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Jews increasingly hawkish on Iran, skeptical of Obama

WASHINGTON (IPS/GIN) - U.S. Jews, who, next to Black Americans, have constituted the minority most supportive of Barack Obama, are growing more skeptical of his performance and increasingly hawkish on Iran, according to a new poll released by the American Jewish Committee. The survey of 800 self-identified Jewish Americans, the latest in an annual series that stretches back...

Final Call Editor-in-Chief in Haiti

By Richard Muhammad -Editor-In-Chief Editor's Notebook From Haiti (FCN, February 11, 2010) (FinalCall.com) - Final Call editor Richard Muhammad is visiting Haiti for a firsthand look at conditions in the country and as a follow up to reporting earlier this year. He is traveling with the Haiti Support Project and a 16-member delegation that includes Dr. Julianne Malveaux, president...

Farrakhan speaks to the Arab World through Al Jazeera

CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) - The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan spoke to the Arab World in two interviews both airing on Al Jazeera. On Sept. 10, he was interviewed by Abderrahim Foukara for the Liqaá al-Yaum (Today's Encounter) program at The National House. Mr. Foukara, originally from Morocco, discussed a wide-range of topics with Min. Farrakhan, including the proposed Park 51 Islamic...

Iraq troop pullout leaves 50,000 soldiers behind

- WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - President Barack Obama has technically made good on his promise to officially end U.S. combat operations in Iraq, moving the last combat brigade into Kuwait several days ahead of the Aug. 31 stated deadline. But the reality of the new “mission accomplished” was accomplished by a clever use of what amounts to smoke and mirrors,...

The Oil Factor: The loudest voice in Sudan’s referendum

(FinalCall.com) - Sudan's upcoming January 2011 referendum that will decide whether Southern Sudan secedes and forms a separate nation state seems plagued with the same confusion of tongues bestowed upon the Babylonians in the book of Genesis. The referendum is part of an internationally brokered 2005 peace accord between the North and South that ended 20 years of a...

Wyclef’s New Fight

ERICTOUREM -Contributing Writer- Ruled ineligible to run for president, Haitian-born rapper plans to appeal decision (FinalCall.com) - At Final Call press time, lawyers for Haitian-born entertainer Wyclef Jean had filed an appeal contesting the decision by Haiti's election commission to reject the rap star's application to appear on the Nov. 28 presidential ballot. Mr. Jean, along with 14 others, was excluded from...

Wyclef brings excitement to Haiti’s politics

ERICTOUREM -Staff Writer- Hip hop artist may have major impact on Haiti politics, but can he pull the country together? (FinalCall.com) - On the streets of Port-au-Prince, Wyclef Jean, the popular musician and founder of the Yele Haiti foundation, formally announced his run for president of the country. His music career and humanitarian work, have made him well known to Haitians and...

Armed police storm Nation of Islam mosque in London

ERICTOUREM -Contributing Writer- (FinalCall.com) - On July 22, in Brixton, London armed police officers forced their way into the United Kingdom headquarters of The Nation of Islam. Armed with a warrant under the provisions of the Misuse of Drugs Act of 1971, the officers pried open shutters and smashed the doors of the mosque entering its sanctuary. “I received a phone...

With departure of McChrystal, what now?

JIM.LOBE WASHINGTON (IPS/GIN) - Nearly a week after the abrupt demise of Washington's top commander in Afghanistan, U.S. strategy for reversing the flood of bad news that has been recently pouring out of that strife-torn country remains as unclear as ever. Led by Sen. John McCain and many of the same neo-conservatives who championed the war in Iraq, hawks called...

Afghan mineral wealth story raises eyebrows over timing

JIM.LOBE WASHINGTON (IPS/GIN) - The timing of the publication of a major New York Times story on the vast, untapped mineral wealth that lies beneath Afghanistan's soil is raising major questions about the intent of the Pentagon, which released the information. Given the increasingly negative news that has come out of Afghanistan–and of U.S. strategy there–some analysts believe the front-page...