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Afghani elecetions

August 24, 2009

Is it any wonder that Karzai is in the lead? As an ex-employee of Unocal, one of the major companies involved in the Trans-Afghan Pipeline, it would seem that his popularity amongst Western backers comes with a price. Karzai gives the US a safe route for their oil/natural gas pipeline – the US give...

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“Gaza Reflections”

Blog, Middle East

August 20, 2009

Good friend and colleague, Antony Loewenstein, who recently spent the last few weeks reporting from inside Gaza has put together the following mini-documentary:...

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“Reuben Brand a rare Truthful Journalist…”

Australia, Blog, Middle East

August 13, 2009

Dr Gideon Polya, a Melbourne based scientist and writer, has recently written a very interesting article regarding one of my previous pieces “The Truth must not be sanitised.” In his article Dr Polya makes a strong point about the lack of truthful reportage by Western journalist in relation...

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How to fund a war… Or two

Blog, Middle East, USA

July 26, 2009

Strange that a dramatic increase in opium production has taken place in Afghanistan since the US invaded in 2001. Strange? Maybe convenient is the right word....

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Colonizing Iraq

Blog, Middle East, Politics, USA

July 16, 2009

Michael Swartz’s latest article “Colonizing Iraq – The Obama Doctrine?” is a must read: — “Unfortunately, not just for the Iraqis, but for the American public, it’s what’s happening in “the dark” — beyond the glare of lights and TV cameras...

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What a nice plug…

Blog, Politics

July 4, 2009

In an article about Babak Rahimi, assistant professor of Iranian and Islamic Studies at UCSD, journalist Matthew T. Hall from the Union Tribune in San Diego gave me a lovely little plug. Thanks Matthew: Reuben Brand, a freelance journalist based in Pakistan earlier this year, called Rahimi “a very brave...

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Pakistan’s Dirty Laundry

Articles, Blog, Pakistan, Politics

July 4, 2009

My following article, “Pakistan’s dirty laundry” was published in Online Opinion – Australia’s leading journal for social and political debate. It also made an appearance at a lovely little place called Window Dresser’s Arms, Pig & Whistle The ongoing war with the...

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Pakistan’s Lashkar-e-Taiba

Blog, Pakistan, Politics

June 22, 2009

LONDON (Reuters): ” If Pakistan’s battle against the Taliban seems difficult, a much tougher challenge lies ahead: deciding what to do about the Lashkar-e-Taiba militant group it once nurtured to fight India in Kashmir. Security experts from the United States and India believe the Pakistan Army...

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Iran’s election…

Blog, Middle East, Politics

June 22, 2009

Babak Rahimi, assistant professor of Iranian and Islamic Studies at the University of California, reports on the Iranian election from its capital Tehran: — NOW on PBS: “The official view, espoused by pro-government supporters, is that Ahmadinejad has been and continues to be popular in the rural...

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The Humane Chain

Australia, Blog

June 21, 2009

I recently joined the HUMANE CHAIN – An initiative of the WSPA to “end the intolerable cruelty of live sheep export.” “You are what you eat, so when you eat animals that have spent months in a confined space on a cargo ship, you are eating fear, anxiety and stress. Not to mention the...

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