IPS Inter Press Service - Neo-Cons

The Neo-Conservative Ascendancy in the Bush Administration

BOOKS-US: Blogging Brobdingnagian Blowback - (Found August 19, 2008 )

WASHINGTON, Jul 15 (IPS) - It was neoconservative pundit Charles Krauthammer who, in the wake of the Soviet Union&39;s collapse, inaugurated Washington&39;s unipolar moment.
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POLITICS-US: Neocon Flap Highlights Jewish Divide - (Found August 19, 2008 )

WASHINGTON, Jul 30 (IPS) - A mushrooming media controversy pitting neoconservatives against a prominent Jewish-American political commentator could mark a new stage in the growing battle over who speaks for the U.S. Jewish community on foreign policy issues, particularly regarding the Middle East.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43384

RIGHTS-US: 'When You Have To Leave America To Be Free' - (Found August 19, 2008 )

WASHINGTON, Aug 4 (IPS) - Nearly three years after the U.S. government failed to convict Palestinian activist and former college professor Sami Al-Arian of any charges in one of the most high-profile terrorism trials following the 911 terrorist attacks, he continues to be held in federal prison -- where, if convicted in an upcoming trial on criminal contempt charges, he faces the prospect of remaining for decades.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43434

POLITICS-US: No Traction in the Middle East - (Found August 19, 2008 )

WASHINGTON, Aug 5 (IPS) - More than five years after invading Iraq as a first step towards "transforming" the Middle East, the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush seems to have lost its footing -- let alone its unquestioned domination -- throughout the region.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43443

RIGHTS-US: Hamdans Future Remains Unclear - (Found August 19, 2008 )

NEW YORK, Aug 8 (IPS) - Despite a sentence that effectively means convicted war criminal Salim Hamdan could be a free man before the end of this year, the future of Osama bin Ladens driver is far from clear.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43493

POLITICS-US: How Tenet Betrayed the CIA on WMD in Iraq - (Found August 19, 2008 )

WASHINGTON, Aug 8 (IPS) - Journalist Ron Suskinds revelation that Saddam Husseins intelligence chief was a prewar intelligence source reporting to the British that Saddam had no weapons of mass destruction (WMD) adds yet another dimension to the systematic effort by then Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director George Tenet to quash any evidence -- no matter how credible -- that conflicted with the George W. Bush administrations propaganda line that Saddam was actively pursuing a.
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USIRAN: Nothing Behind U.S. Allegations - (Found August 19, 2008 )

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 13 (IPS) - While the United States has repeatedly accused Iran of providing lethal weapons to Shiite militias, last week, U.S. officials once again failed to provide solid evidence for this charge, raising questions about the actual level of Irans meddling in Iraq.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43540

POLITICS: U.S. Debates Putins Ambitions - (Found August 19, 2008 )

WASHINGTON, Aug 14 (IPS) - Just days after the outbreak of war between Russia and Georgia, the debate in Washington over how to view the crisis historically has become nearly as contentious as the debate over how to respond politically.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43562

POLITICS-US: One-Fifth of Iraq Funding Paid to Contractors - (Found August 19, 2008 )

NEW YORK, Aug 14 (IPS) - As a new report forecasts that the 190,000 private contractors in Iraq and neighbouring countries will cost U.S. taxpayers more than 100 billion dollars by the end of 2008, an under-the-radar Florida court case suggests that U.S. President George W. Bush -- a staunch contractor supporter -- is preparing to throw security contractors such as Blackwater under the political bus.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43565

IRAQ: U.S. Officials Admit Worry over a Difficult al-Maliki - (Found August 19, 2008 )

WASHINGTON, Aug 15 (IPS) - U.S. officials privately admit being concerned that Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al- Maliki has become "overconfident" about his governments ability to manage without U.S. combat troops, according to an Iraq analyst who just returned from a trip to Iraq arranged by U.S. commander General David Petraeus.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43577