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January 20, 2009

From Afghanistan: Open Letter to the President of the United States of America

Aggregated from: Mideast Youth - Thinking Ahead » USA

Contributed to Afghan Press by Afghanistan’s Students’ Movement: Dear Mr. Barack Hussein Obama, We, members of the “Afghanistan’s Students Movement” congratulate you for your success in the Presidential elections of the United States of America, which we consider a sign...

January 19, 2009

Inagural Prayer Speaker Allegedly Linked to Hamas. But There’s a Twist

Aggregated from: PoliGazette

Oh boy.  Just what Obama needs two days from the inaguration.  A Muslim who is speaking at the prayer service on Wednesday is the leader of a group that some federal prosecutors say has ties to Hamas: Neither Mattson nor her organization have been charged. But prosecutors wrote in July that they h...

January 14, 2009

American Middle East Policy In A Nutshell

Aggregated from: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying

Isreali Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is bragging about how he ordered United States President George W. Bush to abstain from the UN Security Council resolution calling for a cease fire in Gaza. He is also bragging about how he shamed Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice: US Secretary of State Condolee...

January 13, 2009

Obama’s ‘New Approach’ to Iran

Aggregated from: Tikun Olam-תקון עולם: Make the World a Better Place

ABC This Week featured one of Barack Obama’s first major news interviews in weeks.  He covered some new ground on Iran and gave some disappointing answers on issues like Gaza.  For some reason, Obama feels empowered to strike out on his own in announcing a decisive break from Bush policy tow...

Congressman Eliot Engel: Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bombing Of Children

Aggregated from: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying

Shihab Rattansi of Al Jazeera tries to make some sense of the nonsense coming out of the mouth of Democratic Congressman from New York, Eliot Engel. This week, the US House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a resolution supporting Israel’s actions in Gaza. Not to be outdone, the US Sen...

G.W Bush Golden Moments :)

Aggregated from: Egyptian chronicles

Honestly what I am going to miss is these golden moments of G.W Bush where he shares with the rest of the world his wisdom and insight !! Technorati Tags: G.W Bush,America,President,News,World,international,Politics ...

Why is N.Y. Times Reporting Now Bush Stopped Israeli Attack on Iran?

Aggregated from: Tikun Olam-תקון עולם: Make the World a Better Place

David Sanger published a major piece on how the U.S. related to Israel in its dealings with Iran’s nuclear program.  Though the reporter heralds it as a major piece of investigative journalism that spanned 15 months of reporting, much of the information has already been reported elsewhere (th...

Iran Get Bomb Parts from U.S.

Aggregated from: PoliGazette

MSNBC reports that Iran has become quite adept at using fake and existing foreign companies to buy technology it is not allowed to possess. Iran has illegally bought technology it uses for roadside bombs, which it then gives (or sells) to terrorists in Iraq, according to both independent experts and...

Palestine: Cynthia McKinney Lived to Tell the Story

Aggregated from: Global Voices Online » U.S.A.

The Free Gaza Movement posts this article by American Green Party nominee for the US Presidential elections Cynthia McKinney, who is in Lebanon, after the boat she was in along with supporters and aid to Gaza was rammed by Israeli ships. ...

Obama “deeply concerned” about Gaza

Aggregated from: England for Obama

Barack Obama has broken his silence about the situation in Gaza - it seems as a result of the latest Israeli attack, which killed 40 at a United Nations school. From MSNBC.com: “President-elect Barack Obama said he was “deeply concerned” about civilian casualties in Gaza and Israel...