U.S. foreign policy buried in debris from Israeli bombs
- THE WHITE HOUSE (FinalCall.com) - The cloak of U.S. Middle East diplomatic leadership has been exposed as a fig leaf attempting to protect naked Israeli aggression in Lebanon. Just two days after President George Bush, with Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair at his side, praised the government of Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora, Mr. Bush hastily sent Secretary of...
Sudanese president answers questions on Darfur
ASKIAM DETROIT (FinalCall.com) - The United States and the United Kingdom are themselves causing, and then exaggerating, a “crisis” in the African “Motherland's” largest and possibly wealthiest country–the Sudan–as it's now called “Darfur,” the country's president said directly in a live-interactive satellite video conference Feb. 23 with members of the Nation of Islam and reporters attending the Saviours' Day 2007...
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...
West falls short on drive for new Iran sanctions
Ahmadinejad's 'wipe Israel off the map' myth debunked (05-26-2007) Web Video: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad UN Address (09-23-2008) UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - The 15-member UN Security Council recently voted unanimously for UN Resolution 1835 (2008), which called on Iran to “fully” and “without delay” comply with the council’s demand to end its nuclear enrichment program. The Security Council agreed with the assessment...
UK opens UFO files
LONDON (AP) - The deputy commander of a U.S. Air Force base in England was baffled by what he'd seen: bright, pulsing lights in the night sky. Britain's defense ministry couldn't explain it either, but concluded that the unidentified flying object posed no threat. The National Archives on Aug. 17 released the government's complete file on the “Rendlesham Forest Incident”...
After 9 years of war, most Afghans don’t trust U.S.
JIM.LOBE WASHINGTON(IPS/GIN) - On the ninth anniversary of the U.S. military intervention in their country, a new report released in October found Afghans remain deeply distrustful and resentful of the impact and intent of foreign forces there. Based on dozens of interviews and focus group sessions in seven provinces in western, eastern, and southern Afghanistan over the past year, the...
Corpse desecration latest crisis for U.S. military
- Afghanistan - 10 Years of Failure & Oppression WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - Even as top U.S. defense officials and leaders of NATO combat forces in Afghanistan have condemned a video posted on YouTube and other Internet sites showing what appears to be American forces in Afghanistan urinating on dead Taliban soldiers as “despicable” some political commentators and...
N. Korean diplomat: UN command on peninsula is U.S. front and needs to be dismantled now
By Saeed Shabazz -Staff Writer- UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - The last time Ambassador Sin Son-ho of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) held a press conference at the UN was 2010, after South Korea accused Pyongyang of sinking one of its naval ships. So when he appeared June 21 before the UN press corps, the house was packed with scribes, television...
Another year, another UN vote to end U.S. blockade against Cuba
UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - A majority of the 193-member UN General Assembly voted to demand an end to the U.S.-led Cuba blockade for 23rd consecutive year as the Caribbean nation's foreign minister reported that the embargo has cost the Cuban economy more than $1 trillion. Speaking before the vote, Russian ambassador Vitaly I. Churkin said a swift lifting of the...
In Peru’s Cuzco, pandemic devastates tourism and economy
CUZCO, Peru—Efrain Valles guided world leaders, pop stars and a princess on exclusive tours through the land of the Incas. He now makes ice cream to survive amid the coronavirus pandemic. Mr. Valles, once one of the most sought-after tour guides in Cuzco high in Peru’s Andes, is one of the 1.3 million people nationwide in a tourism industry devastated...