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Gadhafi forces quiet after jets strike

Top officials from the United States, Europe and the Arab world have launched immediate military action to protect civilians as Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi’s forces attacked the heart of the country’s rebel uprising. A U.S. warship launched cruise missiles against Libya on Saturday as part of the international effort against leader Mr. Gadhafi, according to [...]

March 19, 2011 Uncategorized 0 Comments

Canada has ‘Alice In Wonderland’ attitude on terrorism: Wikileaks

People read Monday's U.S. newspapers front pages outside the Newseum in Washington

Public Relations and Communications Firm With No Boundaries By Mitch Potter – Canadians have an “Alice In Wonderland” attitude toward global terrorism, the former head of Canada’s spy service told a U.S. counterpart in 2008, according to a secret American memo disclosed Monday. Canadian Security Intelligence Service Director Jim Judd is also quoted as saying [...]

November 30, 2010 Politics, World News 0 Comments

U.S to citizens: Be careful

The Obama administration Sunday warned Americans of potential terrorist threats in Europe and urged them to be vigilant in public places, including tourist spots and transportation hubs. The story here by Wendy Little tells why Americans need to be careful. A State Department travel alert advises U.S. citizens living or travelling in Europe to take [...]

October 3, 2010 Crime, Politics, Uncategorized, World News 0 Comments

‘We are one nation – one people,’: Obama

Amid an atmosphere of unease, President Barack Obama wants Americans to mark the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks by recapturing the sense of common purpose felt on that dreadful day. “If there is a lesson to be drawn on this anniversary, it is this: We are one nation — one people — bound [...]

September 11, 2010 Politics, Uncategorized, World News 0 Comments

The acid test for Washington

Is WikiLeaks antidote to the Washington K Street Kool-Aid? By Elizabeth Gould and Paul Fitzgerald – Since the end of the cold war, the U.S. had been looking for an enemy to match the Soviet Union and came up empty handed until 9/11. Refocusing the efforts of the world’s largest and most expensive military empire [...]

July 30, 2010 Uncategorized, World News 0 Comments

America’s DNA on Afghanistan

By Paul Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Gould – In the two years since the publication of our book Invisible History: Afghanistan’s Untold Story we have had the chance to address dozens of forums and radio audiences around the United States about Afghanistan. It has been an illuminating exercise, not so much in terms of what Americans [...]

July 18, 2010 Bloggers, Politics, Uncategorized, World News 1 Comment