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UN helping U.S. gain permanent foothold in Iraq?

Bush Admin seeks permanent military bases in Iraq (FCN, 06-22-2007)Why is the military building 'permanent' bases? (FCNL)Graphical Overview of Iraq's Oil fields and facilities (Image)Iraq: Permanent US Colony (Dahr Jamail, 03-14-2006) UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - Activists and analysts are saying the Bush administration was up to its old shenanigans when it pushed the United Nations Security Council for a mid-December...

Pakistanis see U.S. as worse threat than al-Qaida, Taliban

JIM.LOBE WASHINGTON, (IPS/GIN) - Most Pakistanis consider the U.S. military presence in Asia and Afghanistan to be a more critical threat to their country than al-Qaida or Pakistan’s own Taliban movement, according to a survey released Jan 1. The results of the poll suggest that the vast majority of Pakistanis would oppose the aggressive covert actions that the administration of...

Africa continues to reject US military command

Nigeria rejects hosting of new US military command (FCN, 12-11-2007)Africa rebukes Bush on African Command (FCN, 07-11-2007)Bush wants a military command in Africa (FCN, 03-29-2007)Bush bombs Africa, no outcry! (FCN, 02-05-2007)Bush's Goal: Bring African leaders in line with U.S. policy (FCN, 12-08-2006) UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - When President Bush first announced plans for formation of a new U.S. military command...

Kenya: Kofi Annan to lead African Union’s mediation

Election violence rocks Kenya (FCN, 01-13-2008) Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan will take over the mediation efforts in the Kenyan post-electoral crisis with his immediate mandate being to tackle constitutional and electoral reforms in the East African country, reports PANA Thursday. African Union (AU) chairman John Kufuor, who is also the Ghanaian President, jet ted...

Bush ‘hell-bent’ on war with Iran?

Intelligence report finding of no nukes doesn’t dissuade U.S. president’s crusade Israel jawboning US into striking Iran (PRESS TV, 12-16-2007)Israel and Iran Report (Arab News, 12-15-2007)Iran: NIE report’s pre-Sept. 2003 allegation is a lie (Tehran Times, 12-09-2007)Nuclear hypocrisy in Iran’s treatment (FCN, 03-12-2006)Iranian Pres. Ahmadinejad's letter to President George W. Bush (05-2006)Guidance to America and the world in a time...

Annapolis: Foreign policy deception

ASKIAMSenior Correspondent Annapolis: Attempt to revive failing system of oppression (FCN, 12-16-2007)South African Archbishop likens Palestinian life to life under apartheid (FCN, 11-16-2007)Black, Palestinian solidarity in the struggle for justice (FCN, 10-25-2007)Foundation for Middle East Peace WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - Standing in the White House Rose Garden with the president of the Palestinian Authority and the prime minister of Israel by his...

Africa presses demand for Security Council seats

UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - For three days in mid-November the UN General Assembly again debated Security Council reform–a debate that has raged for the past 14 years–without any light at the end of the tunnel and Africa again demanded permanent seats on the council. Angolan Ambassador Ismael A. Gaspar-Martins argued it was time to redress the “historical injustice” of the...

International Community: End U.S. embargo on Cuba

UN General Assembly votes 184-4 in favor of lifting U.S. embargo on Cuba Cuba: President Bush has no moral authority (FCN, 10-22-2007)Why does the U.S. government hate Cuba? (FCN, 04-10-2006) UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - For the 16th consecutive year, the United Nations General Assembly (GA) met on Oct. 30 to debate a draft resolution on the necessity of ending the...

Libya elected to UN Security Council un-opposed

Progression towards United States of Africa continues (FCN, 07-21-2005)Mandela blasts U.S., Britain for failure to life Libyan sanctions (FCN, 03-26-2001) UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - The 192-nation UN General Assembly elected the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya to the 15-member Security Council on Oct. 16, with no public objections from the United States or Britain. The U.S. had successfully blocked Libya's...

Report: United States is the world leader in arms sales to developing countries

UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - “The abuse of small arms has caused untold distress, and the United Nations must lead the process to stem their proliferation,” stated Ghana’s President John Agyekum Kufuor at the opening of the UN General Assembly debate on Sept. 25. “As Africa had continued to make significant progress toward healing the wounds of long wars that had...