Lawyers for Guantanamo prisoner Omar Khadr lost their bid to have charges against him dropped due to unlawful procedures surrounding the case. The military judge presiding over the case of a Canadian boy decided that senior official General Thomas Hartmann did not improperly influence military prosecutors who were handling the case. Two judges had already […]

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Turkey’s relations with Russia are going through a major crisis that was, most probably, initiated by recent events in Georgia and South Ossetia. Russian border police halted shipments from Turkey claiming there was inaccurate paper work, and the passage of US military ships through the Straits of Dardanelles has sparked controversy since Russia believes this […]

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The Ukraine is a nation caught between pressure from Russia and the United States regarding its future in Europe. America and some European nations want the Ukraine to enter NATO and become an important political and military base for the west. Russia is concerned that the Ukraine could be used by potential aggressors to launch […]

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Failure on the part of President Mbeki of South Africa to be a neutral advocate for the people of Zimbabwe has made clear he is no Nelson Mandela. The South African leader has consistently taken the side of his good friend, Robert Mugabe, a thug and murderer who has wrecked his nation in a made […]

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Former President Jimmy Carter aroused the anger of many John McCain supporters when he stated bluntly the Arizona senator was “milking” his stint in prison. It is doubtful if a single speaker at the Republican convention has failed to throw in a reference to Vietnam and being a prisoner regardless of the topic being […]

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The Israel government increasingly is frustrated as Syria continues its diplomatic fight to gain support from nations such as France and Turkey in its efforts to secure the peace it desires from Israel. President Bashar Assad recently met with President Sarkozy of France and Turkey’s prime minister, Erdogan. As one Israel diplomat commented, “He(Assad) no […]

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Vice President Dick Cheney, on a visit to Georgia, spoke out against nations which use military force to intervene in the affairs of other nations. He described Russia’s invasion of Georgia as “an illegitimate, unilateral attempt” to change the country’s borders and expressed concern about Russia’s reliability as an international partner. The vice president assured […]

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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said any attack on Iran would be a disaster not merely for the Middle East but for the entire world. “Nobody in the world will be able to bear the consequences of any action that is not peaceful because it would not result in a solution but in a disaster.” During […]

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A group representing the interests of the 1.7 million servicemen and women who have served in the Middle East have issued a 10 point action plan they wish implemented by the next president. The Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America(IAVA) insist the new occupant of the White House finally gets down to dealing with veteran […]

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Vice presidential candidate Joe Biden bluntly told members of the Israel press the United States will support Israel’s right to make its own decisions and any action by Israel should be one made by its leaders without any influence on the part of the United States. “Israel has a right to defend itself and it […]

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