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The Irish Anti War Movement will hold a protest picket at Dáil Eireann this Wednesday 13 May at 12.30pm. The Irish Anti-War Movement condemns the

The fiscal 2010 defense budget proposal is $533.7 billion, not including $130 billion more for overseas combat operations. Together the total is $663.7 billion–that’s a

Hamas has shown clear signs of its acceptance of a 2-state solution in Israel/Palestine over the last few years. The latest such statement comes from

The Pentagon’s budget for 2010 will be $664 billion ($536 billion regular + $130 billion for war funding, mostly in Iraq and Afghanistan). the war

An Open Information Meeting To discuss Irish neutrality in A European context. Location: Royal Irish Academy 19 Dawson Street Dublin 2 Date: Friday 8th May

What is commonly referred to as the "Taliban" is in fact several groups which share similar goals but are also distinct from each other, and

Pepe Escobar at Asia Times online clarifies some aspects of Obama’s AfPak strategy. For instance, he says that the focus on destroying poppies to cut

US and coalition forces dropped 438 bombs on Afghanistan in April 2009, the highest number ever. The actual numbers are even higher because the 438

See this article showing that Obama will spend about $1 trillion in military spending for Fiscal year 2010. This is the cost of the regular

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