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9 January, 2009

Posts Tagged ‘Iran’

The Culture Wars Return

By Denis Campbell • Sep 6th, 2008 • Category: Politics
 

John McCain has abandoned any premise of controlling his campaign, his party or even his own destiny. As Charley James writes today, he has chosen an obscure, mean-spirited and vindictive running mate who, as more and more reporters scrape back the patina and veneer of, seems frighteningly similar to the current resident of Navy Observatory [...]



Kuwait Tipped Off By Cheney: War With Iran Is Coming

By Charley James • Aug 12th, 2008 • Category: Features
Investigative journalist Charley James offers this detailed opinion piece looking at the growing possibilty of US military action in Iran.
By Charley James
After being quietly notified by officials in Dick Cheney’s office, Kuwait – situated between Iraq, Iran and an un-enviable geographic hard place on the northern end of the Persian Gulf – has activated its [...]



The Race Card

By Denis Campbell • Aug 6th, 2008 • Category: Lead Story
With 90-days to go, Swiftboating Season has begun in earnest as charges and counter-charges by each candidate’s camp of injecting race into the election turned the current US Presidential race into that of a popularity contest for high school class president. No. I must apologise. That characterisation demeans the thousands of young students who prepare [...]



My Plan for Iraq

By Denis Campbell • Jul 16th, 2008 • Category: Reflections
By Barack Obama
Published: July 14, 2008
The New York Times Online
CHICAGO — The call by Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki for a timetable for the removal of American troops from Iraq presents an enormous opportunity. We should seize this moment to begin the phased redeployment of combat troops that I have long advocated, and that is [...]