by John Feffer, Stephen Zunes | Sep 20, 2006 | War & Peace
President George W. Bush’s address before the United Nations General Assembly on September 19 appeared to be designed for the domestic U.S. audience. Indeed, few of the foreign delegations or international journalists present could take seriously his rhetoric...
by Antonia Juhasz | Jul 13, 2006 | Labor, Trade, & Finance
Even as Congress has finally begun a serious debate about whether U.S. troops should be withdrawn from Iraq, another part of President Bush’s “war on terror” is advancing with far less public fanfare. Last month, the Senate Finance Committee approved...
by Fawaz Gerges, John Gershman | Oct 27, 2005 | War & Peace
The American-led invasion and occupation of Iraq has provided al-Qaida with a new lease on life, a second generation of recruits and fighters, and a powerful outlet to expand its ideological outreach activities to Muslims worldwide. Statements by al-Qaida top chiefs,...
by Tom Barry, Patrick Gilkes | Oct 11, 2005 | Human Rights
Key Points During the 30-year war against the Ethiopian military dictatorship, the EPLF and TPLF guerrilla movements worked closely together and achieved victory in 1991 as the firmest of friends. Despite claims to the contrary, Ethiopia and Eritrea have been fighting...
by Laura Carlsen, Daniel Marx McCarthy | Oct 2, 2005 | Labor, Trade, & Finance
On February 4th and 5th, leaders of the G-7 nations convened in London to discuss options for ending the grievous cycle of debt that has plagued the world’s most impoverished nations for years. Announcements and proposals prior to the meetings by officials from...
