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Month: April 2011

Tomgram: Nick Turse, How to Arm a Dictator

Published April 28, 2011by Tom Engelhardt

Hueys Over Yemen Is U.S. Aid Suppressing Another Mideast Freedom Struggle? By Nick Turse Reprinted with permission of TomDispatch.com In recent weeks, Yemeni protesters calling for an immediate end to the 32-year reign of U.S.-backed President Ali Abdullah Saleh have… Continue Reading →

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Saudi Arabia’s Zeal for Repression is Bad for Everyone

Published April 26, 2011by Ali Gharib 3 Comments

I’ve been saying for a while now that the Saudi role in suppressing Arab uprisings will have a far larger short- to medium-term negative impact on the region than any of Iran’s many machinations. Read Hossein Askari at the National… Continue Reading →

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Tomgram: Shahin and Juan Cole, The Women’s Movement in the Middle East

Published April 26, 2011by Tom Engelhardt

An Arab Spring for Women The Missing Story from the Middle East By Shahin Cole and Juan Cole Reprinted with permission of TomDispatch.com The “Arab Spring” has received copious attention in the American media, but one of its crucial elements… Continue Reading →

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Tomgram: McCoy and Reilly, An Empire of Failed States

Published April 25, 2011by Tom Engelhardt 1 Comment

Washington on the Rocks An Empire of Autocrats, Aristocrats, and Uniformed Thugs Begins to Totter By Alfred W. McCoy and Brett Reilly Reprinted with permission of TomDispatch.com In one of history’s lucky accidents, the juxtaposition of two extraordinary events has… Continue Reading →

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The Obama-Gates Maneuver on Military Spending

Published April 21, 2011by Guest Contributor

By Gareth Porter Last week Barack Obama announced that he wants to cut $400 billion in military spending and said he would work Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and the Joint Chiefs on a “fundamental review” of U.S. “military missions,… Continue Reading →

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