Month: May 2006

“Our children did not enlist to commit war crimes and crimes against humanity,” said Cindy Sheehan, the prominent American antiwar activist who lost her son. During a visit to Ottawa last week, she called on Canada to welcome war resisters as refugees. The call comes as the Federal Court of Appeal gets set to hear … Continue reading “Will Canada Remain a ‘Refuge From Militarism’?”

December 2001: the U.S. Air Force dropped the 15,000-pound “Daisy Cutter” on the cave complex in Afghanistan known as Toro Bora. At the time, this was the largest bomb in the U.S. arsenal. The same month, the Pentagon sent 10 of the more lethal 2,000-pound thermobaric bombs to U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Thermobaric weapons are … Continue reading “Bombs Away! Or Bomb Any Way”

After five months of confusion, bickering, dickering, dithering, and strong-arm tactics from Zalmay Khalilzad, our ambassador to Iraq, and various high American officials arriving on the fly, Prime Minister-designate Nouri al-Maliki has reportedly chosen his cabinet, and a government will evidently be established in Baghdad’s Green Zone. At the moment, its reach seems unlikely to … Continue reading “How the Bush Administration Deconstructed Iraq”

A shining city on a hill. A light unto the world. That’s what early Americans hoped their land would become. A beacon of liberty, beckoning others to follow. A place of refuge and hope for those fleeing tyranny or seeking opportunity. An oasis in the midst of conflict and chaos. This once described the United … Continue reading “A Foreign Policy of Fools”

BALI, Indonesia – As the West debates the perceived Iranian nuclear threat, leaders of the world’s eight largest Muslim countries, collectively known as the D8, met on this resort island over the weekend where they asserted the right of Islamic countries to peaceful nuclear energy. "It is simply a statement in support of peaceful nuclear … Continue reading “Muslim Nations Want Nuclear Energy, Are Wary of Iran”

KABUL – Almost daily armed attacks on government officials by the Taliban may have prompted President Hamid Karzai to renew his amnesty offer to supporters of the ousted Afghan regime. Karzai recently urged the Taliban to give up the violence and join in the efforts to reconstruct the country. Almost four decades of war and … Continue reading “Taliban Wooed as Violence Spreads”

It may be convenient to perceive the Middle East as a politically charged, fractious region, rife with conflicts and disputes, void of many prospects, save those leading to even further uncertainty and turmoil. While history is indeed rich with instances that would effortlessly validate such a notion, only uninterested minds would fail to appreciate the … Continue reading “Redefining the Middle East”

Is Congress aiding and abetting the creation of a police state? Recently, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Pete Hoekstra, R-Mich., helped to give the CIA and NSA unprecedented police powers. By inserting a provision in the FY07 Intelligence Authorization Act, Hoekstra has undermined the existing statutory limits on involvement in domestic law enforcement. … Continue reading “Bowing to the Police State”

Editor’s note: Justin Raimondo’s column will return Monday. In the question and answer session following a speech given at the American Enterprise Institute, Karl Rove blurted out the truth. Although no doubt inadvertent, this unusual incident of truth-telling is nevertheless shocking to those of us who have grown used to an administration that lies as … Continue reading “Is America Becoming a Police State?”

Balkans and the Imperial "Inevitable" "Ladies and gentlemen, it does not get much more disgusting than this." Chris Deliso, frequent Antiwar.com contributor and editor of Balkanalysis.com, thus described the occupation of Kosovo going on nigh seven years. NATO’s attack on the then-Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in March 1999 was blatantly illegal from any standpoint, so … Continue reading “No Game of Chess”