Daily Archives: 12 June 2008

Steven Aftergood writes: Secrecy News was removed from the distribution list for the U.S. State Department history publication “Foreign Relations of the United States” (FRUS) after we reported on errors in several FRUS volumes on March 24 and 26, 2008. … Continue reading →

By Anatol Lieven, Financial Times, 11 June 2008 In public, defeat in Afghanistan is unthinkable for western governments. In private, for many it already seems inevitable – at least if the western definition of “victory” remains the vastly overblown goals … Continue reading →

Gaza… 9 June 2008 in the sewage treatment facilities, the fuel shortages mean that sewage plants can’t operate at full capacity — and remember, there are 1.5 million people here — so millions of gallons of raw sewage are being … Continue reading →

A surprising insistence By Manuel Alberto Ramy, progreso-weekly.com, 12 June 2008 In what could be described as an unexpected insistence — though intelligent and beneficial for Colombian society and the region, because of its pacifist nature — Venezuelan President Hugo … Continue reading →