War On Terror

Washington Arrogance Has Fomented a Muslim Revolution
By Paul Craig Roberts — Who is responsible for Muslim attacks?
Dec 05 2008, USA (LEW ROCKWELL.COM)

Panel warns biological attack likely by 2013
By Pamela Hess — U.S. can expect a terrorist attack using nuclear or more likely biological weapons before 2013, says report
Dec 02 2008, WASHINGTON, D.C., USA (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Barack Obama is warned to beware of a ‘huge threat’ from al-Qaeda
By Baldwin & Evans — Security officials fear a ‘spectacular’ during the transition period
Nov 15 2008, LONDON, ENGLAND, UK (TIMES ONLINE)

Bioterrorism’s Deadly Math
By Judith Miller — Despite billions spent, we’re not yet ready for a big attack.
Nov 03 2008, NEW YORK, USA (CITY JOURNAL)

Global Incident Map
By Site Editors — A global mapping display of terrorism and other suspicous events
2008, USA (GLOBALINCIDENTMAP.COM)

Israel & Palestine

Bush: Israel is America's "closest ally in the Middle East"
By News Staff — Speaking at the Saban Forum in Washington, Bush says he's first U.S. President to call for a Palestinian state,
Dec 05 2008, JERUSALEM, ISRAEL (JERUSALEM POST)

Israel said to be studying Iran attack
By News Staff — Israel is reported to be looking over possible options for a strike on Iranian nuclear facilities without U.S. involvement
Dec 04 2008, JERUSALEM, ISRAEL (UPI)

Israeli Air Force chief: We are ready to deal with Iran
By News Staff — We are ready to do whatever is demanded of us" in order to stop Iran from getting a nuclear weapon
Nov 19 2008, JERUSALEM, ISRAEL (POST)

Russia

EU-Russia Summit Hints At Geopolitical Rapprochement
By Ahto Lobjakas — EU's French presidency publicly backed President Dmitry Medvedev
Nov 14 2008, BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (RADIO FREE EUROPE)

North American Integration and the Militarization of the Arctic
By Michel Chossudovsky — Battle for the Arctic part of a global military agenda in new Cold War between Russia and America
Aug 20 2007, MONTREAL, CANADA (GLOBALRESEARCH.CA)

Six days that broke one country - and reshaped the world order
By News Staff — Russia's victory over Georgia has redrawn the geopolitical map
Aug 16 2008, LONDON, ENGLAND, UK (GUARDIAN)

China

China-Pakistan: An unholy nuclear alliance
By Siddharth Ramana — A deal which would further erode non-proliferation ideals was placed on a backburner by China, during the recent visit of Pakistan President
Dec 04 2008, LONDON, ENGLAND, UK (INT'L ANALYST NETWORK)

Pakistan

U.S. should stay out of Pakistan-India dispute over Kashmir
By Kapur & Ganguly — American efforts to mediate the Kashmir dispute would be ill advised
Dec 04 2008, SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA, USA (MERCURY NEWS)

India-Pakistan tensions may pull in U.S.
By Raju Gopalakrishnan — U.S. could get ensnared in the row, creating and setback in the war on Islamic radicals on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border
Nov 30 2008, NEW DELHI, INDIA (REUTERS)

Return of the Taliban
By Frontline — PBS video: Taliban and Al Qaeda escape from Afghanistan into neighboring Pakistan and set up new command centers
Oct 03 2006, NEW YORK, USA (PBS)

Afghanistan

US readying troop buildup with Marines in Afghanistan
By News Staff — U.S. military sending 20,000 Marines to Afghanistan as part of a major build-up of forces there
Dec 05 2008, WASHINGTON, D.C., USA (AFP)

Terror in Afghanistan, Pak spilling over into India
By News Staff — Mumbai attaqcks show India is slowly and silently being sucked into the deadly wars engulfing Pakistan and Afghanistan
Dec 05 2008, NEW DELHI, INDIA (BLOOMBERG)

Obama's Afghan Dilemma
By Robert Dreyfuss — Can He Succeed By Scaling Down Bush's Rhetoric, Negotiating And Adding Troops?
Dec 05 2008, WASHINGTON, D.C., USA (CBS)

Iran

Iran's breakout incapability
By Kaveh L Afrasiabi — Obama will be hampered by U.S. positions based on wrong assumptions
Dec 06 2008, HONG KONG (ASIA TIMES)

World powers unable to confront Iran, says Ahmadinejad
By News Staff — Ahmadinejad said that bullying powers are unable to confront with the Iranian nation.
Dec 05 2008, TEHRAN, IRAN (DAILY TIMES)

EU court ruling helps Iranian opposition in US
By News Staff — Court of First Instance ruled that EU wrongly froze the funds of Iran's main opposition group in exile and violated its rights
Dec 04 2008, WASHINGTON, D.C., USA (AFRICASIA.COM)

Iraq

Possible Détente Over Iraq Oil Contracts
By Gina Chon — Possible détente over oil contracts between the central government and the semi-autonomous Kurdish region
Dec 05 2008, BHAGDAD, IRAQ (WALL STREET JOURNAL)

Balkans

Obama & the Balkans
By Hajrudin Somun — Enormous hope and unwary trust being put in Obama before he even assumes office
Nov 25 2008, SARAJEVO, BOSNIA (TODAY'S ZAMAN)

Kosovo situation "potentially explosive"
By News Staff — Western media see Kosovo situation as unclear and potentially explosive with Priština’s rejection of the UN plan for EULEX deployment
Nov 19 2008, LONDON, ENGLAND, UK (B-92)

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

Rethinking NAFTA After the Wall Street Meltdown
By Jeff Faux — Meltdown is going to undermine the assumptions on which US--Mexico economic relationships have been based since NAFTA
Oct 03 2008, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, USA (GLOBAL EXCHANGE)

Mortgage Meltdown: NAFTA-Gate
By Neil F. Garfield — Meltdown due in part tothe effects of NAFTA and our complete lack of control over our borders
Mar 07 2008, ARIZONA, USA (LIVINGLIE'S WEBLOG)

North American Union: The SPP is a "hostile takeover" of democratic government and an end to the Rule of Law
By Constance Fogal — A coup d'état over the government operations of Canada, U.S.A. and Mexico
Aug 02 2007, MONTREAL, CANADA (GLOBAL RESEARCH.CA)

Mexican Meltdown
By Cameron & Fellow — States, markets and post-NAFTA Financial Turmoil
Sep 1996, USA (SOCRATES.BERKELEY.EDU)

Mexican Meltdown
By Center for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean — NAFTA, Democracy and the Peso (PDF)
Jan 1996, TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA (YORK UNIVERSITY)

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

After 60 years, wrestling to reinvent NATO's mission
By Laurie Goering — Modern threats put organization's future atop Obama's list
Dec 05 2008, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, USA (TRIBUNE)