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German Military Report: Peak Oil Could Lead to Collapse of Democracy (Daniel Tencer)
The sun sets over an oil platform waiting to be towed out into the Gulf of Mexico at Port Fourchon in Louisiana in May. According to Der Spiegel, the report from a think-tank inside the German ...
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Behind the Israeli Wall: A Lesson in Reality (Ramzy Baroud)
Ramzy Baroud Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Sept. 2, 2010 -- Writers often romanticize their subjects. At times they even manipulate their readers. A book -- or any piece of writing for that ...
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Secret 'Kill Lists' Fly in the Face of US and Int'l Law (William Fisher)
Aug. 31, 2010 -- NEW YORK (Inter Press Service) -- Two of the nation's most influential human rights organisations have filed a lawsuit challenging the government's authority to carry out "targeted ...
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BOOK REVIEW: Palestine Betrayed. By Efraim Karsh (Jim Miles)
Palestine Betrayed. Efraim Karsh. Yale University Press, London, 2010. Aug. 27, 2010 (Palestine Chronicle) -- Was Palestine betrayed? Of course it was, by the British, the United States, France, the ...
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Rebranding Iraq: Playing with Numbers and Human Lives (Ramzy Baroud)
Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Aug. 26, 2010 -- The soldiers of the U.S. 4th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division hollered as they made their way into Kuwait. "We won," they claimed. "It’s ...
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Deconstructing the Official Narrative on the U.S. Withdrawal from Iraq (Jeremy R. Hammond)
Aug. 20, 2010 -- (Foreign Policy Journal) -- Iraq is back in the news, at least for a moment. The occasion is "A truly historic end to seven years of war," in the words of Lt. Col Mark ...
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Bourj el-Barajneh: Searching for Meaning in a Refugee Camp (Ramzy Baroud)
Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Aug. 12, 2010 -- BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Two young girls stood, as if frozen, staring below them at an ever vibrant Beirut. Their balcony, like the rest of their house ...
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Smoke on a Bridge: Lebanon Awaits a Verdict (Ramzy Baroud)
Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Aug. 5, 2010 -- BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Jamal is a Lebanese driver in his late 50s. He appeared unshaven and terribly exhausted as he drove his old passenger van from the ...
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Dark, Shadowy and Powerful Forces in American History (Dale Tavris)
Dale Tavris, M.D. Dale Tavris -- World News Trust July 28, 2010 -- Our political system may no longer be capable of saving the United States as we know it, since it is hard to imagine any president ...
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Why Muslims Should Rethink Palestine (Ramzy Baroud)
Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust July 30, 3010 -- Thousands of faithful assiduously listened as I outlined the challenges facing Palestine and its people. Cries of "Allahu Akbar" -- God is Great -- ...
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BOOK REVIEW: Start-Up Nation - The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle. By Dan Senor and Saul Singer (Jim Miles)
July 23, 2010 (Palestine Chronicle) -- Start-Up Nation - The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle. Dan Senor and Saul Singer. Council of Foreign Relations Book, McClelland & Stewart. 2009. There are ...
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