IPS Northamerica - Stories by Jim Lobe
A proud native of Seattle, Washington, Jim Lobe received a university degree with highest honours in history at Williams College and a law degree from the University of California at Berkeley (Boalt Hall School of Law). He joined IPS in 1979 and opened its Washington, D.C. bureau in 1980, and won the IPS Award for Excellence in Independent Journalism in 2003 and 2004. Lobe has worked for IPS from Washington for most of the past 23 years.
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- POLITICS-US: Intel Agencies Warned of Post-War Risks
WASHINGTON, 25 May (IPS) - Two major studies prepared by the U.S. intelligence community and distributed to senior officials in every relevant agency two months before Washington's invasion of Iraq warned of many of the problems that have turned the U.S. occupation there into the worst foreign policy crisis since at least the Vietnam War.
Thu, 24 May 2007 23:00:00 +0100 - POLITICS-US: Public, Republicans Disown Iraq War
WASHINGTON, 24 May (IPS) - Even as Congress moved to approve President George W. Bush's request for continued funding of the Iraq war through the end of this fiscal 2007, a major new poll released Thursday found that public disillusionment with the war has reached record highs.
Wed, 23 May 2007 23:00:00 +0100 - POLITICS: Major Poll Finds U.S. Muslims Mostly Mainstream
WASHINGTON, 22 May (IPS) - Despite deep dissatisfaction with U.S. foreign policy and President George W. Bush, U.S. Muslims tend to be better assimilated and more content with the larger society in which they live than their European counterparts, according to a major new survey released here Tuesday by the Pew Research Centre.
Mon, 21 May 2007 23:00:00 +0100 - POLITICS-US: Surge Strategy Shows Weaknesses
WASHINGTON, 17 May (IPS) - More than three months into the implementation of U.S. President George W. Bush's "surge" strategy, scepticism over the likelihood of its success is still running high here.
Wed, 16 May 2007 23:00:00 +0100 - POLITICS-US: Bush Endorses Law of the Sea Treaty
WASHINGTON, 16 May (IPS) - After maintaining a six-and-a-half year silence, President George W. Bush is urging the U.S. Senate to ratify the U.N.'s Law of the Sea Convention (UNCLOS) before the end of his term in office.
Tue, 15 May 2007 23:00:00 +0100 - POLITICS-US/IRAN: Another Step Toward Realism
WASHINGTON, 14 May (IPS) - Realists in the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush appear to have won another victory over the dwindling ranks of neo-conservatives and others hawks with this weekend's announcement that Washington will soon engage in bilateral talks with Iran.
Sun, 13 May 2007 23:00:00 +0100 - POLITICS-US: Neo-Cons Driving Iran Divestment Campaign
WASHINGTON, 10 May (IPS) - Neo-conservative hawks who championed the invasion of Iraq are leading a new campaign to persuade state and local governments, as well as other institutional investors, to "divest" their holdings in foreign companies and U.S. overseas subsidiaries doing business in Iran.
Wed, 09 May 2007 23:00:00 +0100 - POLITICS-US: Deadly Tornado Brings Iraq War Home
WASHINGTON, 8 May (IPS) - Increasingly isolated by his dogged opposition to a timetable for withdrawing U.S. combat troops from Iraq, U.S. President George W. Bush will travel to the site of a deadly tornado in Kansas Wednesday, in part to rebut charges that relief operations there were hampered by shortages of equipment that had been shipped to Iraq.
Mon, 07 May 2007 23:00:00 +0100 - POLITICS-US: Elite Group Urges Embracing Angola
WASHINGTON, 7 May (IPS) - Despite Angola's poor human rights record, a widening gap between rich and poor, and a reputation for world-class corruption, an elite U.S. group is calling for Washington to strengthen ties -- including military ties -- with Luanda, Africa's second-biggest oil exporter.
Sun, 06 May 2007 23:00:00 +0100 - POLITICS-US: Slowly, Slowly, the Ship of State Turns Realist
WASHINGTON, 4 May (IPS) - With just over 18 months left in office, the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush appears once again to be moving in a more "realist" direction in its dealings with the rest of the world, including the Middle East.
Thu, 03 May 2007 23:00:00 +0100 - POLITICS-COLOMBIA: Uribe Seeks Trade Deal, Aid from U.S.
WASHINGTON, 2 May (IPS) - Opening a three-day drive to pry a new aid and trade deal out of a wary, Democratic-led U.S. Congress, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe received a warm endorsement at the White House where he met with President George W. Bush over breakfast Wednesday.
Tue, 01 May 2007 23:00:00 +0100 - SOMALIA: Despite Lull in Fighting, Stability Looks Remote
WASHINGTON, 30 Apr (IPS) - Four months after U.S.-backed Ethiopian forces drove the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) out of its last stronghold in Kismaayo, Somalia's return to stability looks as distant as ever, according to experts here.
Sun, 29 Apr 2007 23:00:00 +0100 - POLITICS-U.S.: Iraq Showdown Looms After Senate Vote
WASHINGTON, 26 Apr (IPS) - With Thursday's vote by the U.S. Senate to begin withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq in October, the stage has been set for a prolonged confrontation between the Democratic-led Congress and President George W. Bush over the future of the war.
Wed, 25 Apr 2007 23:00:00 +0100 - POLITICS: Suspicion of U.S. Found Pervasive in Islamic World
WASHINGTON, 24 Apr (IPS) - Six and a half years after U.S. President George W. Bush launched his "global war on terror", suspicion of U.S. motives remains pervasive throughout the Islamic world, according to a new and highly detailed survey of four countries released here Tuesday.
Mon, 23 Apr 2007 23:00:00 +0100 - IRAQ: U.S. Surge Strategy Successful - in Shifting the Violence
WASHINGTON, 19 Apr (IPS) - Halfway through the implementation of U.S. President George W. Bush's "surge" strategy to enhance security in Baghdad and Iraq's predominantly Sunni Muslim al-Anbar province, evidence that it is turning the tide nationwide is hard to come by.
Wed, 18 Apr 2007 23:00:00 +0100
