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US Defense Dept report singles out China as potential military rival
WASHINGTON (AFX) – A major review of US military strategy singled out China as the country with the greatest potential to challenge the US militarily. The Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) noted China’s steady but secretive military buildup since 1996. ‘Of … Continue reading
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Bush told Blair we’re going to war, memo reveals
Bush told Blair we’re going to war, memo reveals · PM backed invasion despite illegality warnings · Plan to disguise US jets as UN planes · Bush: postwar violence unlikely Richard Norton-Taylor, Guardian, Thursday February 2, 2006 Tony Blair told … Continue reading
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Probable Cause for Alarm
Probable Cause for Alarm Press ignores Ex-NSA chief’s ignorance of Constitution FAIR, January 27, 2006 When FEMA Director Michael Brown claimed not to be aware of the evacuee crisis at the New Orleans Convention Center following Hurricane Katrina (NPR, 9/1/05), … Continue reading
Rice: Time is now to take Iran before U.N. Security Council
WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said today “the time has come” to send Iran before the U.N. Security Council over its disputed nuclear program, but she seemed to acknowledge that U.N. action may not be swift. Iran warned … Continue reading
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Bush’s Iran Options Limited by Iraq, Perils of War
Jan. 23 (Bloomberg) — “Grave threat” is how U.S. President George W. Bush described Iraq three years ago. Today he uses that same phrase — to characterize Iran. The resemblance between these two standoffs ends with the rhetoric, analysts say. … Continue reading
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The west has picked a fight with Iran that it cannot win
Never pick a fight you know you cannot win. Or so I was told. Pick an argument if you must, but not a fight. Nothing I have read or heard in recent weeks suggests that fighting Iran over its nuclear … Continue reading
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US Torture Undermines Global Rights Drive: Report
A human rights group said on Wednesday that torture and other abuses committed by the United States in its war on terrorism have damaged American credibility and hurt the global human rights cause. In a survey of world conditions, U.S.-based … Continue reading
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Sharon wanted West Bank plan
PRIME Minister Ariel Sharon was prepared to consider withdrawing from as much as 92 per cent of the West Bank, according to a leading Israeli journalist. In an article published this week in The New Yorker magazine, Ari Shavit writes … Continue reading
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No need to panic over Iranian nukes
When the International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed last Tuesday that Iran had broken the seals on its nuclear research facility at Natanz, many people reacted as if the very next step was the testing of an Iranian nuclear weapon. In … Continue reading
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Spy Agency Data After Sept. 11 Led F.B.I. to Dead Ends
In the anxious months after the Sept. 11 attacks, the National Security Agency began sending a steady stream of telephone numbers, e-mail addresses and names to the F.B.I. in search of terrorists. The stream soon became a flood, requiring hundreds … Continue reading
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