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U.S. Strategy in Iraq Increasingly Relies on Iran

By HELENE COOPER for THE NEW YORK TIMES - — At a time when President Obama is under political pressure from congressional Republicans over negotiations to rein in Tehran’s nuclear ambitions, a startling paradox has emerged: Mr. Obama is becoming increasingly dependent on Iranian fighters as he tries to contain the Islamic State militant group in Iraq […]

Corker Bill Threatens Iran Negotiations

by Jim Lobe for Lobelog - In January last year, we posted a devastating analysis by Ed Levine, an arms control specialist and 30-year Capitol Hill veteran, of the Kirk-Menendez bill, which seemed clearly designed to sabotage the November 2013 Joint Program Of Action (JPoA) accord between the P5+1 and Iran. The analysis by Levine, […]

Hillary Clinton Used Personal E-mail for State Department Work

Bloomberg -- Hillary Clinton used a personal e-mail account while serving as U.S. Secretary of State to conduct official business instead of a government account, the State Department said. The practice was discovered after the State Department last year began reaching out to former secretaries of state, asking them to submit records for preservation. After […]

Graham Fuller’s novel, “Breaking Faith”, is now out

By Graham Fuller - I am happy to announce that my first novel is now out: “Breaking Faith: A novel of espionage and an American’s crisis of conscience in Pakistan.” I’ve long had an interest in the role of fiction in bringing certain kinds of political, social—and human—realities to life as compared to the drier […]

DHS intelligence report warns of domestic right-wing terror threat

Source: CNN.com - Washington (CNN)-- They're carrying out sporadic terror attacks on police, have threatened attacks on government buildings and reject government authority. A new intelligence assessment, circulated by the Department of Homeland Security this month and reviewed by CNN, focuses on the domestic terror threat from right-wing sovereign citizen extremists and comes as […]

Kerry says deal not imminent as Iran, US energy chiefs join talks

By Laura Rozen for Al-Monitor - Geneva — The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi and US Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz joined Iran nuclear negotiations here for the first time Feb. 21, raising expectations that talks had reached a critical point. US Secretary of State John Kerry, however, sought to tamp down expectations that Iran […]

Obama's in Closing of the Summit on Countering Violent Extremism: “No religion responsible for terrorism”

Source: The White House - Office of the Press Secretary - THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you so much. Everybody, please have a seat. Well, thank you, Lisa, for the introduction. Lisa is an example of the countless dedicated public servants across our government, a number of who are here today, who are working […]

Poland will comply with ruling in CIA prisons case: minister

Reuters - Poland will comply with a European Court of Human Rights ruling that the country had hosted a secret CIA jail, foreign minister Grzegorz Schetyna said on Wednesday. "We will comply with the ruling. We have to do it. It's a question for the coming weeks," Schetyna told public radio. On Tuesday, the […]

Kashmir Solidarity Day Celebrated In Washington

THE LEVANT EXCLUSIVE - Washington, D.C. February 9, 2015. An impressive and jam-packed event of friends of Kashmir was held in Northern Virginia to express their solidarity with the people of Kashmir. Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai, the Chairman of the event said that the resolution of the Kashmir dispute would guarantee peace and security in […]

Poll: Netanyahu should be investigated for nuclear weapons tech smuggling before US visit

A majority of Americans believe Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should be investigated by the FBI for nuclear weapons technology smuggling before being allowed to enter the United States according to a new poll. In 2012 the FBI declassified and released files (PDF archive) of its investigation into how 800 nuclear weapons triggers were […]

U.S. and Cuba sit down for historic talks on restoring ties

Reuters - The highest-level U.S. delegation to Cuba in 35 years begins talks on Wednesday aimed at restoring diplomatic ties and eventually normalizing relations between two adversaries who have been locked in Cold War-era hostilities. The two days of meetings are the first since U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro announced on […]

US, Iranian opponents could blow up nuclear negotiations

By Barbara Slavin for Aljazeera Aemrica - @BarbaraSlavin1 - Before meeting this week in Geneva with Secretary of State John Kerry, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said he hoped to accelerate the drawn-out negotiations over a comprehensive nuclear deal. While Zarif did not specify the reason for expediting talks, pressures have been mounting in both […]

New sanctions could torpedo Iran nuclear deal: U.S. envoy to U.N.

BY LOUIS CHARBONNEAU for Reuters – It is still possible to reach a nuclear deal with Iran, but new U.S. congressional sanctions could seriously undermine prospects for an agreement and end up isolating Washington instead of Tehran, the U.S. envoy to the United Nations said on Monday. The remarks from Ambassador Samantha Power were in […]

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