October 2009

Goldstone vs US House of Representatives

by Paul Woodward 10.31.2009

Goldstone vs US House of Representatives By Paul Woodward, War in Context, October 31, 2009 “We were disturbed by the lethality and toxicity of weapons used in Gaza, some of which have been in Western arsenals since the Cold War, such as white phosphorous, which incinerated 14 people, including several children in one attack; flechettes, [...]

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Palestinian equal rights joins the progressive agenda on ‘The Daily Show’

by Paul Woodward 10.29.2009

Palestinian equal rights joins the progressive agenda on ‘The Daily Show’ By Adam Horowitiz, Mondoweiss, October 29, 2009 The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c

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Israel accused of rationing water to Palestinians

by Paul Woodward 10.29.2009

Israel accused of rationing water to Palestinians By Patrick Moser, AFP, October 27, 2009 Amnesty International on Tuesday accused Israel of denying Palestinians adequate access to water while allowing Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank almost unlimited supplies. Israel, the human rights group said, restricts availability of water in the Palestinian territories “by maintaining [...]

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Turkish PM Erdoğan tries to cool Israeli rift

by Paul Woodward 10.29.2009

Turkish PM Erdoğan tries to cool Israeli rift Hurriyet Daily News, October 28, 2009 Turkey would continue relations with Israel on an equitable basis despite the growing diplomatic tensions between the two countries, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said during the second day of his official visit to Iran. Referring to his public row [...]

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EU lawyers join drive to indict Israeli officers

by Paul Woodward 10.29.2009

EU lawyers join drive to indict Israeli officers By Vita Bekker, The National, October 27, 2009 Israeli military officers who took part in Israel’s incursion of the Gaza Strip last winter may need to think twice before travelling to Europe. Israeli media reported yesterday that human rights lawyers in the European Union are drawing up [...]

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Why Iran will push back on the West’s nuclear offer

by Paul Woodward 10.29.2009

Why Iran will push back on the West’s nuclear offer By Tony Karon, Time, October 29, 2009 As the world has waited for Iran’s response to the latest nuclear deal offered by the West, conventional wisdom has held that Tehran has been playing for time, testing the limits of international political resolve, and hamstrung by [...]

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Afghanistan doesn’t need more troops

by Paul Woodward 10.29.2009

Afghanistan doesn’t need more troops By David Adams and Ann Marlowe, Wall Street Journal, October 28, 2009 From the beginning of 2007 to March 2008, the 82nd Airborne Division’s strategy in Khost proved that 250 paratroopers could secure a province of a million people in the Pashtun belt. The key to success in Khost—which shares [...]

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Deadly Pakistan attack hits market filled with women

by Paul Woodward 10.29.2009

Deadly Pakistan attack hits market filled with women By Alex Rodriguez, Los Angeles Times, October 29, 2009 The locale of the latest spasm of violence to strike Pakistan — a car bomb attack that killed 100 people — wasn’t surprising. Perched on the fringe of the Taliban-infested badlands along the Afghan border, Peshawar has been [...]

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Young Afghan struggles to adapt after Guantanamo

by Paul Woodward 10.29.2009

Young Afghan struggles to adapt after Guantanamo By Mark Magnier, Los Angeles Times, October 27, 2009 At family gatherings, the young Afghan with the scraggly beard instinctively sits with the children, before others remind him that he is a man now. Old friends he last saw when they were flying kites are now in college, [...]

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Brother of Afghan leader is said to be on CIA payroll

by Paul Woodward 10.28.2009

Brother of Afghan leader is said to be on CIA payroll By Dexter Filkins, Mark Mazzetti and James Risen, New York Times, October 28, 2009 Ahmed Wali Karzai, the brother of the Afghan president and a suspected player in the country’s booming illegal opium trade, gets regular payments from the Central Intelligence Agency, and has [...]

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Who decided to go to war in Gaza (WHEN) and why?

by Paul Woodward 10.28.2009

Who decided to go to war in Gaza (WHEN) and why? By Aluf Benn, Haaretz, October 28, 2009 I want to know how and why it was decided to embark on Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip and to expand it into a ground offensive. I want to know if the decisions were affected [...]

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A letter from Afghanistan that every American must read

by Paul Woodward 10.27.2009

A letter from Afghanistan that every American must read By Paul Woodward, War in Context, October 27, 2009 “… I have lost understanding of and confidence in the strategic purposes of the United States’ presence in Afghanistan. I have doubts and reservations about our current strategy and planned future strategy, but my resignation is based [...]

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‘Iran is our friend,’ says Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan

by Paul Woodward 10.26.2009

‘Iran is our friend,’ says Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan By Robert Tait, The Guardian, October 26, 2009 With its stunning vistas and former Ottoman palaces, the banks of the Bosphorus – the strategic waterway that cuts Istanbul in half and divides Europe from Asia – may be the perfect place to distinguish friend from [...]

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Where have all Israel’s friends gone?

by Paul Woodward 10.26.2009

“Where have all the friendships gone…” By Uri Avnery, Gush-Shalom, October 24, 2009 Among all the members of our political, military and media establishments who are now suggesting an “inquiry”, there is no one – literally not one – who means by that a real investigation. The aim is to deceive the Goyim and get [...]

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Rory Stewart: The T. E. Lawrence of Afghanistan – UPDATED

by Paul Woodward 10.26.2009

Rory Stewart: The T. E. Lawrence of Afghanistan By Jason Zengerle, The New Republic, October 24, 2009 What would [Rory] Stewart’s version of muddling through in Afghanistan look like? While General Stanley McChrystal’s counterinsurgency plan calls for more than 100,000 American troops, and Joe Biden’s bare-bones counterterrorism proposal reportedly keeps troop numbers around their current [...]

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Iraq is safer – but by no means safe

by Paul Woodward 10.26.2009

Iraq is safer – but by no means safe By Patrick Cockburn, The Independent, October 26, 2009 The savage suicide bombings in the heart of Baghdad yesterday show how far the violence in Iraq is from being over. It is as if those who order these bombings know that they only have to repeat these [...]

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American preeminence is disappearing fifteen years early

by Paul Woodward 10.26.2009

American preeminence is disappearing fifteen years early By Michael Klare, TomDispatch, October 26, 2009 Memo to the CIA: You may not be prepared for time-travel, but welcome to 2025 anyway! Your rooms may be a little small, your ability to demand better accommodations may have gone out the window, and the amenities may not be [...]

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As occupier, Israel must face up to Goldstone report

by Paul Woodward 10.25.2009

As occupier, Israel must face up to Goldstone report By Zvi Bar’el, Haaretz, October 25, 2009 Goldstone was born in June 1967. I am not referring to the judge from South Africa, but to his report, or more precisely, the notion that Israel needs a synonym for the soul-searching it must carry out after 42 [...]

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Karzai rules out sharing power

by Paul Woodward 10.25.2009

Karzai rules out sharing power By Joshua Partlow and Pamela Constable, Washington Post, October 25, 2009 President Hamid Karzai’s team shifted aggressively into campaign mode Saturday and ruled out any possibility of a power-sharing deal with challenger Abdullah Abdullah ahead of a runoff election in two weeks… Snow and freezing weather could make voting impossible [...]

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Iran and America: Obama and the “velvet coup”

by Paul Woodward 10.25.2009

Iran and America: Obama and the “velvet coup” By Ali Reza Eshraghi, Open Democracy, October 22, 2009 Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his army commanders have, in their response to the street-protests that erupted across the country after the controversial presidential election of 12 June 2009, employed a routine accusation against the United [...]

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Top Iran official says West’s nuclear plan a coverup for theft

by Paul Woodward 10.25.2009

Top Iran official says West’s nuclear plan a coverup for theft By Borzou Daragahi, Los Angeles Times, October 25, 2009 The powerful speaker of Iran’s parliament Saturday derided a Western-backed proposal to transfer the bulk of the country’s enriched-uranium stockpile abroad as a trick meant to rob Iran of its nuclear fuel. “My guess is [...]

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Iraq ministries targeted in car bombings; over 130 dead

by Paul Woodward 10.25.2009

Iraq ministries targeted in car bombings; over 130 dead By Timothy Williams, New York Times, October 25, 2009 For the second time in two months, synchronized suicide car bombings struck at the heart of the Iraqi government, severely damaging the Justice Ministry and Provincial Council complexes in Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least 132 people [...]

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Insurgents putting up a tough fight in Waziristan operation, analysts say

by Paul Woodward 10.25.2009

Insurgents putting up a tough fight in Waziristan operation, analysts say By Ann Scott Tyson, Washington Post, October 24, 2009 Pakistan’s offensive in the Taliban stronghold of South Waziristan has met with significant resistance from insurgents, who have retaken one large town, targeted military vehicles with roadside bombs and held off the army’s attack helicopters [...]

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Justice Richard Goldstone interviewed by Bill Moyers

by Paul Woodward 10.24.2009

Justice Richard Goldstone – Part One Richard Goldstone interviewed by Bill Moyers, Bill Moyers Journal, October 23, 2009 RICHARD GOLDSTONE: As I say, I accept the right of Israel, absolutely, to defend itself. But let me give you an example. Assuming the United States fighting Taliban, started bombing the whole food infrastructure of the people [...]

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