Critical analysis of U.S. foreign policy http://www.yirmeyahureview.com Tue, 2 Oct 2007 23:25:09 +0800 FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.2.9) unlicensed version http://www.feedforall.com A recent op-ed in the New York Times flips reality on its head to support the argument that the U.S. should take its sweet time in withdrawing forces from Iraq, which is indicative of the nature of how government officials parroted and echoed by the media have twisted the facts -- not only to wage the war in the first place, but to try to ensure an extended U.S. presence in the country. http://www.yirmeyahureview.com/blog/2008/09/08_basra.htm A number of jets connected to drug-trafficking, including a Gulfstream II carrying more than 3 tons of cocaine that crashed in the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico last year, have been linked to the CIA through both its extraordinary rendition program and a supposed sting operation known as "Mayan Express". http://www.yirmeyahureview.com/blog/2008/09/06_cia_drugs.htm Washington sends a clear message to Pakistan with attack that it had better accept the U.S.'s role in the world, in which it may do as it pleases with impunity. http://www.yirmeyahureview.com/blog/2008/09/05_pakistan_raid.htm While the Pentagon, upon investigating itself in a limited inquiry, has insisted that only 5-7 civilians were killed in an airstrike in Herat on August 22, local eyewitness accounts and findings of Afghan and U.N. officials tell a different story. http://www.yirmeyahureview.com/blog/2008/09/04_afghan_airstrike.htm Antonio Graceffo takes a look at health conditions amongst the Shan people of Burma and at the limited medical care they have access to. http://www.yirmeyahureview.com/articles/contributing/antonio_graceffo/nursing_the_shan.htm De Telegraaf has reported that the Dutch intelligence service AIVD has withdrawn infiltration and sabotage operations of Iran's weapon industry because of an expected U.S. airstrike to destroy Iran's nuclear program. http://www.yirmeyahureview.com/blog/2008/09/02_iran.htm The Pentagon defends an airstrike earlier this month as a legitimate attack that killed 25 militants and only 5 civilians, after Afghan and U.N. officials said as many as 90 civilians had been killed, including 60 children. http://www.yirmeyahureview.com/blog/2008/09/01_afghan_airstrike.htm Genocide, Torture, and Ignorance: The Shan are dying and the world takes no notice. http://www.yirmeyahureview.com/articles/contributing/antonio_graceffo/plight_of_the_shan.htm At the urging of the U.S., the Swiss government destroyed evidence relating to the Tinner family's dealings with A.Q. Khan's underground network of nuclear proliferation, while government sources acknowledge that the Tinners were paid informants for the C.I.A. http://www.yirmeyahureview.com/blog/2008/08/28_proliferation.htm Zalmay Khalilzad, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, gave "advice and help" to Asif Ali Zardari, who recently announced his bid to run for president of Pakistan at a time when the U.S. is maneuvering to retain its influence after Musharraf's resignation. http://www.yirmeyahureview.com/blog/2008/08/28_khalilzad.htm