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what we learned from greg craig’s acquittal: fara is toothless

To achieve their aims, Saudis pressed U.S veterans into service to lobby Congress on the grounds that the bill would American and women abroad.. The United Arab Emirates, has meanwhile mounted campaign to force Al Jazeera, to register as lobbyist under FARA. ..

war with iran? how did we get here

On May 24, Trump ordered another 1500 troops to the region and declared emergency over Iran, moving ahead with arms sales to Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Jordan. During classified briefings around the halls of Congress, links between Shiite state of Iran and Sunni terrorist..

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the president’s ‘emergency’ tariffs on mexican goods, explained

Trump administration also declared emergency last month to permit it to circumvent Congress and sell about $7 in arms to Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Jordan that had been stopped by lawmakers last year, invoking provision of Arms Export Control Act of 1976 for national-security..

farsnews

TEHRAN (FNA)- US President Donald Trump has once again used a fake “national emergency” regarding tensions with Iran for the sole reason of circumventing Congressional restrictions and international law on arms sales, and using it to rush shipments of more arms to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab..

finley: tlaib not anti-semitic, but she is wrong

As the nation's first female Palestinian-American congress member, Tlaib's perspective is understandable, and represents the beliefs of many in her district, which has a sizable Arab and Muslim population. . The reason we have 435 representatives in Congress is to give the body..

war powers question

And it seems to me that Trump cannot lawfully continue whatever he’s doing in Yemen now that Congress has told him to stop. . The US helps the Saudi-led coalition, which also includes the United Arab Emirates and several other Gulf Arab and African countries, by providing them with..

the camel's nose is in the tent -

Omar and Tlaib immediately took the occasion of their entry into Congress to spew their hoary old Arab anti-Israel propaganda, including pejoratively describing Jewish towns and villages in Judea and Samaria as “settlements” in what they deceitfully call “occupied Palestinian..

dead jews--what else is new?

Tlaib has also supported Islamic Relief, a group linked to the Muslim Brotherhood and designated as a terrorist organization by the United Arab Emirates. . . . Democrat candidate for Congress Scott Wallace (PA), who was criticized after it was found that his charitable foundation had given..

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u.s. facilitates saudi war crimes in yemen

On September 12, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo certified to Congress  that the governments of Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates are undertaking demonstrable actions to reduce the risk of harm to civilians and infrastructure resulting from military operations of these..

the dangers of guantánamo

transferring men to United Arab Emirates this week, some members of Congress, including Republican Senator Kelly Ayotte, from New Hampshire, are once again making alarmist claims about the released detainees supposed dangerousness. ..

we may never know truth of u.s. war crimes

These included the use of guard dogs to 'exploit Arab fear of dogs,' a practice documented in the Abu Ghraib photos. Sanchez subsequently misled Congress, testifying under oath last May 19 that 'I have never approved the use of any of those methods' appearing over his signature. . ..

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