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Znet Article Naiman: State Department Recommends Aid Cutoff to Honduras

Znet Article, August, 28 2009 Robert Naiman
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After two months, the State Department is poised to formally declare what was obvious to most of the world: On June 28, Honduras experienced a military coup.

Znet Article Naiman: Coup Protestor Gang-Raped by Honduran Police

Znet Article, August, 27 2009 Robert Naiman
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On Friday, Latin America scholars sent an urgent letter to Human Rights Watch, urging HRW to speak out on violations of human rights under the coup regime in Honduras and to conduct its own investigation. HRW hasn't made any statement about Hondur...

Commentary Naiman: How Many Days Can We Shorten This War?

Commentary, August, 23 2009 Robert Naiman
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Recently I watched the 2007 Lebanese film "Under the Bombs." The movie tells the story of the U.S.-supported Israeli invasion of Lebanon in the summer of 2006, wrapping the historical events inside a fictional narrative. Watching the movie reminde...

Znet Article Naiman: Rep Grijalva Urges US Pressure on Coup Regime

Znet Article, July, 30 2009 Robert Naiman
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It's been a month since Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was deposed in a military coup. Negotiations on restoring democracy supported by the United States broke down when the coup regime refused to accept a compromise that would allow Zelaya to r...

Znet Article Naiman: Pressure the Coup Regime

Znet Article, July, 29 2009 Robert Naiman
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It's been a month since Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was deposed in a military coup. Negotiations on restoring democracy supported by the United States broke down when the coup regime refused to accept a compromise that would allow President Z...

Znet Article Naiman: Can Treasury Sneak IMF Money Through the Supplemental?

Znet Article, May, 19 2009 Robert Naiman
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Almost completely lost in the drama over the war supplemental for Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan is a sneaky play by the US Treasury Department to get $108 billion in tax dollars for the International Monetary Fund through the supplemental. Of cou...

Znet Article Naiman: Stopping Pakistan Drone Strikes

Znet Article, May, 07 2009 Robert Naiman
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Until this week, it seemed like the conventional wisdom in Washington was that stopping US drone strikes in Pakistan was outside the bounds of respectable discussion.

Znet Article Naiman: Reform US Foreign Policy. Pass the Employee Free Choice Act.

Znet Article, April, 29 2009 Robert Naiman
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Sometimes an opportunity for reform comes along that is "strategic" in that it changes the playing field for efforts to win other reforms in the future. Passage of the National Labor Relations Act - establishing the right of American workers to or...

Znet Article Naiman: ObamaNation Wants Taliban Talks, Not Military Escalation, in Afghanistan

Znet Article, April, 10 2009 Robert Naiman
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Americans elected President Obama in part based on his promise to put diplomacy and international cooperation, rather than the use and threat of military force, at the center of his foreign policy. With respect to Afghanistan and Pakistan, while t...

Znet Article Naiman: Afghanistan: The Four Questions

Znet Article, March, 28 2009 Robert Naiman
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President Obama announced his new Afghanistan strategy on Friday - the traditional Washington day for burying things. But there weren't any big surprises. The administration had been dribbling details out through the news media: more troops, more ...

Znet Article Naiman: Ban Cluster Bombs? Yes, We Can!

Znet Article, March, 26 2009 Robert Naiman
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President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton are getting big praise around the world for their new Charm Offensive. As far as I'm concerned, the praise is justified. I heard our secretary of state interviewed on BBC a few weeks ago about our dip...

Commentary Naiman: Lessons from AIG

Commentary, March, 22 2009 Robert Naiman
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If you see a camera or microphone, be careful not to be trampled by a politician rushing to shout their "outrage" at AIG, and its brazen scheme to pay $165 million in bonuses to employees at the company unit responsible for driving the company to ...

Znet Article Naiman: The New York Times Publishes Roadmap for Taliban Talks

Znet Article, March, 14 2009 Robert Naiman
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If you're interested in a "way forward" in Afghanistan that's not built around killing a bunch of innocent people for no reason, then I strongly encourage you to read every word of Carlotta Gall's report in Wednesday's New York Times, "As US Weigh...

Commentary Naiman: Guadeloupe Strikes: A Warning to Obama?

Commentary, March, 11 2009 Robert Naiman
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On February 12, Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair told Congress that the global economic crisis was the most serious security challenge facing the United States and that it could topple governments and trigger waves of refugees, the L...

Znet Article Naiman: Missing From the Afghan "Surge": A Congressional Debate

Znet Article, March, 03 2009 Robert Naiman
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A key fact about the recent history of Iraq is absolutely critical to the nascent debate about Afghanistan: There was more to the Iraq "surge" than sending additional troops. So, if folks are going to justify sending more troops to Afghanistan on ...

Znet Article Naiman: "What About Afghanistan?"

Znet Article, June, 15 2008 Robert Naiman
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At the height of the Reagan Administration, it was not uncommon to see a bumper sticker promoted by the College Republicans: "What About Afghanistan?"

Znet Article Naiman: Carter: Blockade of Gaza is an Abomination

Znet Article, April, 19 2008 Robert Naiman
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Carter is not just denouncing the conditions in Gaza, but suggesting a way out of the political impasse that is being used to justify the blockade.

Znet Article Naiman: Obama Glosses Colombian Attack in Ecuador; Clinton Calls for Escalation Against Venezuela

Znet Article, March, 06 2008 Robert Naiman
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The Clinton and Obama forces have asked us to consider who we want answering the phone at the White House at 3 AM. There is little need to speculate. We have a lot of evidence about how they will respond.

Znet Article Naiman: Deescalate with Iran: Free the Irbil Five

Znet Article, December, 12 2007 Robert Naiman
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Here's a very modest step the United States could take to deescalate tension with Iran and avoid war: free five Iranian officials that the U.S. arrested in Iraq and has been detaining for the last 10 months. This should be a no-brainer.

Znet Article Naiman: Dems Say "Bunker Buster" Could Be Sign of Planned Attack on Iran

Znet Article, October, 24 2007 Robert Naiman
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I know, I know. You don't want to read another Cassandra diatribe about the danger of a Bush Administration attack on Iran. But this warning is coming to you from Members of Congress looking at the President's budget request. As such, it should be...

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