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A Real Sharia Law Promoter for Peter King to Investigate

A Real Sharia Law Promoter for Peter King to Investigate A Real Sharia Law Promoter for Peter King to Investigate

Former Pentagon Inspector General Joseph Schmitz has tried to use Sharia law to fight lawsuits alleging corporate misconduct that led to deaths of US servicemen.

Mar 9, 2011 / Jeremy Scahill

Still in the Dark About 9/11 Still in the Dark About 9/11

Ignorance is the real victor in the president’s decision to abandon the effort to bring the alleged perpetrators of the 9/11 terrorist attack to account in civilian court.

Mar 9, 2011 / Robert Scheer

Philanthro-Feudalism Is the Future! Philanthro-Feudalism Is the Future!

China’s new economic plan is a relic of the past. It focuses on raising standards of living. How quaint!

Mar 8, 2011 / Laura Flanders

On International Women’s Day, Congolese Women Declare Their Rights On International Women’s Day, Congolese Women Declare Their Rights

After surviving years of gender-based violence as a weapon of war, grassroots activists from Eastern Congo developed a list of twelve demands for equality and justice.

Mar 8, 2011 / The Nation

10 Nonviolent Options in Libya 10 Nonviolent Options in Libya

The United States and its allies should be putting pressure on Qaddafi in ways that don't involve violent military intervention.

Mar 8, 2011 / Carne Ross

Should the US Intervene in Libya? Should the US Intervene in Libya?

Katrina vanden Heuvel and Stephen Cohen on Russia Today talk about whether the US should take action in Libya.

Mar 8, 2011 / Russia Today

Where Did All the Fatwas Go? Where Did All the Fatwas Go?

After two months of world-historic protest and rebellion in streets and squares across the Arab world, Americans are seeing Arabs and Muslims as if for the first time, and we a...

Mar 8, 2011 / James Carroll

Iraq’s Revolt: Is Maliki Mubarak? Iraq’s Revolt: Is Maliki Mubarak?

Iyad Allawi, Muqtada al-Sadr mull an anti-Maliki alliance as the prime minister cracks down on protests.

Mar 8, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss

Slide Show: 100 Days of WikiLeaks’s Cablegate

Slide Show: 100 Days of WikiLeaks’s Cablegate Slide Show: 100 Days of WikiLeaks’s Cablegate

On November 28th of last year, WikiLeaks began releasing their massive cache of classified correspondence cables to and from US diplomats around the world, an unprecedented publica…

Mar 7, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation

Old Secretaries of Defense Never Die, They Just Write Bestselling Memoirs Old Secretaries of Defense Never Die, They Just Write Bestselling Memoirs

Since defense secretaries are in the news, let's talk about them.

Mar 7, 2011 / Tom Engelhardt

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