By Anne Barker for The World Today

The lawyer for an Australian woman arrested in the West Bank says her detention is part of a campaign by the Israeli government to silence pro-Palestinian foreigners.

Israeli soldiers arrested Bridgette Chappell, 22, in a pre-dawn raid and was held in an immigration jail in Israel. A court has since agreed to release her on bail provided she does not return to the…

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Juan Cole

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton engaged in some fearmongering on Iran on Sunday on Candy Crowley's CNN magazine show, State of the Union. Here is how the exchange went:

'CROWLEY: If you were to say to the American people, this country is the most dangerous to…

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By Jonathan Tirone

Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Air passengers should be made aware of the health risks of airport body screenings and governments must explain any decision to expose the public to higher levels of cancer-causing radiation, an inter-agency report said.

Pregnant women and children should not be subject to scanning, even though the radiation dose from body scanners is “extremely small,” said the…

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Police Chief Dismisses Israeli Claims Hamas Leader Was Meeting 'Iranian Officials'

by Jason Ditz

Dubai police chief Lieutenant General Dahi Khaifan Tamim today warned that if it is proven that Mossad is behind last month’s assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in the city, they will seek an international arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.…

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By Ellen Nakashima



The world's largest Internet search company and the world's most powerful electronic surveillance organization are teaming up in the name of cybersecurity.



Under an agreement that is still being finalized, the National Security Agency would help Google analyze a major corporate espionage attack that the firm said originated in China and targeted its computer networks, according to cybersecurity experts familiar with the matter. The objective is to better… Continue

Tabassum Zakaria



WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In unusually frank comments, the top U.S. intelligence official acknowledged on Wednesday that spy agencies can target for killing Americans who are involved in terrorism.



"We take direct action against terrorists, in the intelligence community," Dennis Blair, director of national intelligence, said.



"If ... we think that direct action will involve killing an American, we get specific permission to do that," he told the… Continue

By Rebecca Agule



A warm smile and easy laugh reveal Hebah Ismail’s unthreatening, gentle personality. An American citizen, this 3L of Egyptian descent works with the International Human Rights Clinic on projects related to Bedouin land rights. Hebah wears a hijab. She still does not know which of one, or combination, of these characteristics prompted the security and immigration personnel at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion International Airport to deem her dangerous and deny her entry to… Continue

Tuesday 02 February 2010



by: Jason Leopold, t r u t h o u t | Report



This is how major US defense contractors reacted to the unveiling of President Barack Obama's fiscal year 2011 spending plan for the Pentagon, part of the president's overall $3.8 trillion budget proposal.



Shares of General Dynamics, a maker of military… Continue

There's a good chance you may be eating a livestock drug banned in 160 nations.



CounterPunch / By Martha Rosenberg



While researchers and scientists investigate the cause of our diabetes, obesity, asthma and ADHD epidemics, they should ask why the FDA approved a livestock drug banned in 160 nations and responsible for hyperactivity, muscle breakdown and 10 percent mortality in pigs, according to angry farmers who phoned the manufacturer.



The beta agonist… Continue