Italy: 23 American CIA Agents Convicted For Kidnapping
Yesterday, Italy’s Constitutional Court convicted and sentenced 23 CIA agents and 2 Italian secret service agents for the kidnapping of Abu Omar, an Egyptian Muslim cleric, under the CIA’s extraordinary rendition program. In 2003, Abu Omar(see photo) was kidnapped from a street in Milan and sent to Egypt where he was tortured. This is the […]
Iran’s Two Slogans: “Death To The Dictator” & “Death To America”
Today in Tehran, the police violently broke up an opposition rally. The riot police used batons and tear gas as a separate demonstration was staged to mark the storming of the US embassy 30 years ago. The green movement demonstrators were chanting “Death to the dictator”, while pro-government hardliners were chanting the familiar “Death to […]
Alan Grayson Money Bomb Nets $500k
Freshman Congressman Alan Grayson (D-FL) just raked in half a million dollars on a non-election year money bomb. The fundraising effort was coordinated by ActBlue, and demonstrates the truth behind the ancient Latin proverb goes: fortune favors the bold.
One Year Later, What Is Left Of The Hope For Change?
Almost a year ago, on November 4th 2008, an euphoria of hope was spreading in America and around the world. The wind of change that Barack Obama personified was expected, by some in America and elsewhere, to bring with it a peaceful revolution. With the election of the first African-American President the world was dreaming […]
Middle-East:No Peace Talks Progress Anytime Soon
Today, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told US Secretary of States Hillary Clinton that Palestinians would not re-start peace talks with Israel if there was not a complete freeze on Israeli settlements in the occupied territories. Despite the efforts of US envoy George Mitchell, there is very few signs that the peace talks themselves, suspended in […]
