Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on DemocracyThe world's foremost critic of U.S. foreign policy exposes the hollow promises of democracy in American actions abroad—and at home |
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... Israeli military analyst Reuven Pedatzur writes that " in the era of a single , ruthless superpower , whose leadership intends to shape the world according to its own forceful world view , nuclear weapons have become an attractive ...
... Israeli think tank and Saudi intelligence concluded that " the vast majority " of foreign fighters in Iraq " are not former ter- rorists " but " became radicalized by the war itself , " stimulated by the invasion to respond " to calls ...
... Israeli assassination of the revered quadriplegic cleric Sheikh Ahmed Yassin ( along with half a dozen bystanders ) outside a Gaza mosque in March 2004 led to the brutal murder of four US security contractors in Falluja in immediate ...
... Israel's attacks on Lebanon in early 1982 , seeking to provoke a response by the Palestine Liberation Orga- nization ( PLO ) that could be used as a pretext for a planned invasion . Despite failure to elicit a credible pretext , in June ...
... Israeli control over the West Bank , while imposing a client regime in Lebanon . In yet another example , CIA - backed Kosovo Liberation Army guerrillas attacked civilian targets in Kosovo in early 1999 , openly announcing that they ...
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Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy Noam Chomsky No preview available - 2006 |