My Fellow Americans,

It grieves me to see the livelihood of decent ordinary Americans, folk who pay off their mortgages and file their tax returns every April 15, threatened by the behaviour of irresponsible people in the financial sector. That is why I am planning to take the money away from ordinary Americans and give it to those irresponsible ( Read more... )

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Since the fall of the Soviet Union, there have been occasional reports from Georgia, which have stuck in my mind and niggled away.

It hasn't sounded a particularly well formed democracy.  It hasn't sounded a safe and free society.  It  was only in February that the Georgian government was regarded as the prime suspect in the sudden death of a ( Read more... )

Refugees tell a different story of six-day conflict

By Catherine Belton (The Financial Times, UK)

Published: August 16 2008 03:00 | Last updated: August 16 2008 03:00

The heaviest fighting ever seen in the breakaway enclave of South Ossetia has left refugees on both sides of the conflict.

The Ossetians who have fled north to the Alagir camp tell a very ( Read more... )

 

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 Obama, The Prince of Bait and Switch

by John Pilger / July 30th, 2008

On 12 July, The Times (UK) devoted two pages to Afghanistan. It was mostly a complaint about the heat. The reporter, Magnus Linklater, described in detail his discomfort and how he had needed to be sprayed with iced water. He also described the “high drama” and “meticulously ( Read more... )

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A former CIA operative who says he tried to warn the agency about faulty intelligence on Iraqi weapons programs now contends that CIA officials also ignored evidence that Iran had suspended work on a nuclear bomb.

The onetime undercover agent, who has been barred by the CIA from using his real name, filed a motion in federal court late Friday ( Read more... )

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