Al-Qaeda finds three safe havens for terror training

Al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden's terrorist organisation, driven out of Afghanistan and defeated in Iraq, is re-emerging in strength in three alternative safe havens for training, operational planning and recruiting - Pakistan, Somalia and Algeria - according to Western intelligence and defence ( Read more... )

GLOBAL VIEW

By BRET STEPHENS

The Bush Doctrine Is Relevant Again

June 24, 2008; Page A17

Here's a prediction: Zimbabwe's Morgan Tsvangirai will win this year's Nobel Peace Prize.

He would be its worthiest recipient since the prize went to Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi (one of the prize's few worthy recipients, period) in 1991. He deserves it for standing ( Read more... )

Antonia Juhasz | June 17, 2008

Editor: John Feffer
Foreign Policy In Focus
www.fpif.org

The number of Americans who believe that the war in Iraq was a mistake has surpassed the number who felt the same way about Vietnam during that war. At the same time, a much quieter U.S. military build-up is underway on another continent. The ultimate objective of ( Read more... )