Drone Warfare in Yemen

Predator drones sanitize killing on the cheap compared to manned aircraft and ground troops. Teams of remote warriors work far from, and at times, closer to battlefields.

Predator drones sanitize killing on the cheap compared to manned aircraft and ground troops. Teams of remote warriors work far from, and at times, closer to battlefields.

Adapting to the sweeping changes of the Arab Spring requires a new paradigm about the Middle East, one that is cognizant and respectful of the democratic will of Arab public opinion.

Thus, what will history record of whom and what you are?

To some Julian Assange is a hero to others a spy, you can watch the show and judge for yourself below.

Wrenching Away Our Sunni. There is something quite unique about the Middle East’s “Resistance Axis” which includes Iran, Hezbollah, Syria, Hamas and a smattering of smaller groups opposed to western imperialism and zionism.

Check out these videos of Israeli soldiers at a Machsom (Security Checkpoints). The behavior of these soldiers raises serious questions about “Jewish values” promoted by the Israeli state.

I admit upfront that I know even less than you do (the reader), about the twisted and fragmented history of Israel and it’s interactions with Arab and non-Arab neighbors in the middle east.

The Arab League hypocritically suspended the membership of Syria amid the mounting pressures of NATO and the United States while bloodshed in Bahrain and Yemen continues.

The decision comes at a time when President Bashar al-Assad has accepted the reforms proposed by the Arab League.

On November 12, New York Times writer Neil MacFarquhaqar headlined, “Arab League Votes to Suspend Syria Over Crackdown,” saying “Syria’s formal suspension is to start in four days, offering what senior Arab League officials described as a last chance for Mr. Assad to carry out a peace agreement his government had accepted….to halt violence directed toward civilians (and) withdraw all security forces from civilian areas….”

There is ample evidence to suggest that the publicity surrounding the killing of al-Awlaki has greatly exaggerated his political importance and is an attempt to cover up the declining influence of the US in the Islamic world.

If we take a vote against Palestinian Independence in the UN, it is not only a serious strategic error but a tragic historical error.

The Arab Spring in Egypt, in Tunisia, in Yemen, in Syria certainly in Libya must be very disappointing to those American and Israeli Zionist NeoCons who took charge of the post September 11th defining Islam and Arabs as born terrorists and defining Islam as the faith of terror.

Turkey’s vibrant democracy is an inspiration to Arab countries throwing off their autocratic yoke and their Western patrons.

Interview with British journalist Deepak Tripathi on the recent developments in the Middle East, the Libyan civil war, the Egyptian revolution and the uprising in Bahrain

An in-depth interview with Vijay Prashad, university professor and political commentator on the recent developments in the Middle East, Egyptian revolution, Libyan civil war and Bahrain uprising

US policy in the Middle East was, is and will remain driven by the powerful American Jewish leadership and community and it does not change with who resides in the White House.

Established by the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on July 1, 2002, it’s mandated to prosecute individuals for genocide and aggression, as well as crimes or war and against humanity.

Suddenly, to be an Arab has become a good thing. People all over the Arab world feel a sense of pride in shaking off decades of cowed passivity under dictatorships that ruled with no deference to popular wishes.

Is it the end of the road for the juggernaut of change in the Middle East? When the Syrians, all electrified by the transformation in the neighbourhood, took to the streets two months ago demanding their share of the Arab Spring, President Bashar Al Assad had thundered: “The Arab Spring stops here!”