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The Revolt in Egypt Is Coming Home
The uprising in Egypt is our theater of the possible. It is what people across the world have struggled for and their thought controllers have feared. Western commentators invariably …
US-Financed Egyptian Military Orchestrating Attacks on Protesters
As Mubarak continues to play for time and release statements offering to release protesters who have been - and continue to be - snatched off the streets and tortured …
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Egypt Demonstrates for Democracy; Americans Contemplate PATRIOT Act Extension
Egypt Shames America In spite of our own interests, Americans and the US government are supplying the boots that rest on the necks of citizens of Egypt and dictatorships …
Why Bradley Manning Is a Patriot, Not a Criminal
Bradley Manning, a 23-year-old from Crescent, Oklahoma, enlisted in the U.S. military in 2007 to give something back to his country and, he hoped, the world. For the past …
News in Brief: HuffPost Bloggers Threaten Boycott Over AOL Merger, and More …
HuffPost Bloggers Threaten Boycott Over AOL Merger
FLASHBACK – President Obama in Cairo, June 2009: “As-Salamu Alaykum” (VIDEO)
Editor's Note: In a remarkable speech, President Obama delivered a starkly different message from that of his predecessor George W. Bush, to the people of Egypt and to Muslims …
The Palestine Papers, or How Everything You Thought You Knew About the Peace Process Was Wrong
Common wisdom is that the 20-year-old peace process has been edging towards a two-state solution, based on a formula that half the world can recite verbatim: borders following the …
Egypt’s Army Signals Transfer of Power
Cairo - Egypt’s armed forces on Thursday announced that they had begun to take "necessary measures to protect the nation and support the legitimate demands of the people,” a …
Jordan Feels a Jolt
Beirut - The wave of political protests that has struck parts of the Middle East and North Africa over the past few weeks has also affected the Hashemite Kingdom …
House Republicans Battle Turmoil in Their Ranks
Washington - Under pressure to make deeper spending cuts and blindsided by embarrassing floor defeats, House Republican leaders are quickly discovering the limits of control over their ideologically driven …