Obama says US is not an empire as he sends 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan Part 1 Part 2 Paul Jay speaks to Reese Erlich following Obama’s announcement about dispatching 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan. Bio Reese Erlich is a freelance journalist and author from the United States. His books include the 2003 best-seller, Target […]
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Obama’s Empire
December 4, 2009Killing Them Softly
May 8, 2009Pepe Escobar on how the rebranded “war on terror” is being sold as a PAKISTANI war. Still another US air strike killing dozens of civilians in Afghanistan, still another promise by the Pentagon to “investigate”, while in Washington President Obama hosts the AfPak summit with “Af” Hamid Karzai” and “Pak” Ali Zardari. Obama’s surge in […]
Last Guantánamo detainee’s trial halted
February 6, 2009Charges against suspected al-Qaida bomber Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri over USS Cole attack are dropped by terror judge The last terror trial at Guantánamo Bay had been halted after the senior military judge dropped charges against a suspect in the 2000 USS Cole bombing, the Pentagon has said. The military charges against suspected al-Qaida bomber Abd […]
Obama: ‘I screwed up’ in Daschle withdrawal
February 4, 2009Insists ‘there aren’t two sets of rules’ for elite and for other Americans WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama on Tuesday abruptly abandoned his nomination fight for Tom Daschle and a second major appointee who failed to pay all their taxes, telling NBC News: “I screwed up.” “I’ve got to own up to my mistake. Ultimately, […]
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