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Robert Gates: As Bad As Rumsfeld?

Excerpt: "As Bad As Rumsfeld?" The title jars, doesn't it. The more so, since Defense Secretary Robert Gates found his predecessor, Donald Rumsfeld, such an easy act to follow. But the jarring part reflects how malnourished most of us are on the thin gruel served up by the Fawning Corporate Media (FCM). (read more)

Who Will Stop the Settlers?

Excerpt: The middle-of-the-night eviction last week of an elderly Palestinian couple from their home in East Jerusalem to make way for Jewish settlers is a demonstration of Israeli intent towards a future peace deal with the Palestinians. (read more)

Obama Urged to Strengthen Ties with UN

Excerpt: A bipartisan group of some three dozen senior foreign policy figures has released a statement calling for President-elect Barack Obama to make strengthening long-troubled US relations with the United Nations a major priority in his new administration. (read more)

Thursday: 14 Iraqis Killed, 39 Wounded

Excerpt: Updated at 6:45 p.m. EST, Nov. 20, 2008 At least 14 Iraqis were killed and 39 more were wounded as a second day of chaos temporarily halted parliamentary debates over a U.S.-Iraqi security pact. No Coalition deaths were reported, but U.S. forces killed an al-Qaeda leader after receiving a tip to his whereabouts. (read more)

What the Clinton Appointment Means

Excerpt: The American people are sick and tired of the Bush era, and they are counting the days until Barack Obama is inaugurated. (read more)

Pact Will End Iraqi Dependence on US Military

Excerpt: The text of the U.S.-Iraq status of forces agreement (SOFA) signed by U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker and Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari Monday closes the door to a further U.S. military presence beyond 2011 even more tightly than the previous draft and locks in a swift end to Iraqi dependence on the U.S. military that appears to be irreversible. (read more)

{ Missile Defense and the American Empire}

by Charles Pena (read more)

Wednesday: 11 Iraqis Killed, 18 Wounded

Excerpt: Updated at 7:10 p.m. EST, Nov. 19, 2008 At least 11 Iraqis were killed and another 18 were wounded in today's attacks. Also, the Iraqi governent reported that they had discovered a mass grave three months ago near Najaf. The grave contained 150 bodies killed during the Saddam era. Meanwhile, debate in parliament over a U.S.-Iraqi security agreement turned hostile and was postponed until tomorrow. Elsewhere in Baghdad, U.S. and Turkish officials joined the Iraqis for talks on the situation with Kurdistan Workers Party rebels. (read more)

Why Guantanamo Must Be Closed

Excerpt: On Sunday, in his first television interview since winning the presidential election, Barack Obama repeated his campaign pledge to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay and to ban the use of torture by U.S. forces. (read more)

AIPAC's Man in the Obama Camp

Excerpt: Barack Obama's first appointment, that of Chicago Congressman Rahm Emanuel as his chief of staff, is quite frankly unsettling and suggests that voters who had hoped for real change in Washington will be disappointed. (read more)

Tuesday: 23 Iraqis Killed, 35 Wounded

Excerpt: Updated at 5:50 p.m. EST, Nov. 18, 2008 At least 23 Iraqis were killed and 35 more were wounded in the latest reports of violence. In political news, elections have been set for Jan. 31 in most of Iraq's 18 provinces. The top Iraqi cleric gave tacit support to a U.S.-Iraqi security agreement now being debated in parliament. Meanwhile, Corruption watchdog group, Transparency International, has called Iraq the third most corrupt country in the world, and demonstrators are moving their vigil for an Iranian dissident group living in Iraq from New York to Washington. (read more)

The Real Goal of Israel's Blockade

Excerpt: The latest tightening of Israel's chokehold on Gaza -- ending all supplies into the Strip for more than a week -- has produced immediate and shocking consequences for Gaza's 1.5 million inhabitants. (read more)

Election '08: How Did the Empire Do?

Excerpt: In the wake of the recent election results it's essential to ask how the Empire fared. (read more)

Obama-Tied Think-Tank Calls for Pakistan Shift

Excerpt: A think-tank closely tied to U.S. President-elect Barack Obama is calling for a "dramatic strategic shift" in Washington's policy toward Pakistan, one designed to both strengthen civilian institutions and promote an effective counter-insurgency against al-Qaeda and indigenous Islamist extremists in the tribal areas along the Afghan border who increasingly threaten the country's stability. (read more)