUT — Tourism in Lebanon has hit a four-year high, with the first 10 months of 2008 recording the highest number of visitors for the period since ex-premier Rafiq Hariri's murder, the tourism min read more
General Jones shoots Israel
General James Jones, Obama’s choice for National Security Adviser, again revealed his staggering ignorance. The general might be an authority in conventional warfare - though it is unlikely, given his mere few months battlefield experience in Vietnam. General Jones pushes his hallmark solution for the West Bank: IDF moves out and NATO troops move in. The proposal reveals Gen. Jones complete ignorance of anti-terrorist warfare. IDF is the only army in the world which curbed terrorism: from nea
Public Diplomacy 2.0: A New Approach to Global Engagement
Earlier this week, Under Secretary James K. Glassman spoke at the New America Foundation. An excerpt from his prepared remarks follows: In the war of ideas, our core task in 2008 is to create an environment hostile to violent extremism. We do that in two ways: by undermining extremist ideologies and by encouraging young people to follow productive paths that lead away from terrorism. The Colombian experience is relevant to both these tracks. It also reminds us that there is nihilistic vi
Foreign policy: Pakistan should re-align intself
US pressures Pakistan over Mumbai http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7762058.stm Iranian president on Mumbai attacks Press TV - Iran questions story behind Mumbai terror It seems that no matter how much we kiss USA back side they will never show us anything for it. President Nixon had said: It is dangerous being an enemy of the United States but it could be even more dangerous to be its friend! US governments track record speaks for itself for what they did to their babies like Sad
Barbara’s Choice: Funny, Crazy or Scary …
Not for nothin’, but anyone notice that the salesman is wearing a leopard print cowboy hat? As they say: Only in Lebanon.
"Bright future" for Lebanese-Syrian relations, says Aoun
"Bright future" for Lebanese-Syrian relations, says Aoun Submitted by Sahil Nagpal on Wed, 12/03/2008 - 18:58. Featured Lebanon Syria Damascus - Syria and Lebanon can build a "bright future" together, Lebanese Christian opposition leader Michel Aoun said Wednesday after talks in Damascus with President Bashar al-Assad. Aoun said Damascus and Beirut were seeking to put aside their past differences and "turn a new page where there is no victor and no loser". "This is a return to normal relat
Lebanon: Germany to improve border security with Syria
Beirut/ Berlin - Germany and Lebanon are working on a pilot project to improve security along Lebanon's border with Syria, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday. A bilateral commission was looking into ways to promote economic prosperity for Lebanese in the border region,
How do you say “your maximum leader has no chin” in Arabic?
This is a great bit of psychological warfare. Recently, Israel hacked into the Syrian phone system, and sent thousands of messages to Syrians offering a $10 million reward for information on the whereabouts of missing Israeli soldiers. It’s not just Syria either. For the last two years, Israel has been hacking into Lebanon based Hezbollah radio and TV broadcasts, and inserting messages that point out mistakes Hezbollah has made, or lies Hezbollah has been pushing, or simply ridiculing the Is
Give a ball, a bat, a jump rope. Let's show DMN Charities & Nastia Liukin how generous fitness folks are
OK, the headline is long. But so is the power of giving. We at the FBHQ (Fitness Blog Headquarters) have been all a-ponder this holiday season: How can we (yes, this also means you!) share our passion of fitness with kids whose Christmas might be fairly sparse? Sure, electronics are good gifts, but what about basic balls, hula hoops, bats, light barbells? So we made a few calls and found this: The The Dallas Morning News Charities has teamed with WOGA, the gym which trained gold medalists
CIA ATTACK ON ISLAMABAD AND MUMBAI
CIA ATTACK ON ISLAMABAD AND MUMBAI 3 12 2008 CIA ATTACK ON ISLAMABAD AND MUMBAI By: Peter Chamberlin The twin tragedies of hotel terrorism in Islamabad and Mumbai are clearly the empire’s new plans for world war III unfolding before us. Human history is a record of all the successfully unfolded conspiracies, our time is no different. The war on terror has revealed the true nature of the combatants and what they represent. On one side, the American side, the secret agencies of all inv
The EU Lets Syria off the Hook
The EU Lets Syria off the Hook Emanuele Ottolenghi - 12.03.2008 - 12:04 PM After a string of high profile visits to Damascus broke the ice, the EU has now announced that it is set to initial the Partnership Agreement with Syria on December 14. Thus vanishes the only bargaining chip that Europe had with Syria to pressure Damascus to change behavior. Not that one should be so optimistic about Syria charting a new course. But bad behavior does not deserve rewards. However, according to the EU a
Lebanon's Aoun visits Syria , meets Assad
Beirut / Damascus - Lebanese Christian politician Michel Aoun turned the page on a turbulent past with Syria on Wednesday in a visit to Damascus condemned by rivals who still see the neighboring state as a threat.
National and International Headlines for December 3
Headlines from Democracynow.org, a daily TV/radio news program, hosted by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, airing on over 650 stations, pioneering the largest community media collaboration in the US. US Refuses to Sign Treaty Banning Cluster Bombs Around 100 nations have begun signing a new international treaty banning the use of cluster bombs. Human Rights Watch has described the ban as the most significant arms control and humanitarian treaty in a decade. The convention bans use, stockpiling
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