Defence, security and diplomacy Clausewitz The IDF’s new chief of staff Feb 15th 2011, 15:15 by M.J.S YESTERDAY’S formal passing of the baton from the outgoing Israeli Defence Force chief of staff, Lieutenant General Gaby Ashkenazi, to his successor, Major General Benny Gantz, is unlikely to mark the end of a very public squabble [Continue]
By VICTORIA BRITTAIN In 2003 an MIT-educated expert in children’s learning patterns, Dr Aafia Siddiqui, disappeared with her three children in Pakistan. Was she, as the Americans said, an Al Qaeda operative who in 2008 emerged after five years undercover, carrying a handbag full of chemicals and plans for major terror attacks in the US, [Continue]
The Struggle for Self-Determination in the Arab World: The Alliance between Arab Dictators and Global Capital PART II: Is 1848 Repeating Itself in the Arab World? by Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya Global Research, February 14, 2011 Is history repeating itself? Have the events of 1848 in Europe repeated themselves in the Arab World? Will [Continue]
Ellen Brown February 2nd, 2011 www.webofdebt.com/articles/egyptian_tinderbox.php “What for a poor man is a crust, for a rich man is a securitized asset class.” –Futures trader Ann Berg, quoted in the UK Guardian Underlying the sudden, volatile uprising in Egypt and Tunisia is a growing global crisis sparked by soaring food prices and [Continue]
by JERRY ROBINSON on FEBRUARY 11, 2011 by Jerry Robinson Good morning friends! In the news this morning: the IMF calls for dollar replacement, Egypt protests intensify, mortgage rates hit 10-month high and more… IMF increases calls for alternative to U.S. Dollar… A new report issued by the IMF on Thursday is calling for Special Drawing [Continue]
By Barry Ritholtz – February 11th, 2011, 8:30AM Jennifer S. Taub is a Lecturer and Coordinator of the Business Law Program at the Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Her research interests include corporate governance, financial regulation, investor protection, mutual fund governance, shareholders rights [Continue]
US Double Standards Over Diplomat Killing by Finian Cunningham The US has threatened to cut off a multi-billion-dollar aid package to Pakistan if an American diplomat being held on murder charges is not immediately released from custody. The case has sparked widespread public fury across Pakistan, with accusations that it is yet another example of [Continue]
Marian Wang at businessinsider.com Marian Wang, | The protests in Egypt have prompted renewed questions about the U.S.’s aid to the country—an issue that the U.S. government has also pledged to reconsider . We’ve taken a step back and tried to answer some basic questions, such as how as much the U.S. has given, who has benefitted, [Continue]