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Obama Backs Protesters’ Rights — in Egypt

November 23, 2011 • 0 Comments

Tahrir Square, Cairo, 2011-02-08 (monasosh) Between the Arab Spring uprising in Egypt, and its successor Occupy uprising in America, President Obama has had different reactions.1 On January 28th, right after police cracked-down on Egyptian protesters to clear Tahrir Square in…

Cheney, McCain Give Happy Talk in Sad Country

March 19, 2008 • 0 Comments

U.S. Vice President Cheney, a major architect of the Bush regime’s invasion and occupation of Iraq, visited Baghdad Monday, and gave this assessment: So if you reflect back on those five years, I think it’s been a difficult, challenging, but…