Threat To Iran's Navy In Hormuz.
In an article published on July 15 by Gulf News, former US ambassador to Bahrain Sam Zakhem warned that an Iranian blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, in the event of war, would have a devastating effect on Iran's navy. He wrote: "Iran must...realise that it cannot close the...

ARAB AFFAIRS - Jan 1 - GCC Common Market Becomes A Reality.
The six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) with a combined economy of $715bn makes history with the launch of a common market, which is expected to draw more foreign investment to the region. GCC Secretary-General Abdul Rahman Al-Attiyah described the launch of the Gulf Common Market on Jan. 1 as...

John Mccain.
"We must win in Iraq. If we withdraw, there will be chaos; there will be genocide; and they will follow us home."--J. McCain. A few months ago, words like "implosion" and "meltdown" were being used to describe the presidential campaign of Arizona Senator John McCain. By early...

The North American Union invasion: despite the great harm that Americans face from rampant illegal immigration--crime, terrorism, economic devastation--our political and business elitists push for more amnesties.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] CNN's Lou Dobbs touched a nerve with the American public when he declared, "The Bush administration's open-borders policy and its decision to ignore the enforcement of this country's immigration laws is part of a broader agenda. President Bush signed a formal agreement that will end...

Be our guest? The U.S. should be a good host and protect the migrant workers who knock on our door.
IN THE COLONIAL PERIOD THE DESTITUTE AND DESPERATE escaping the poverty of European backwaters made their way to America as indentured servants, signing away the only commodity they had to offer: themselves. Frequently used up to the end of human endurance by their "employers," these earliest members of America's...

Statement by Dave Meyer, 2007 National Chairman, Associated Builders and Contractors on President Bush's State of the Union Address January 23, 2007.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "Tonight, Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) joins the president in his call for comprehensive reform of the nation's immigration laws to secure our broken borders and create a sensible temporary guest worker program that will allow American businesses to meet their future workforce needs....

Pope John Paul II and immigration law and policy.
INTRODUCTION The immigration debate in the United States and in other developed countries has proved vitriolic and divisive, one view espousing limited immigration based on a stringent selection process reflecting the interests of the inhabitants and the other advocating a more open border in which the needs...

Border debate shifts to states.
Byline: David Steves The Register-Guard SALEM - The latest failed immigration reforms may be smoldering in the U.S. Senate, but that doesn't mean the political debate has been silenced. As in state capitols nationwide, the Oregon Legislature is cautiously stepping up to the immigration debate....

Cutting down on rules and regulations in business and industry to encourage more investments to create more jobs for returning overseas Filipinos.
ACONSIDERABLE number of Filipinos every year are deported from the United States. Ongoing, although temporarily stopped, is the scheduled deportation of over 100,000 undocumented Filipinos still in Malaysia. Lately, another report mentions that Filipinos numbering 170,000 in Italy and 30,000 in Israel are to be deported back to the...

Cimatu off to Lebanon to assess risk, prepare plan for Filipino OFWs.
Byline: CHARISSA M. LUCI Upon President Arroyo's order, Ambassador Roy Cimatu, chairman of the four-man Middle East Preparedness Team (MEPT), left last night for Beirut to ensure the safety of about 30,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in troubled Lebanon, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reported. ...