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The New York Times, Vanunu Mordechai and the embattled state of journalism

April 28, 2019June 12, 2019 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

On Saturday The New York Times published “Julian Assange and the Woeful State of Whistle-Blowers” by Edward Wasserman and a comment by this reporter regarding Mordechai Vanunu and the embattled state of journalism. By Eileen Fleming Dr. Edward Wasserman is the dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley. Dr….

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What Deranged Donald and Joe Biden Have in Common

April 26, 2019April 26, 2019 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

On Thursday Joe Biden kicked off his 2020 presidential run in a YouTube; and at Twitter the hashtag #DerangedDonald trended to second place globally. By Eileen Fleming George T. Conway III, lawyer and husband of White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, a frequent critic of President Trump coined the hashtag #DerangedDonald, which trended up to the…

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Professor Abbassi Madani: Sweet Legacy of Sour Political Destiny

April 25, 2019April 30, 2019 Abdennour Toumi No Comments

Professor Abbassi Madani: Sweet Legacy of Sour Political Destiny In choosing exile in Qatar, he left behind a divided Islamist leadership in a deep political identity crisis. By Abdennour Toumi Wednesday marked the passing of Professor Abbassi Madani, longtime militant Islamist leader and the last Algerian Islamist Movement voice of the liberation war and post-Independence…

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USS Liberty Love Story Script at InkTip

April 19, 2019April 19, 2019 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

USS Liberty survivor of the Six Day War Donald Pageler began to write his memoirs for a book; but they have morphed into the documentary screenplay “USS LIBERTY LOVE STORY” based on actual events and real people. By Eileen Fleming To commemorate the 52nd year after Israel’s attack on the USS Liberty and the American…

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Is the Algerian National People’s Army a Republic Coterie?

April 18, 2019April 18, 2019 Abdennour Toumi 1 Comment

Is the Algerian National People’s Army a Republic Coterie? To better understand the Algerian Army, there are two important dates to remember, August 20th, 1955 and notably, August 20th,1956. By Abdennour Toumi The French philosopher Voltaire once said about the Prussian army: “where some States possess an army, the Prussian army possesses a State.” Arab…

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Algeria: Freedom and Shakespeare

April 4, 2019April 4, 2019 Abdennour Toumi 2 Comments

Algeria: Freedom and Shakespeare The Street should be attentive in its exigent demands and comportment with the Army, usually the Military don’t like disorder or to be ordered. By Abdennour Toumi Former President Bouteflika and his siblings are finished finally, a political drama ending with the political death of its main character, a Machiavellian figure…

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Israeli WMD Whistleblower Vanunu Mordechai Tweets Appeal Unto Caesar

April 3, 2019April 3, 2019 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

Professor Simon Critchley wrote about the happiest man he has ever met; a former New Yorker who morphed into a monk in Athens. This former New Yorker writes about the saddest man I have ever met; Israel’s nuclear whistle blower Vanunu Mordechai who uses social media to report his latest news because The Media ignores…

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Algeria Schengen Visa, Gordian Knot

April 1, 2019April 1, 2019 Abdennour Toumi 1 Comment

Algeria Schengen Visa, Gordian Knot More than 400,000 Algerians get Schengen visas for France annually, according to Reuters data. By Abdennour Toumi In most political contexts and crisis it is simply assumed that undocumented immigration constitutes a drain on national resources. But this assumption goes in light of experience led by Human Rights Groups, INGOs…

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AIPAC, Congress, and The Benjamin’s

March 27, 2019March 27, 2019 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

In referring to a tweet by Rep. Ilhan Omar, Benjamin Netanyahu opined, “Take it from this Benjamin: It’s not about the Benjamins.” “Benjamins” is slang for a $100 bill and refers to Benjamin Franklin’s image on that bill. By Eileen Fleming The article “What Happens When Americans Vote for Legislators Who Refuse to Represent Them?” by…

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Trump, Golan Heights, This American, USS Liberty and Mordechai Vanunu

March 22, 2019March 22, 2019 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

On Thursday at Twitter President Trump overturned decades of US policy when he declared that America should recognize Israel’s authority over the occupied Golan Heights. By Eileen Fleming This American’s trip to the Golan Heights excerpted from the screenplay “This American and Israel’s Nuclear Whistle Blower Vanunu Mordechai” concludes this article. Trump’s Golan Heights tweet is…

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Algerian Islamists: From Political Reality to Dialectical Crisis Identity

March 19, 2019March 19, 2019 Abdennour Toumi 1 Comment

Algerian Islamists: From Political Reality to Dialectical Crisis Identity People are more accustomed to the experience of political hopes frustrated than of hopes fulfilled, they bear a crown of disappointment which weighs heavily on them all. By Abdennour Toumi The recent events that have been shaken Algeria’s regime have shaped a protest movement that its…

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Algeria The People Speak: What’s Next?

March 11, 2019March 11, 2019 Abdennour Toumi No Comments

Algeria The People Speak: What’s Next? Algerian generals who have been trying to bring about some change to their people would benefit from reading the Chilean story. By Abdennour Toumi A country which only three weeks ago was still regarded as hopeless. The day of glory the people of Algeria have waited for so long…

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Ilhan Omar and The Progressives

March 7, 2019March 7, 2019 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

The New York Times opinion piece by Bret Stephens headline proclaimed, “Ilhan Omar Knows Exactly What She Is Doing”. Because Bret Stephens got so much wrong he inspired this fact-filled opinion piece by a ‘self-described progressive’. By Eileen Fleming Bret Stephens is a former editor in chief of The Jerusalem Post and an Opinion columnist…

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Algeria: The Regime Is Saying, Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me!

March 5, 2019March 5, 2019 Abdennour Toumi 1 Comment

Algeria: The Regime Is Saying, Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me! When the President returned though, the people began to sense the smell of hate, intolerance and simply death. By Abdennour Toumi Sunday night Algerians went to bed with two pieces of sorrowful national news. First, they waited for long hours to hear that President Bouteflika…

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Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper, Rescue Dogs, Prayers and Love

March 3, 2019March 3, 2019 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

An overwhelming response to Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga’s performance of “Shallow” at the Academy Awards was the assumption that the two were in love and lust. “The world would be a nicer place if everyone had the ability to love unconditionally as a dog.”- M.K. Clinton By Eileen Fleming In a post Academy Awards…

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President USS Liberty Veterans Association and Professor Joan Mellen Join Forces

February 27, 2019February 27, 2019 USS_Liberty Info No Comments

“Blood in the Water: How the U.S. and Israel conspired to Ambush the USS Liberty” opens with the scene at the American Embassy in Tel Aviv, on the top floor presided over by the CIA chief of station John Hadden… By Eileen Fleming On Sunday in Orlando Professor Joan Mellen joined forces with Ernest Gallo,…

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A Cri-de-coeur for Dignity and Stability

February 26, 2019February 26, 2019 Abdennour Toumi No Comments

A Cri-de-coeur for Dignity and Stability Algerians are scrupulously suspicious of the number five (al-Khamsa) or Fatma’s hand. By Abdennour Toumi Thousands of Algerians across the country head to the streets, breaking the wall of shame the regime and its acolytes built to silence any opposition voice. Fear is no longer a factor in the…

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Why General Ali Ghediri’s candidacy is way too early?

February 15, 2019February 15, 2019 Abdennour Toumi 1 Comment

Why General Ali Ghediri’s candidacy is way too early? A retired-General who wants to revolutionize Algeria’s political establishment, he has a story to tell, so let history be the judge. By Abdennour Toumi I want to ask retired General Ali Ghediri, former Human Resources Director at the Algerian Defense Ministry, to give one reason why…

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