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- I Believe It
Reports that Italian intelligence officers had been paying Taliban fighters not to attack their troops – and that France’s ignorance of this tactic left it unaware of the true security risk in the Sarobi district of Afghanistan when it took over last summer – were dismissed as “rubbish” by Italy’s defence minister. But the allegation [...]
- French Racism
Des histoires comme celles-là, j’en aurais tant d’autres à raconter. On dit de moi que je suis d’origine étrangère, un beur, une racaille, un islamiste, un délinquant, un sauvageon, un “beurgeois”, un enfant issu de l’immigration… Mais jamais un Français, Français tout court. (full article…)
- US Worst in Preventable Death Ranking
| Reuters
France, Japan and Australia rated best and the United States worst in new rankings focusing on preventable deaths due to treatable conditions in 19 leading industrialized nations, researchers said on Tuesday. (more…)
- Where the Money Flows
Worldwide spending on weapons has reached record levels amounting to well over $1tn last year, a leading research organisation reported today. Global military expenditure has risen by 45% over the past decade to $1.46tn, according to the latest annual Yearbook on Armaments, Disarmament, and International Security published by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri). [...]
- Moral Narcissism
During a Paris conference on gender and sexuality Friday Horowitz said, “I call on the Palestinian Authority from this conference to stop persecuting homosexuals. This situation is intolerable.” (more…) He then added, “But Israel’s four-decades of brutality in the occupied territories is delightfully tolerable… Oh and there is also no such thing as homophobia in [...]
- Matthias Gebauer: Touring Guantánamo
The weeds are already growing rampant at the notorious “Camp X-Ray,” and President-elect Barack Obama plans to shut down the entire detention facility at Guantanamo Bay. Now the Pentagon is inviting journalists to tour the camp one last time. One would imagine a trip to the world’s best-known and most notorious prison could be an [...]
- Noam Chomsky: What Next? The Elections, the Economy, and the World
Well, let’s begin with the elections. The word that the rolls off of everyone’s tongue is historic. Historic election. And I agree with it. It was an historic election. To have a black family in the white house is a momentous achievement. In fact, it’s historic in a broader sense. The two Democratic candidates were [...]
