CIA report: Israel will fall in 20 years (Arab News)

June 17, 2010 -- (Arab News) -- A study conducted by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has cast doubt over Israel's survival beyond the next 20 years. The CIA report predicts "an inexorable movem ...

The Old Gaza Boy and the Sea (Ramzy Baroud)

Ramzy Baroud Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust June 8, 2010 -- I grew up by the Gaza sea. Through my childhood, I could never quite comprehend how such a giant a body of water, which promised such end ...

Facebook and Muslim Outrage: Gleaning the Wrong Lesson, Again (Ramzy Baroud)

Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust June 4, 2010 -- “Any depictions of the prophet are considered blasphemous by Muslims,” wrote Agencies, as reported readily by Aljazeera.net English. The above stateme ...

This week’s news leaves me dazed and confused (Jim Miles)

This week’s news leaves me dazed and confused May 30, 2010 (Axis Of Logic) -- There are times when I must admit that to belong to the great group of uninformed people, or perhaps uncaring people, or ...

Karazai’s Washington Visit: The War Awaiting Kandahar (Ramzy Baroud)

Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust May 20, 2010 -- Clad in his usual attire of a colorful, striped robe, Afghan President Hamid Karazai appeared more like an emperor as he began his fourth day in Washi ...

After Haiti: A Conversation with John Perkins | Elizabeth Ferrari

Elizabeth Ferrari -- World News Trust Mar. 26, 2010 When the earthquake struck Haiti last January, the first person I wanted to hear from was John Perkins. Several years before Naomi Klein coined the ...

Western Media, Not Israeli Hasbara (Ramzy Baroud)

Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Feb. 18, 2010 -- With the dreadful threat of yet another Israeli war in the Middle East looming, Israeli propaganda machine is likely to go into full gear. In fact, t ...

The Useless Logic of Round Numbers: War is Criminal Any Day (Ramzy Baroud)

Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Feb. 12, 2010 -- The media’s habit of revisiting certain issues at set intervals can be strange and even illogical at times. For example, many news outlets commented ...

Beware the Iron Wall, the Coming War (Ramzy Baroud)

Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Feb. 4, 2010 -- The Israeli military may be much less effective in winning wars than it was in the past, thanks to the stiffness of Arab resistance. But its military ...

BOOKS: A Choice of Enemies - America Confronts the Middle East, By Lawrence Freedman (Jim Miles)

A Choice of Enemies -- America Confronts the Middle East. Lawrence Freedman. Anchor Canada (Random House). 2009. Nov. 17, 2009 -- The subtitle to this text carries an interesting choice of active ver ...

Abbas and the Goldstone Report: Our Shame is Complete (Ramzy Baroud)

Ramzy Baroud Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Oct. 15, 2009 -- As Israeli bombs fell on the Gaza Strip during its one-sided war between Dec. 27, 2008 and Jan. 18, 2009, millions around the world took ...