Month: May 2004

Ahmed Chalabi wrote his doctoral dissertation on the intricacies of Knot Theory – and surely he has tied his neoconservative patrons in a knot of Gordian proportions as they take up the cudgels in his defense. “You can piss on Chalabi,” said George W. Bush to Jordan’s King Abdullah, after learning that the neocons’ man … Continue reading “The Chalabi Follies”

With the recent court-martial trial of one of the soldiers complicit in the widespread torturing of Iraqis in Abu Ghraib prison having come and gone, Iraqis see the newest promise made by the U.S. – to clean up their act regarding the treatment of detained Iraqis – as being yet more empty words. In the … Continue reading “Outside the Gates of Abu Ghraib”

The current Israeli campaign in Rafah, which has already killed at least 40 people, and which the U.N. Security Council has condemned in a 14-0 vote (with the United States abstaining), is merely the continuation of a decades-long program of ethnic cleansing that Israel has conducted in the region. A new report released by Amnesty … Continue reading “American Shame in Rafah”

American Likudniks have been “examining” the consequences to our national security of an Israeli preemptive strike against certain Iranian facilities and programs, all now subject to an International Atomic Energy Agency Safeguards Agreement. Whenever President Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Sharon get together, they invariably discuss Iran’s “nuclear weapons programs.” “It would be intolerable for … Continue reading “Gulf War III”

“Iraq is sitting atop a volcano,” says a school teacher in Haditha. “The Americans are aggravating people here, trying to get a reaction. Everyone in this province is against them now!” Most Iraqis I speak with nowadays are seething with rage toward the occupiers of their country. With their mosques being raided, damaged or destroyed … Continue reading “The Seeds Have Been Sown”

There was more heavy fighting in Karbala early on Friday, after which the city fell eerily quiet. By Friday night into early Saturday morning, Mahdi Army militiamen had mysteriously ceased fighting, and the U.S. had withdrawn from sites like Mukhayyam mosque near the shrine of Imam Husain. Meanwhile, Shi’ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called on his … Continue reading “A Shi’ite International?”

I was alerted by Antiwar.com on Sunday morning May 23 that I was seriously misquoted in an article in the Alameda Times-Star by Byron Williams, described as “an Oakland pastor and syndicated columnist.” Mr. Williams attributed the following neo-Jacobin quote to me: “Our first tasks now must be to crush the rebellions, punish the al-Sadr … Continue reading “Paul Craig Roberts Responds to Article Calling Him Pro-War”

Comment from Germany Thank you for this website. The current Bush administration is not only responsible for torturing and massacring thousands of innocent people, but also for destroying the reputation of the USA in the world. People here in Europe are beginning to see US Americans as sick and perverted, making fun out of torturing … Continue reading “”

Memos from John Yoo (Deputy Assistant Attorney General), Robert J. Delahunty (Special Counsel), and Patrick F. Philbin (Deputy Assistant Attorney General) Here are the key memos written by Justice Department officials to President Bush and the US military did not have to comply with any international laws in the handling of detainees in the war … Continue reading “Memos to White House on Geneva Convention by Yoo/Delahunty/Philbin”