1 - 25 to 40 Years in Iraq 25 TO 40 YEARS IN IRAQ Most Americans agree that the reasons given to invade Iraq were based on lies, although lately, we hear we are there only to bring them security, freedom, and democracy. For some real answers, the World Socialist Web Site brought us a November report from the London...

2 - MAJOR GLOBAL MEETING ON ENVIRONMENT TO BE HELD IN THE UAE The organising committee of the United Nations Environment Programmeâ??s (UNEP) 9th Special Session of the Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum 2006 and associated meetings met at the Police Officers Club to go over the final arrangements for the events to be held in Dubai, UAE ...

3 - A typical deforestation stroy Towards the end of September a community leader from a Shuar village in the province of Morona Santiago came into our offices in Quito looking for help with a problem faced by his community. This story is typical of the sorts of events that are taking place all over Ecuador. It highlights the dis...

4 - Non-Prophet Cartoons: Islam vs. The West In the Name of Allah vs. In the Name of Liberty The Westâ??specifically, the European Westâ??stands aghast at Islamâ??s violent reaction to its comedic caricature of the Prophet and ponders: Shall we who enshrine our sacred rights to human expression suffer these cultural indignities and blatan...

5 - Immigrants and Converts responsible for Muslim Terror Violence in the West When we think of terrorist assaults, we visualize hate spitting imams or a serene Osama Bin Laden in front of us; we think of Palestine, Syria, Iran, Egypt and Saudi Arabia. However, as you will see below, this is a very wrong representation of the facts. Although the people and countries that ar...