U.S. and the World
Military Action in Libya is Right and Noble: Bill O’Reilly
History has demonstrated repeatedly that when evil is not confronted, it can have devastating results, writes conservative commentator Bill O’Reilly in supporting President Barack Obama’s decision to use military force against Libya.
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Dictator on the Edge: Who is Syria’s Bashar al-Assad?
The anti-dictatorship movement spreading through the Arab world has now reached Syria, a nation with which the United States has had a mixed history—denouncing the Syrian government and military as supporters of terrorism, while at the same time... read more
U.S. Paved the Way for Cocaine Traffickers…Literally
What was intended to help improve the infrastructure of a poor developing nation has turned into a convenient means of moving lucrative narcotics toward the United States—and all paid for with American tax dollars.
Cutting across northern El... read more
Two PR Firms Pitch Bahrain Dictator to U.S. Public
Bahrain’s monarchy, which has been brutally cracking down on protesters seeking political reform in the tiny oil sheikdom, has turned to two American public relations firms in Washington, DC, to help improve the government’s profile.
In mid-... read more
U.S. Nuclear Aid Could Go to Terror Sponsors
The State Department is being faulted for refusing to block United Nations nuclear technology funding to countries that have been accused of supporting terrorism because it does not want to discourage other countries from giving to the program.
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U.S. Denies Visa to Afghan Women’s Rights Activist
Despite having visited the United States numerous times before, women’s rights activist Malalai Joya has been denied a visa by the American embassy in Afghanistan.
Joya was planning to travel around the U.S. for three weeks to promote the pa... read more
U.S. Government Demands that St. Louis Museum Return Mummy Mask to Egypt
Officials with the St. Louis Art Museum are fighting an attempt by the U.S. Attorney’s office to have an ancient mummy mask returned to Egypt, from where it was allegedly stolen decades ago.
The artifact in question is the 3,200-year-old mas... read more
Petraeus Suspends Commander and Troops Involved in Killing of Afghan Children
America’s top military commander in Afghanistan has taken action against those accused of killing two local youths who were tending their farms in the eastern province of Kunar.
General David Petraeus suspended a ground forces commander and ... read more
Japanese Radiation Arrives at U.S. Airports
Radiation detectors at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport went off this week after two planes returned from Tokyo, raising concerns over how the ongoing nuclear crisis in Japan will impact the United States. Radiation was also detected on an... read more
Tsunami Sinks Dozens of Boats…in California
The tsunami generated by the Japan earthquake last week traveled more than 5,000 miles across the Pacific Ocean before striking California’s coast, and still it unleashed enough force to do millions of dollars in damage to two harbors.
In No... read more
Remember Haiti? Cholera Cases Could Top 750,000
Haiti could be facing nearly twice as many cases of cholera this year than what the United Nations has predicted, say researchers from Harvard Medical School and the University of California, San Francisco.
A new study warns that nearly 780,... read more
Killing Children in Afghanistan…As Americans Say Enough is Enough
Maintaining support for the war in Afghanistan, both in the United States and in the war-torn country, is getting tougher all the time.
Afghans have increasingly questioned the reliability of American and NATO forces when attacks on civilian... read more
Saudi Dictators Send Troops to Protect Bahrain Dictators against Democracy
Fearing the collapse of its own autocratic regime, the Sunni royal family of Saudi Arabia on Monday intervened in the domestic upheaval of neighboring Bahrain where the Shia majority has grown tired of the Sunni monarchy.
Saudi military forc... read more
10 Non-Violent Tactics to Deal with Muammar Gaddafi: Carne Ross
Former British diplomat Carne Ross says he is disappointed by the lack of talk about using non-violent alternatives against Libya’s government for its attacks on civilians. Ross names 10 tactics that should be tried before any violent military act... read more
U.S.-Employed Private Security Hits Record High in Afghanistan
Despite demands from President Hamid Karzai that all private security contractors should leave his country by January 2011, the U.S. had no qualms about expanding the number of private guards in Afghanistan during 2010.
As of December 31, th... read more
Chinese Government Hackers Gone Wild
Computer hackers from China were reportedly behind a string of recent attacks that hit government and business websites throughout the Western world.
In France, the finance ministry was forced to shut down 10,000 computers after a “spectacul... read more