U.S. quietly bankrolls ‘pro-democracy’ groups in Egypt
US to fund "democracy" in Iran (Al Jazeera, 04-12-2005) NEW YORK (IPS/GIN) - President George Bush has granted one million dollars to six civil society groups in Egypt, including perhaps the most controversial in the country–the organization whose leader spent a year behind bars before being exonerated. The grants, which went totally unnoticed in the U.S. mainstream press, were announced...
Iran showdown tests power of ‘Israel lobby’
JIM.LOBE Pro-Israel lobby dictates U.S. policy, study charges (FCN, 04-05-2006)Iranian ambassador sets the record straight (FCN, 04-07-2006)Iran: Zionist regime root-cause of Middle East insecurity (IRNA, 04-08-2006) Nuclear hypocrisy in Iran's treatment (FCN, 03-12-2006) WASHINGTON (IPS/GIN) - One month after the publication by two influential international relations scholars of a highly controversial essay on the so-called “Israel Lobby,” their thesis that the...
Support for U.S. wanes among Latin American elites
JIM.LOBE From Venezuela; A Message of Solidarity (FCN, 01-01-2007)Non-aligned nations continue to resist domination (FCN, 10-04-2006)Hugo Chavez proposes African, Latin America, Carribean Alliance (FCN, 06-11-2006) WASHINGTON (IPS/GIN) - Elites in the major countries of Latin America are increasingly bullish about their nations' economies and increasingly alienated from the United States, according to a new survey by Zogby International, released this...
Arms for Arab, Zionist regimes, as U.S. turns back clock
JIM.LOBE US Military-Industrial Complex: Profiting from WarU.S. arming both sides in troubled subcontinent (FCN, 04-12-2005) WASHINGTON, (IPS/GIN) - Just 25 months after Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice denounced 60 years of U.S. support for authoritarian governments in Arab world, she and Pentagon chief Robert Gates, are on their way to the Middle East bearing arms and an uncannily familiar strategic vision...
Prospect of Obama election buoys U.S. image
JIM.LOBE Historic Obama win ushers in hope for change (FCN, 06-13-2008) WASHINGTON (IPS/GIN) - After a virtually relentless fall during the administration of President George W. Bush, Washington’s image abroad rebounded modestly in 2007, according to the latest edition of the annual Pew Global Attitudes Project. “For the first time we have some encouraging signs for the image of the United...
Spanish prosecutors pursue Bush aides
NEW YORK (IPS/GIN) - Human rights organizations and legal scholars are applauding the efforts of Spanish lawyers in seeking the indictment of six former officials of the George W. Bush administration in connection with the torture of detainees at the U.S. military's Guantanamo Bay prison. Some, however, think more should be done at home. Ben Wizner, attorney in...
Critics blast U.S. for support of Israel after deadly attack on aid convoy to Gaza
CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) - Less than a week after a Gaza bound aid-convoy, the Freedom Flotilla, was raided by Israeli naval commandoes resulting in the death of several humanitarian workers, including one American, another international standoff looms as another ship headed to the region. That ship departed Ireland and was seized by Israel on June 5. The Freedom Flotilla consisted of...
Farrakhan rebukes NATO, U.S. ‘blood shedders’ on Libya war
United Nations Security Council, NATO war on Libya only leads to their doom, warns Nation of Islam minister NEW YORK (FinalCall.com) - The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan recently condemned the United Nations, U.S.-sponsored, NATO-led bombing of the North African country of Libya and a “coalition of demons” consisting of duplicitous world governments who have joined attempts to assassinate Col....
Drones, peacekeeping controversial mix for United Nations
UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - The irony of ironies just happened at the UN recently as nearly 60 speakers addressed the 15-member Security Council concerning “A Multidimensional Approach to Peacekeeping” and not one speaker mentioned use of drones which has been a hot topic for weeks. While the talk in UN corridors Jan. 21 centered on the rather basic tone of...
Netanyahu’s relentless pursuit of Iran
JIM.LOBE Like the proverbial skunk at the garden party, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used his turn at the podium at the U.N. General Assembly Tuesday to pour scorn on Iran's new president, 96 hours after a smiling Hassan Rouhani departed New York after a momentous four-day stay that raised unprecedented hopes for détente with the United States and...