Iraqi Election: Allawi Narrowly Wins, Maliki Asks For Recount
The coalition headed by former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi narrowly won Iraqi’s parliamentary elections over the incumbent, current Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. The results were announced Friday by Iraq’s Independent Electoral Commission two weeks after the polls took place. Allawi, a Shia Muslims, got a lot of votes from Sunnis and is more secular than […]
AFRICOM: The US Military’s Growing Role in Africa
Few people are aware of the existence of AFRICOM, at least not in the United States. AFRICOM stand for United States Africa Command, and it is part of the foreign policy legacy of former US President George W. Bush. The neocon ideology of global US empire, prevalent during the Bush era, was at play in […]
UNESCO: Record Number Of Journalists Killed In 2009
Reporting the news, or at least trying to, is increasingly becoming a very dangerous line of work. Last year set a new record, with 77 journalists murdered worldwide. The United Nations Educational Cultural and Scientific Organization (UNESCO), is raising the alarm in a new report published today, and is calling “for an end to impunity […]
Netanyahu, In Washington, Remains Defiant On Settlements Issue
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is in Washington. Monday, Netanyahu was greeted like a rock star at the reception held by AIPAC, for the annual conference of the most powerful Jewish lobbyist group in Washington. Judging by the speech of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the recent tensions between Washington and Jerusalem were just a flash […]
Obama Got His Groove Back, But Can He Keep It Up On Immigration And Climate Change?
The Republicans were clamoring that the failure of the health care bill would be “Obama’s Waterloo”. It is turning out that the GOP and their henchmen of the Tea Party “movement” were wrong. The bill was not Obama’s Waterloo but his Austerlitz (to refer to one of Napoleon’s military master piece). Last night, President Obama […]
