1. Professor Griffin: Bin Laden Didn't Commit 9-11
(Opinions/Features)

...ven any good evidence for the claim that bin Laden was responsible for the 9/11 attacks. Accordingly, insofar as the justification for the continuation of the AfPak war is based on the fact that bin L...

2. David Swanson's 'Daybreak'
(Opinions/Review)

...aties with the advice and consent of two-thirds of the Senate. However, Status of Forces Agreements (or SOFAs) require only the approval of host countries or enough pressure applied to get it. To legi...

3. The New York Time’s Failure of Understanding
(Opinions/Politic)

...h the adoption of the war-on-terrorism paradigm after 9/11, the Posse Comitatus Act became irrelevant insofar as terrorism cases are concerned, at least when the president opts to treat a particular a...

4. 'Breaking the Silence:' Testimonies of Israeli Soldiers
(Opinions/Features)

...ere out to destroy and trash the whole time. They drew a disgusting drawing on the wall. They threw out sofas. They took down (pictures) just to shatter (them)." They did what they wanted. Who'd ...

5. America's 'Bases of Empire'
(Opinions/Features)

...de rape and murder that often go unpunished under provisions in US-imposed Status of Forces Agreements (SOFAs). An excerpt from his book reads:"Once upon a time, you could trace the spread of im...

6. Obama's Outreach to Muslims: Empty Rhetoric, Same Old Policies
(Opinions/Features)

... all our troops....by 2012." Secret provisions in the Pentagon's 2008 Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) indicate otherwise. They flagrantly violate Iraqi sovereignty and authorize the building o...

7. Socialism in Guyana
(Mamblog/Default Category)

...ere, he rushed us into the living room (which was upstairs) and told us to lie on the floor behind the sofas.  There would be many more of these riots in the years ahead.  Let’s go...

8. Housing Crisis Pushing Up Numbers of U.S. Homeless
(Opinions/Society)

... they get evicted. Then they may have another month or two of living in a vehicle (if they have one) or sofa surfing with friends and relatives. If they had foresight, they got on one of the waiting l...

9. Time For the U.S. To Get The Hell Out of Okinawa
(Opinions/Politic)

... agencies file complaints with the prosecutors' office," the Japan-U.S. Status of Forces Agreement(SOFA) states---and by then the perps could be back in Hahira, Georgia. Although the New York Ti...

10. Israeli War On Gaza- Day 8
(Opinions/Daily)

.... 26- Ten Artillary shells fall in Al Buraij Camp within mintues. 27- Israeli air strike at fields near Sofa crossings south of Gaza Strip, city of Rafah. 28- One injured due to a bomb west of Gaza Ci...