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Grand Old Tea Party: A Strange Brew Of Populist Anger With A Triple K Flavor

Grand Old Tea Party: A Strange Brew Of Populist Anger With A Triple K Flavor

The Grand Old Party and the so called Tea Party movement have become a strange hybrid. A political body with a vague agenda, a distorted torso harboring many harms, with many legs, moving in different directions, and a few talking heads and some silent ones. The Architects And The Megaphones The only GOP member which […]

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Growing Diplomatic Row Between Europe And Israel Over Dubai Killing

Growing Diplomatic Row Between Europe And Israel Over Dubai Killing

The rhetoric is heating up quickly between European governments and Israel over the assassination of a Senior Hamas leader on January 20, in Dubai. On Friday, Israel rejected vehemently calls from Dubai authorities for the possible arrest of Mossad chief Meir Dagan. In Britain Israel’s ambassador was summoned by UK’s Foreign Office for clarification. The […]

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Europeans Want Out Of Afghanistan

Europeans Want Out Of Afghanistan

This Saturday, the Dutch government of Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende collapsed over The Netherlands involvement with NATO operations in Afghanistan. NATO head Anders Rasmussen had asked The Netherlands earlier this month to extend Dutch’s Afghan military mission until August 2011, which is a year later than the originally planned pull out of the Dutch […]

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Is Hillary Clinton Beating The Drums Of War Against Iran?

Is Hillary Clinton Beating The Drums Of War Against Iran?

United States-Israel: A Glimpse At The “Special Relationship” Most Americans, and especially American politicians, value the “special relationship” that the United States has with Israel. Not only it a a constant political feature of US foreign policies ever since the creation of the Jewish state in 1948, but it has some deep implications for policy […]

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Dubai Police Chief: “99 Percent Sure Mossad Behind Killing”

Dubai Police Chief: “99 Percent Sure Mossad Behind Killing”

Israel is coming under increasing pressure over the assassination of an Senior Hamas leader in Dubai on January 20. The pressure is coming from Europe, from the Gulf state, and also from within Israel. Some Israelis have even called for Meir Dagan, the head of Mossad, and a close ally to Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu […]

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