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Wikileaks is publishing internal memos of the Stratfor security analysis firm. A few tidbits have emerged in these very early days, to…
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I had grabbed an earlier version of this graphic off a Democratic Underground bulletin board from 2005. It made the point that…
It has leaked that US chairman of the joint chiefs of staff Gen. Martin Dempsey warned the Israelis that if they launched a…
The announcement of the Iranian government that it will activate its Fordow nuclear enrichment site has predictably drawn forth a new round…
Egyptian reformer Saad Eddin Ibrahim observed in the late 1990s and 2000 that the Arab world was beginning to be characterized by a bizarre…
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