Friday, October 30, 2009

My favorite story of this week is about Matthew Hoh and so this post will be dedicated to him. Matthew Hoh has become "the first U.S. official known to resign in protest against American policies" in Afghanistan.

- "U.S. official resigns over Afghan war"

- Watch him, or read the transcript, on NewsHour

- "Matthew Hoh speaks truth to power"

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Friday, October 23, 2009

Afghanistan:
-Three myths driving the Afghan war
-from Aljazeera, Inside Story: Afghan Election Runoff

Iran:
-Tehran says it favors deal on uranium but asks for more time
-Iran will emerge victorious

Iraq:
-from Aljazeera, Riz Khan: Iraqi Asylum Seekers, part 1 & 2


Pakistan:
-Taliban bombs in Pakistan strike air base, restaurant, and wedding party
-Obama's Pakistan problem
-Terrified whispers in Pakistan

Palestine:
-Israeli intelligence pose as Arabs to spy on citizens
-from Aljazeera, Locked in: Life in Gaza part 1 & 2

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Friday, October 16, 2009

"Israel rejects UN council backing for Gaza war crimes report" - is anybody surprised by this??? didn't think so.

"Iran court seeks to try Mehdi Karroubi over alleging detainees were raped"

"Palestinian faith in Obama 'evaporates'"

"Eight years later, we still don't get it in Afghanistan"

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Friday, October 9, 2009

Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize is undoubtably the dominating headline of today and think some of these articles give some perspective about this current confusion.

Does Obama deserve the Nobel Peace Prize? What are your opinions?

IN OTHER NEWS:
"Israeli high schoolers choose jail over occupation army service"

"Why we must stay in Afghanistan"

"Iran activist sentenced to death for election protests"

"Iran's women are not afraid"

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Friday, October 2, 2009

Interesting articles from today...

"Abbas helps Israel bury its crimes in Gaza"

"Why Israel hates Obama"

"Naive Obama gets Iran results"

"Obama's Afghanistan problem - It's in our hands"

This last article reminded me about the rally and demonstration that will be happening on October 7th to protest against the occupation in Afghanistan. So if you're in the Olympia area, come join us! More info on the rally: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=131615607457&index=1

-mm