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The Porter Report: Israel, the Bulgaria Bombings and Iran
Gareth Porter: Netanyahu accuses Iran, and Iran accuses Israel, of being behind terrorist attack.
Syrian Helicopters Fire on Aleppo as Army Prepares for Possible Assault
Syrian Army helicopters fired on neighborhoods in Aleppo on Friday morning, activists said, as the army readied assault troops and armored columns for a possible invasion of the city, …
Iraq: After the Americans
Fault Lines travels across Iraq to take the pulse of a country and its people after nine years of occupation.
Israel Pins Bombing on Hezbollah to Get EU Terror Ruling
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahuu2019s claim Sunday of absolutely reliable intelligence linking Hezbollah to the bombing in Burgas, Bulgaria last week was apparently aimed at supporting his governmentu2019s determination …
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Ecuador Should Grant Political Asylum to WikiLeaks Founder
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has taken refuge in Ecuadoru2019s embassy in London, where according to Ecuadorian authorities he is u201cunder the protection of the Ecuadorian state,u201d as he awaits …
Will Downing Street Memo Recur on Iran?
A decade after the infamous u201cDowning Street Memou201d and its u201cfixedu201d intelligence for invading Iraq, the pressure is on again to make the case u2013 whatever the facts u2013 …
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Destroying the Commons: How the Magna Carta Became a Minor Carta
One of the great works in the establishment of civil and human rights is being shredded before our eyes.
Why the Buenos Aires Bombing Is a False Indicator on Burgas
Immediately after the terror bombing of a busload of Israeli youth in Burgas, Bulgaria, both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and a u201csenior U.S. officialu201d expressed certainty about Iranu2019s …
Syrian Uprising Morphs Into Regional and Global Wars
A divided, balkanized Syria looms as a dangerous possibility as even UN Secretary-General Ban ki-Moon acknowledges the conflict has become a proxy war between world powers.
Back from Syria, Reporter David Enders Says Assad Regime Crumbling to “Grassroots Rebellion”
As the battle for Damascus rages on, weu2019re joined by reporter David Enders, special correspondent for McClatchy, based in Beirut, Lebanon.