BOGOTA – Three decades after Washington declared Colombia the world's leading producer of cocaine, experts consider U.S.-financed efforts to eradicate illegal drug crops a failure. Although Washington has poured more than 40 billion dollars into anti-drug efforts...
Last week, Dana Priest revealed in the Washington Post that "the CIA has been hiding and interrogating some of its most important al-Qaeda captives at a Soviet-era compound in Eastern Europe." "The secret facility is part of a covert prison system set up by the CIA...
The Last Lie of the Iraq War ExposedThanks for the well-written article. Finally people are starting to get the message, but I believe it will take more time to expose all of the corruption and lies. At least the real news is starting to come out more in the...
Was she an innocent dupe who was played mercilessly by exile chieftain Ahmed Chalabi and his neoconservative and Pentagon backers who led the march to war with Iraq in March 2003? Or was she a co-conspirator in what former Secretary of State Colin Powell's chief of...
The War Party is going bonkers, these days – maybe it's the indictment of Scooter Libby. Or the way the war itself is going – badly. In any case, the war's proponents seem to be in a downward spiral of what can only be described as utter craziness. Why else...
Much has happened in the past two months – hurricane after hurricane, a devastating earthquake, avian flu on Europe's doorstep, Libby under fire, Saddam in a cage, China in space again… Important people from all walks of life tend to discuss China, even if...
The Middle East's newest tragedy was marked by three almost-simultaneous suicide missions against popular American hotels in Amman. The event, which took place on the 9th day of the 11th month, carries the signature of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the top representative of...
What is the truth about the charge that "banned weapons" (such as the napalm-like white phosphorus) are being used in Iraq – specifically that they were used during the November 2004 Battle of Fallujah? The U.S. Department of State has addressed this through its...
This is the second of two pieces dedicated to shame and honor in the Bush era. The first was "The Wall of Shame." On Nov. 2, 2005, I found myself in a familiar situation – at a protest. This time, it was the New York version of the World Can't Wait nationwide...
While Cindy Sheehan has deservedly gotten a lot of attention for reawakening the antiwar movement with her allies from veteran and military family organizations, the most interesting thing about the opposition to the Iraq war is that it includes former military...
