According to the Jerusalem Post, the US Department of Treasury's new Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI) unit is going after the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines.  TFI targeted the company and 18 affiliates for their alleged effort to "facilitate the transport of cargo for UN Designated proliferators.” TFI further charges it ( Read more... )

August 18, 2008
Categories: Diplomacy
Biden calls for $1 billion in emergency aid to Georgia

Fresh off a trip to the Republic of Georgia, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Joe Biden said he will ask for $1 billion in emergency aid for the war torn country.
Biden, who is rumored to be very high on Sen ( Read more... )

Feds to Katrinians: Go Spork Yourselves

Thu Jul 24, 2008 at 02:37:45 AM

For those of you who missed the horrific blurb on CNN.com, it seems the government overestimated the amount of aid it has yet to get to Katrina victims.

Previously, The General Services Administration (GSA), which manages federal property, listed the government aid languishing ( Read more... )

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Entebbe II: Colombia hostage rescue - the Israeli angle (Updated)

July 7, 2008

Colombia Hostage Rescue Endangers Lives of Journalists and Aid Workers

by Garry Leech

Amidst all the joy and celebration resulting from the Colombian military’s successful rescue of 15 hostages last week, the fact that the tactics utilized in the mission will likely ( Read more... )

Jeb getting a cut of the US miltary aid to Mexico?

Jeb Bush to Join McCain in Mexico City

July 03, 2008 9:10 AM

ABC News' Bret Hovell Reports: Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush will join presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain in Mexico City Thursday morning on the last day of McCain's three-day visit to Latin America.

Gov. Bush was in ( Read more... )

Alison Raphael, OneWorld USTue Jul 1, 3:34 PM ET

WASHINGTON, Jul 1 (OneWorld) - A $465-million aid package aimed at countering terrorism and crippling the drug trade in Mexico and Central America was signed into law yesterday by U.S President George W. Bush, but critics warn that the "Merida Initiative," also known as "Plan Mexico," will be ( Read more... )

Police 'torture' videos cause uproar in Mexico

* Story Highlights

* Many Mexicans see a sinister side to the videos at a time of alleged abuses
* Human rights investigators in Guanajuato state are looking into the tapes
* "They are teaching police ... to torture!" read one Mexico City newspaper headline

MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AP) -- Videos ( Read more... )

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A Hidden Agenda: John McCain and the IRI and Haiti

1 month ago: A Haitian woman bakes clay 'biscuits' under the Sun May 9, 2008 in the Port-au-Prince slum of Cite Soleil. As the food crisis continues in Haiti, rice and bean prices have increased by some 100 percent according to officials, forcing many to turn to the clay 'biscuits' as a ( Read more... )

An editorial - 6/16/2008 5:11 am

No one seriously debates anymore that President Bush plays politics with declarations of disaster areas.

Just as he neglected New Orleans, a Democratic city, while rushing to help Mississippi, a Republican-led state, after Hurricane Katrina struck, so the president has responded to the recent storms in the Midwest ( Read more... )

By Nathan Guttman

Thu. Jun 12, 2008

Washington - To the many challenges facing the fledgling Iraqi government, Congress may soon add this: Recognize the State of Israel and establish diplomatic ties with Jerusalem, or else risk losing some of the billions in aid that Baghdad receives from the United States.

A nonbinding resolution demanding Iraqi ( Read more... )