Archive for June, 2009

A guide to Israeli settlements - Los Angeles Times

Posted in June 29th, 2009

by Farhad Abdolian in History, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, Peace, Politics, US

A guide to Israeli settlements

How and when did they start, why are they spreading, what are the concerns and should anything be done about them?
By Gershom Gorenberg
June 28, 2009

In Cairo this month, President Obama urged Israel to stop settlement construction in the occupied territories. “The United States [...]

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U.S.-built bridge is windfall — for illegal Afghan drug trade

Posted in June 29th, 2009

by Farhad Abdolian in Afghanistan, General, Narcotics, US, War

U.S.-built bridge is windfall — for illegal Afghan drug trade | McClatchy
U.S.-built bridge is windfall — for illegal Afghan drug trade

By Tom Lasseter | McClatchy Newspapers
NIZHNY PANJ, Tajikistan — In August 2007, the presidents of Afghanistan and Tajikistan walked side by side with the U.S. [...]

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How the Press Covered for the CIA in the Iran-Contra Affair

Posted in June 29th, 2009

by Farhad Abdolian in Crime, History, Media, Racism, US

How the Press Covered for the CIA in the Iran-Contra Affair
Black, Paranoid and Absolutely Right
In an excerpt from the new book, “This is Your Country on Drugs”, Ryan
Grim explains how the press covered for the CIA in the Iran-Contra drug scandal that rocked the black community in the 90s.

In the summer of 1996, the San [...]

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