My friend from Baquba visited me yesterday. He brought the usual giant lunch of home-cooked food he always brings when he comes to see me. I'm still eating it, actually. I had it again for dinner tonight. Ah, the typical Iraqi meal. He owns four large tents, and rents...
Lowered Expectations for Iraqi Expatriate Turnout
DUBAI - Democracy in Iraq is in the eye of the beholder. The elections on Jan. 30 may be touted as the first step toward freedom in the strife-torn country, but the chance to vote in their own government has evoked mixed emotions among Iraqi expatriates living in the...
US Missile Shield Finds Few Takers in Canada
OTTAWA - With Canada's governing Liberal Party clinging to power by a shaky minority in Parliament, Washington's controversial North American missile defense program may create a crisis that will force the country into a snap election. Even within the Liberal Party,...
The War Party’s Achilles’ Heel?
Those who pressed Congress to take responsibility for its actions in 2002 – in other words, to either unambiguously declare war upon Iraq or unambiguously decline to do so – were, of course, handled badly. Congress didn't declare war, roundly defeated a...
Exhuming the Truth
Scott Horton talks with Sibel Edmonds about her attempts to have the information she knows declassified, and what you can do about it. Interview conducted Jan. 22, 2005. Check out Scott's other interviews with prominent antiwar and libertarian personalities. Download...
What if It Was All a Big Mistake?
Watch Ron Paul deliver this speech to the House of Representatives on video. America's policy of foreign intervention, while still debated in the early 20th century, is today accepted as conventional wisdom by both political parties. But what if...
Demand Accountability
A few days ago, during an interview, I was asked to provide comments regarding the inspector general's (IG) report into my allegations, and I was asked whether or not I agreed with the report's conclusion that the FBI did not take my reports and allegations seriously,...
EU Resumes Aid to Sudan
BRUSSELS - The European Union restored ties with Sudan Tuesday and offered 50 million euros ($65 million) in aid to help boost a peace agreement after the end of one of Africa's longest-ever civil wars. Jose Manuel Barroso, president of the European Commission, and...
Kurdish Parties Eye Independence
ARBIL - Ahmed Khani sips his tea as he reclines in a high-back leather chair, a sepia-toned portrait of the father of Iraqi Kurdish nationalism, the late Mullah Mustafa Barzani behind him. In the portrait, Barzani wears military fatigues and the traditional Kurdish...
Rights Groups Take Rare Step of Repudiating Nominee
Riding over opposition from its Democratic members, the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday voted 10-8 to send the nomination of Attorney General-designate Alberto Gonzales to the full Senate for confirmation, possibly as early as next week. In another widely...