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Entries by Eric Margolis from 12/2008

India's '9/11' Holds Grim Message for the U.S.

| Posted 12.05.2008 | World
Read More: Mumbai India, Kashmir Protesters, India, Islam and the West, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, Pakistan, 9/11 Anniversary, Mumbai Terror Attacks, Mumbia, Pakistan Democracy, Afghanistan War, India Attacks, Pakistan Opposition, Mumbai Hotel Shootings, Musharraf Bhutto, Mumbai Deaths, Pakistan Crisis, Mumbai Attacks, Taj Mahal Palace and Tower, Iraq Troop Withdrawal, Pervez Musharraf, Mumbai Terrorism, Islamabad Marriott, India Pakistan Relations, US Troops Afghanistan, World News

India's patience is wearing thin. After a decade of terrorist attacks, it still lacks a well defined target for revenge or a way of preventing them.

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The World's Most Dangerous Nuclear Threat

| Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics
Read More: Islam, Kashmir Protesters, Pakistan, New Delhi, United States, Barack Obama, Pakistan Democracy, Afghanistan War, Kashmir, Iraq War, u.s. Foreign Policy, Muslim, Delhi, Musharraf, Eric Margolis, Benazir Bhutto, Mumbai Attacks, Asif Zadari, India, Mumbai, Jihad, Nuclear Power, Politics News

Special for the Huffington Post Eric S. Margolis December 18, 2008 The bitter struggle over the beautiful Himalayan mountain state of Kashmir is the ...

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Send America to Rehab

| Posted 12.24.2008 | Politics
Read More: George W. Bush, Main Street, United States, Madoff Scandal, Afghanistan War, Dick Cheney Iraq Visit, Iraq War, Al Qaeda Pakistan, Al Qaeda in Iran, Wall Street Crisis, Wall Street, Dick Cheney Iran, Financial Crisis, Muntazer Al-Zaidi, Iraq, Muntazer Al-Zaidi Throws Shoes at Bush, Madoff Ponzi Scheme, George Bush Legacy, Politics News

Ironically, while Bush and Cheney were obsessing over al-Qaida, and searching under every rock in Afghanistan for Osama bin Laden, the real danger to America was at home -- on Wall Street.

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2009: Another Year of Living Dangerously

| Posted 12.30.2008 | World
Read More: Russia, George Bush, Financial Crisis China, Darfur Genocide, Israel Lobby, Japan Stabbings, Obama, Iran, Mumbia Shooting, Tokyo Stabbing Spree, Japan New Ambassador, Cheney Iran, Israel Gaza, Gaza Strip, India Attacks, Nato, Uncle Sam, Financial Crisis, Dick Cheney Iraq, Iran Nuclear Program, Darfur Sudan, India Pakistan Relations, Somalia Pirates, Israel and Palestine Talks, Tokyo Stabbings, Financial Crisis Obama Mccain, FInancial Crisis White House, Gaza Airstrikes, Nuclear Power, Egypt Israel Gaza, Iraq War Funding, Egypt Emergency Laws, Russia Georgia War, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Pakistan Democracy, Afghanistan War, Pakistan Crisis, Iraq War, India Terrorism, Bush 2009 Budget, Nuclear Weapons, Pakistan Opposition, Somalia Government, Japan, Iraq, Israel Airstrikes, Obama Administration, US Foreign Relations, Kim Jong Il, Bush Administration, New Year's Commentary, Ukraine, World News

The proud towers of Wall Street have fallen, disgorging packs of thieves and fraudsters. The mighty US suddenly exposed as the proverbial king without clothes. Uncle Sam is bankrupt.

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