US ‘has intelligence agents working in Iran’
A former US national security adviser has told Al Jazeera that US intelligence agents are working in Iran.
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Gaza: Paying the Price
Civilians are counting the cost of the 3 week conflict in January 2009, which claimed more than a thousand lives and dealt a heavy blow to the economy of Gaza, a territory already shattered by decades of conflict and deprivation.
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Israel Abducts Nobel Laureate, Former U.S. Congresswoman
The Free Gaza Movement announced in a press release on Tuesday that its boat The Spirit of Humanity had been intercepted by the Israeli navy while en route from Cyprus to the Gaza Strip to deliver humanitarian supplies to the Palestinian people.
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Has the U.S. Played a Role in Fomenting Unrest During Iran’s Election?
Given the record of U.S. interference in the state affairs of Iran and clear policy of regime change, it is possible if not likely that the U.S. had a significant role to play in helping to bring about the recent turmoil in an effort to undermine the government of the Islamic Republic.
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Obama Stuck to the Script on the Israeli-Arab Conflict in His Cairo Speech
So far during his presidency, Barack Obama has offered absolutely no indication that this U.S. policy of support for Israeli crimes against the Palestinians that effectively terminate the possibility that a viable Palestinians state might emerge is going to change.
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What Obama Isn’t Going to Change About Military Commissions
President Barack Obama reiterated in a speech on Thursday that he would continue with the Bush administration’s policy of trying prisoners of the U.S. “war on terror” not in the Federal court system but through military commissions, which he described as “an appropriate venue for trying detainees for violations of the laws of war.”
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Western Media Propagandize Iran’s Missile Test
Iran announced on Wednesday that it had successfully tested its Sejil 2 surface-to-surface missile, and Western media sources took the opportunity to portray the Middle Eastern nation as a threat to world peace and, specifically, as a threat to Israel.
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American’s Stunt Serves as Pretext for Aung San Suu Kyi Trial
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is on trial under the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC), the ruling military junta in Burma that prevented her from taking her rightful position as Prime Minister after she was democratically elected in 1990.
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After Pressuring Pakistan to Act, U.S. Offers Aid for Resulting Displaced
The U.S. has announced $110 million in aid to Pakistan as the number of refugees fleeing the fighting in the country’s Swat district is quickly approaching 1.5 million.
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Obama and Netanyahu Reaffirm Status Quo in Talks
U.S. President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reaffirmed the “special relationship” between their two countries on Monday after their meeting at the White House, which focused mostly on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and on Iran.
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