Tag Archives: Gulf War

A Commentary on the Marathon Murders

By Richard Falk   The dominant reactions to the horrific bombings on April 15th, the day of the running of the Boston Marathon, as well as the celebration of Patriots Day, have been so far: compassion for the victims, a … read more »

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Squandering Iraq: Why Couldn’t America Succeed?

With all American troops left Iraq since December 2011, America has squandered an extraordinary military victory that was won in the spring of 2003 when U.S. forces overthrew the regime of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. Ten years after the … read more »

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The Iraq War: 10 Years Later

After a decade of combat, casualties, massive displacement, persisting violence, enhanced sectarian tension and violence between Shi’ias and Sunnis, periodic suicide bombings, and autocratic governance, a negative assessment of the Iraq War as a strategic move by the United States, … read more »

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Gaddafi’s son Saif approached us for talks – British spies claim

Gaddafi’s son Saif has made ‘repeated’ attempts to reach out to British and Italian intelligence officers, it was claimed yesterday. The moves have raised hopes he is considering betraying his father. British officials and MI6 officers say they have held … read more »

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WikiLeaks: New release 7 times size of Iraq files

LONDON – WikiLeaks says that its next release will be seven times the size of the Iraq war logs, some 400,000 secret documents that amounted to the biggest leak in U.S. intelligence history. The secret-spilling website sent the message in … read more »

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Neighbours shocked as Okah stands trial for Nigeria bombing

Henry Okah takes his four children to church in southern Johannesburg every Sunday – and neighbours know him as someone who takes injured stray cats to the vet. Now he stands accused in South Africa of being the mastermind of … read more »

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Facts about Djibouti

Controlling access to the Red Sea, Djibouti is of major strategic importance, a fact that has ensured a steady flow of foreign assistance. During the Gulf War it was the base of operations for the French military, who continue to … read more »

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