Middle Eastern Affairs Archive

  • The Hidden Cost of War

    The Hidden Cost of War

    In 2003 Donald Rumsfeld estimated a war with Iraq would cost $60 billion. Five years later, the cost of Iraq war operations is over 10 times that figure. So what’s behind the ballooning dollar signs? Joseph E. Stiglitz and Linda J. Bilme’s exhaustively researched book,...

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  • US Government to Pay Taliban to Switch Sides

    US Government to Pay Taliban to Switch Sides

    I can tell you there are a bunch of idots in our government.  The BBC reports that the US will start to pay the Taliban to switch sides.  Well, you know you are losing the war when you have to pay your enemy not to...

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  • CIA won’t release torture documents

    CIA won’t release torture documents

    The Central Intelligence Agency is refusing to release a series of key documents about its secret prison and torture program. The announcement came in response to a court-imposed deadline in a case brought by the American Civil Liberties Union. The CIA says releasing information on...

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  • Osama Bin Laden Worked for US Till 9/11

    Osama Bin Laden Worked for US Till 9/11

    It’s amazing how much you will learn about 9/11 only if you read.  This is a very important article that I’m reposting from DailyKos. Summary The bombshell here is obviously that certain people in the US were using Bin Laden up to September 11, 2001....

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  • The Hidden History of 9-11 with Paul Zarembka

    The Hidden History of 9-11 with Paul Zarembka

    How much insider trading occurred in the days leading up to 9/11? How compromised is the evidence against alleged hijackers because of serious authentication problems with a key Dulles Airport videotape? To what extent does the testimony of more than five hundred firefighters differ from...

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  • Bush quit al-Qaida hunt

    Bush quit al-Qaida hunt

    Wow, well actually I should be surprise that Bush stop majorly pursing Bin Laden 6 months after the 9/11 attacks.  Watch the video below. Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

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  • How the FBI and 9/11 Commission Suppressed Key Evidence about Hani Hanjour

    How the FBI and 9/11 Commission Suppressed Key Evidence about Hani Hanjour

    A good article I found. By Mark H. Gaffney July 07, 2009 “ICH” — The evidence was crucial because it undermined the official explanation that Hani Hanjour crashed American Airlines Flight 77 into the Pentagon at high speed after executing an extremely difficult top gun...

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  • New protests over Iran elections: Who’s Who

    New protests over Iran elections: Who’s Who

    The Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Ayatollah Khamenei is believed to back President Ahmadinejad Iran’s Supreme Leader is the country’s most powerful figure. He appoints the head of the judiciary, six of the 12 members of the powerful Guardian Council, the commanders of all the...

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