Tuesday, 5 January 2010


Aaronovitch Miliband & Me by Gilad Atzmon: “With these two Jewish Chronicle writers supporting a criminal war at the midst of British press”, I said, “a possible rise of anti Semitism should never take us by surprise”.

Mark LeVine: The $30bn pair of underpants: Will the US ramp up its efforts in a new country each time there is an attempted attack, putting US "boots on the ground" against an enemy that is impossible to defeat? Such a policy would fulfill al-Qaeda's wildest dreams, as the US suffers death by a thousand cuts, bleeding out in an ever wider web of interconnected and unsustainable global conflicts.

Tighter checks for US-bound flights: Beginning on Monday, all passengers flying from or via at least 14 countries, including Nigeria and Yemen, will be patted down and have all carry-on luggage searched before boarding flights bound for the US.

Drone for Spying on Americans Outed: Orwell would be proud

U.S. Treasuries Post Worst Performance Among Sovereign Markets: Investors in U.S. debt lost 3.5 percent on average through Dec. 30, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch indexes, the biggest annual slide since at least 1978.