Source: Liberation
One year ago, Oct. 9, 2006, North Korea shocked the world when it announced it had successfully detonated its first nuclear bomb. In doing so, it became the only member of the "nuclear club" without formal and friendly relations with the United States.
Source: Guardian Unlimited
He was the CIA's expert on Pakistan's nuclear secrets, but Rich Barlow was thrown out and disgraced when he blew the whistle on a US cover-up. Now he's to have his day in court. Adrian Levy and Cathy Scott-Clark report. ...
Source: bodypolitik.org
This Sunday, after Pakastani President Pervez Musharraf "imposed emergency rule and suspended the constitution in a bid to save his job," an adviser to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice "saw a silver lining in the rapid turn of events"
Source: SPIEGEL ONLINE
Washington society has been chattering about the risk of war with Tehran. It's an open secret that Vice President Dick Cheney has made bombing plans, but even high-ranking military experts think an attack would lead to world economic chaos, or even what George W.
Source: Haaretz
On his visit to Jerusalem next week, Turkish Chief of Staff General Yasar Buyukanit will focus on his country's strategic & defense relationship with Israel, not on the air strike the IDF allegedly carried out in Syria last month.
Source: OpEdNews.Com Progressive
Unfortunately, it's come down to this. The American people are stuck in the middle, playing one giant international political game of "Who Do You Trust." Do you trust Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad or George W. Bush? I hate being faced with a choice like that.
So, it has happened. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addressed a largely unfriendly audience at Columbia University following a scathing introduction by that school's President Lee Bollinger.
Source: Reuters
North Korea shut its nuclear reactor and plant that makes weapons-grade plutonium as part of a disarmament-for-aid deal, just as six-country talks got underway this week in Beijing aimed at advancing the process.
Source: GlobalVoices Online
Korean bloggers discuss the upcoming historical meeting between North and South Korea in Pyongyang at the end of August.
Source: KBS Global
KBS reports on an economic cooperation agreement signed by North Korea and Iran.
Source: Investor's Business Daily
War On Terror: We have a new "axis" to worry about — the "Axis of Unity" just formed by Iran and Venezuela. Time to pay attention: Iran is openly fighting us in the Mideast. Now it's getting ready to fight us here, too.
Source: AL JAZEERA
Thousands of people turned out for the protest against Chavez's decision to remove Radio Caracas Television, or RCTV, Venezuela's oldest private TV station, from the airwaves, many waving Venezuelan flags and holding placards to show their support for the channel.
Source: New Scientist
by Zeeya Merali Some believe it is just a figment of overactive imaginations. But evidence is growing that the so-called "axis of evil" - a pattern apparently imprinted on the radiation left behind by the big bang - may be real, posing a threat to standard cosmology.
Iran, just as North Korea, or any other SOVEREIGN nation in this world, has an equal right to possess nuclear technology...no matter if it's for energy or security. Until we have a world-order or governing body, there are no recognized world laws to prevent this.
Source: AlterNet.org
Much of today's crisis can be traced to Bush's arrogance and impatience. In 2001, even before the 9/11 attacks, Bush insisted on a "unilateralist" approach toward the world, asserting U.S.
Source: AntiWar.com
During his State of the Union Address on Jan. 29, 2002, President George W. Bush named Iraq, North Korea, and Iran as members of an "Axis of Evil," and accused them of sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction (WMD).
Source: globalresearch.ca
The "war on terrorism" purports to defend the American Homeland and protect the "civilized world".
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Say what you like about George Bush, but no one can accuse him of following the crowd.
Source: LA Weekly
A photoessay: Iran from a very different perspective
Source: Christian Science Monitor
Surprisingly for a state leader, especially a "godhead," Kim's voice has been heard only once by the nation, for a total of nine words. "Glory to the heroic soldiers of the People's Army," he said in 1992 at an obscure rally at a military base.
Source: waronterrortheboardgame.com
"War On Terror: The Board Game" is a creation of TerrorBull Games.
Source: AlterNet.org
George W. Bush felt it necessary, following last Tuesday's elections, to tell the terrorists not to be joyous about the outcome.
Source: The New York Times
Ever since President Bush first proclaimed there to be an "axis of evil" in 2002, pundits, diplomats and politicians have urged him to talk to its members.
Source: Think Progress
North Korea says it plans to carry out a nuclear weapons test, and U.S. officials say the test may come "as early as this weekend."