Sunday, April 12, 2009

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New York Times: End of the Clash of Civilizations 2009-04-12

On his visit to Turkey last week, President Obama made important progress toward recalibrating America’s relations with the Islamic world. The president steered away from the poisonous post-9/11 clash of civilizations mythology that drove so much of President George W. Bush’s rhetoric and disastrous policy.

Center for Research on Globalization: U.S. shipped 989 munitions containers to Israel week before Gaza invasion 2009-04-12

In the dying days of the Bush administration, and a week before Israel launched an aerial bombing campaign, followed by a land invasion of the Gaza Strip, the U.S. military shipped 989 containers of munitions to Israel.

Waco Tribune Herald: Ray McGovern: Damning fingerprints that point to torture 2009-04-12 Bush had left his fingerprints on accumulated evils for which he was likely to be held accountable, one way or another.

Democracy Now: Land of Ruins: A Special Report on Gaza’s Economy 2009-04-12

On December 27th, 2008, Israel launched a brutal twenty-two-day military operation in the Gaza Strip that killed over 1400 Palestinians, the vast majority civilians. Buildings destroyed...

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