The United States is making trouble all over the world

From the drug war to the war on terror, the United States is wreaking havoc around the globe; BBC acknowledges misstatement on Rachel Corrie but refuses correction; a cute Egyptian spokesman who says nothing; and Saudi to run out of oil soon.

It may not be by these troops per-say but America is still causing havoc all over the world.

Salon [2]

Five countries the U.S. is screwing over

The current crop of undeclared wars the US is waging is having a deleterious impact around the world. And there’s also the so-called war on drugs, which the US continues to wage despite devastating consequences on the ground. From the drug war to the war on terror, the United States is wreaking havoc around the globe.

Electronic Intifada [3]

BBC acknowledges misstatement on Rachel Corrie but refuses correction

If the BBC can’t show that any Israeli soldiers died on the day Rachel Corrie was killed, why can’t it simply acknowledge that Kearney said something that wasn’t true and offer a straightforward correction?

Egyptian Chronicles [4]

The matter is beyond a cute military spokesperson I am afraid

Today the Egyptian armed forces held a presser to discuss the latest development regarding its historical military campaign in Sinai where we were introduced for the first time to the first Egyptian army spokesperson Colonel Ahmed Mohamed Mohamed Ali. Sadly enough the only new thing we know from that we got a new official army spokesperson who is cute and admired by girls online !!

Blogs Al Jazeera [5]

Saudis may not have oil to export by 2030

If the headline doesn't concentrate the world's efforts to find alternatives nothing else will. Saudi Arabia, the world's largest oil exporter, could become an oil importer by 2030, according to analysis by Citigroup's Heidy Rehman.