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Washington's War in Yemen Backfires - The Nation.
A Yemeni government official, who asked to remain anonymous because he is not authorized to speak publicly about military issues, admitted that troops from the US-trained and -supported Republican Guard did not respond when the militants entered the ...
Fault Lines in Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood - The Nation.
“It's been mentioned,” said a rank-and-file member who requested anonymity so as to avoid reprimand. “An official on the Guidance Bureau told me. And while I'd rather not believe in such a thing, it may contain a bit of truth. ...
Slouching Towards Faux - The Nation.
We are swimming in a gloop of scuttlebutt and tittle-tattle, driven by “unnamed sources” who always represent themselves as “close to the investigation” yet who speak only “on condition of anonymity.” Those deceptively anodyne descriptors have moved us ...
WikiLeaks Haiti: The Earthquake Cables - The Nation.
But Obama administration officials said the additional US troops were necessary. "Until we can get ample supplies of food and water to people, there is a worry that in their desperation some will turn to violence,” Secretary of Defense Robert Gates ...
The Dangerous US Game in Yemen - The Nation.
We have so many instances where Saleh was using these guys from Al Qaeda to eliminate opponents of the regime,” according to a former top US counterterrorism official with extensive experience in Yemen who insisted on anonymity because of the ...
Nation Readers' Person of the Year - The Nation.
Finally, honorable mention, courtesy of a reader who chose to remain anonymous, goes to "The Unemployed. Why? Because it's time they get something, ...
Green Strategy Now - The Nation.
As one leader, speaking off the record, put it, "It would mean they'd have to totally restructure themselves away from getting Senator Scott Brown to say ...
After David Rohde's Escape, A Taliban Feud - The Nation.
He spoke on behalf of the agency but insisted on anonymity. "We have attacked Haqqani a number of times. Right now we are not conducting operations against ...
Alan Grayson: The Counter-Puncher - The Nation.
Several local Democratic party operatives (who declined to be named) report that Grayson's office and campaign maintain a "no hire" list of campaign workers ...
US Hikers Were Seized in Iraq - The Nation.
The witnesses are residents of a Kurdish village in Iraq called Zalem, which lies a few miles from the Iran border; they declined to be identified, ...
Fueling the Afghan War - The Nation.
A representative of Mina, who asked not to be named, denied any wrongdoing. "There was no consideration given to the ownership interests of any supplier. ...
Sapping the Superfund's Strength - The Nation.
"I think the root cause of the problem is that the Superfund fee expired a long time ago," says one former Hill staffer who asked to remain anonymous. ...
Iraq's New Sectarian Storm Clouds - The Nation.
Another insider, who recently visited Baghdad for talks with US military and diplomatic officials and who requested anonymity, says Gen. ...