A Step Towards the Dock
September 3, 2012 6:22 pm Leave your thoughts
Desmond Tutu has helped us see the true nature of what the former prime minister did to Iraq and increased pressure for a prosecution, writes George Monbiot.
Tag Archive: Middle-East
Melinda Taylor: The Spy That Got Away?
August 31, 2012 6:59 pm Leave your thoughts
On the 7th of June 2012, Melinda Taylor and three other ICC delegates were arrested in the city of Zintan in Libya by Zintani militia. How should the Australian media handle the story? Finn Bowen takes a look.
Arrigoni’s Murder Trial in Gaza: Answers Not Just a Verdict
August 30, 2012 8:19 am Leave your thoughts
Justice for Vittorio Utopia Arrigoni has been paramount, but we also expect the Gaza government to hand down more than a verdict, also answers to those trying to kill Vittorio's dream - along with our humanity, writes Ramzy Baroud.
Israel’s Plans for a New Arab World
August 22, 2012 9:34 pm Leave your thoughts
Dr Faysal Mikdadi discusses the consequences of the division and disorganisation seen amongst the countries of the Arab world
Shifting Truths in Sinai: Who Stands to Gain from the Carnage?
August 17, 2012 11:34 am Leave your thoughts Two Toyota Land Cruisers filled with well-built gunmen in ski masks and all-black outfits appear seemingly out of nowhere. They approach a group of soldiers huddled around a simple meal as they prepare to break their Ramadan fast. The gunmen open fire. This is not an opening scene of a Hollywood action movie. The massacre actually took place at an Egyptian military post in northern Sinai, writes Ramzy Baroud.
Democracy By Candlelight: Living In Fear And Kept In The Dark
August 12, 2012 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Giving people the opportunity to vote every four or five years, while in the meantime deceiving, misinforming and lying to them, has no more to do with democracy or freedom than what is happening in Syria right now, writes Colin Todhunter.
Neocons vs. the ‘Arab Spring’: Back on the Warpath
August 9, 2012 7:34 am Leave your thoughts The neoconservatives are back with a vengeance. While popular uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen and other Arab countries had briefly rendered them irrelevant in the region, Western intervention in Libya signaled a new opportunity, writes Ramzy Baroud.
In southern Iraq too, Ottoman-era heritage decays
August 9, 2012 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Two cemeteries sprawl in this southern Iraqi town. One is for British and Indian soldiers. The other for Turkish veterans. Both died in World War I
Independence In The Pocket Of The US: “Mera Pyara Bharat” (“I Love My India?”)
August 3, 2012 5:49 pm Leave your thoughts With a population of 1.2bn people, many believe that India is the arena where the future direction of humanity is being played out. However, the future of humanity may not be determined in India, but by events in a much smaller country - Syria, writes Colin Todhunter.
Talking Zionism
July 28, 2012 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Uri Avnery discusses the origins and the future of Zionism