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By Saul Landau The Syrian conflict continued to boil – or boil over – when Syrian troops fired across the Turkish border on April 9, apparently killing either fleeing refugees or…
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By Randal C. Archibold From The New York Times NASSAU, the Bahamas — A brand new $35 million stadium opened here in the Bahamas a few weeks ago, a gift from the Chinese government. The…
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By Eduardo Galeano In the Victorian age, it was inadmissible to mention men’s pants in the presence of a young lady. Today, it is not well considered to say certain things in…
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By Greg Smith From The New York Times TODAY is my last day at Goldman Sachs. After almost 12 years at the firm — first as a summer intern while at Stanford, then in New York for 10…
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By Robert Parry Taken from Consortium News The Washington Post's Charles Krauthammer wants war with Iran – and he's furious at President Barack Obama for making it clear to Israeli…
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By Noam Chomsky The January/February issue of Foreign Affairs featured the article “Time to Attack Iran: Why a Strike Is the Least Bad Option,” by Matthew Kroenig, along…
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By Saul Landau On September 11, 1973 (28 years before the World Trade Center-Pentagon attack), General Augusto Pinochet, leading a gang of treasonous officers, ordered Chilean air…
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By Hugh O’Shaughnessy From the British newspaper The Independent Fifty years ago this month, the United States began the embargo on Cuba which continues to this day. But the…
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By Ray McGovern From ConsortiumNews.com Watching top U.S. intelligence officials present the annual “Worldwide Threat Assessment” before the Senate Intelligence Committee, I found…
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By Noam Chomsky On June 15, three months after the NATO bombing of Libya began, the African Union presented to the U.N. Security Council the African position on the attack – in…
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