Julian Assange and Team Wikileaks are at it again. Using Twitter and their own website, the organization released some 35,000 cables after months of only a handful being released each day. Perhaps one of the most amusing and telling cables comes from way back in 1987....
The Parallels of the S&P Downgrade and Libya
Last Friday, the ratings agency Standard and Poors (S&P), in an odd episode of semi-sanity, decided to stand firm against the United States government and downgrade American debt from the golden AAA to AA+. The empire, being caught naked yet again, went into a fit...
Al-Qaeda and Affiliates Remain Determined to Bleed America Dry
One of Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda's goals was to destroy America economically by waging a "War of a thousand cuts." The goal was to cause as much economic pain as was possible. No attack better exemplified this than the 9/11 attacks which struck right at the heart...
Sadr Lets Intentions Known: American “Trainers” Will Be Targets
Moqatda al-Sadr, the Shia, anti-imperialism cleric, just announced that American "trainers" will be targeted if they stay in Iraq behind the 2011 withdrawal deadline. Barring a 180 degree shift in Barack Obama's foreign policy, American troops will stay in Iraq for...
The Melodramatics of the Empire
Just like the debt ceiling "debate" was a melodrama worthy of a daytime Emmy, so too is the "debate" over whether or not to keep American troops in Iraq. Keen observers of both American politics and foreign policy knew the inevitable outcomes of both from the start:...
Pakistan-US Relations Continue to Worsen
As a sign of deteriorating relations between the US and Pakistan, President Asif Ali Zardari voiced hopes that the United States and Pakistan could establish "clear terms of engagement." Clearly acknowledging the Abottabad raid that netted Osama bin Laden, Zardari...
As Afghanistan Deteriorates, Withdrawal Said to Still Be on Track
In yet another dose of doublespeak from the US military, Admiral Mike Mullen said of the recent increase in violence in southern Afghanistan, There are going to be these kinds of spikes, in particular these spectacular assassinations. There are some who believe this...
Congressional Report: 40 Americans Joined al-Shabaab
As I've written earlier, al-Shabaab is competing for the title of "Terror Group of the Month" with al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). Thanks to America's collective, short-term memory loss, the Underwear Bomber and printer bomb plot have been all but forgotten....
More Talks to Remove MEK from Terror List
In yet another attempt at destabilizing Iran, Hillary Clinton will soon announce a decision by US State Department on whether or not to remove Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK), or "the people's holy warriors," from its terrorism registry. Trita Parsi, president of the National...
Nexus 7: America’s Orwellian Project in Afghanistan
Now that America will soon start its "withdrawal" of troops from Afghanistan, the brainiacs over at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, have developed Nexus 7, which, "aims to tap that data ["exabytes" collected by American troops during the war]...
