Facing the American world we created

By Tom Engelhardt

Don’t turn the page on history

We’ve just passed through the CIA assassination flap, already fading from the news after less than two weeks of media attention. Broken in several major newspapers, here’s how the story goes: the Agency, evidently under Vice President Dick Cheney’s orders, didn’t inform Congress that, to assassinate al-Qaeda [...]

Saudis arrest suspected militants

Saudi Arabia has arrested 44 suspected militants who were planning attacks, the interior ministry says.
Weapons, ammunition and detonators were also found, in a series of operations over a three-week period.
The militants tried to recruit youths and finance “deviant” activity, the ministry said, quoted by local media.
Al-Qaeda-linked militants launched a violent campaign to destabilise the country [...]