Updated at 11:02 p.m EDT, July 9, 2007In a significant development, tens of thousands of Turkish soldiers are believed to be at the Iraqi border waiting for permission to enter Iraq on a security mission. Violence elsewhere has been elevated since late Friday and...
Unholy Alliance
While Americans were celebrating their independence from the British Empire with displays of fireworks and other patriotic observances, another anniversary was pointedly not being observed, or even much noted, in Israel: on that day in 1976, a daring raid by Israeli...
An Israeli Love Story
Not since the resurrection of Jesus Christ has there been such a miracle: a dead body buried in a cave has come to life again. The "Jordanian Option" gave up its ghost almost 20 years ago. Even before that, it never was very healthy. But in 1988, some time...
Backtalk, July 9, 2007
Caught Red-Handed: Media Backtracks on Iran's 'Threat' I have been shocked to see some, including Rep. Dennis Kucinich, latch onto the myth that Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, never called for Israel to be "wiped off the map." Iran's own news agency reports...
Sunday: 1 GI, 1 Briton, 105 Iraqis Killed; 59 Iraqis Wounded
Updated at 12:30 a.m. EDT, July 9, 2007The weekend death toll in Iraq climbed to 342, an alarming figure even for the war-ravaged country. One of the largest bombings--if not the largest bombing--since the U.S. invasion took place in a small village in northern Iraq...
Saturday: 237 Iraqis, 7 GIs, 2 Britons Killed; 316 Iraqis Wounded
Updated at 12:28 a.m. EST, July 8, 2007At least 237 Iraqis were killed and 316 more were wounded during the latest round of attacks, which included a major bombing south of the northern town of Tuz Khormato. Also, seven GIs were killed and two were wounded, while two...
Mubarak Party Faces
Fraud Allegations
CAIRO - Doubts are being raised now over the landslide victory of the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) of President Hosni Mubarak in midterm elections for the Shura Council last month. NDP spokesmen attributed the results to "good electoral planning," but...
Lebanon Crisis Persists Despite Beefed-Up Peacekeeping
UNITED NATIONS - Despite a massive boost in its peacekeeping force in Lebanon – from about 2,200 in July last year to some 13,700 last week – the United Nations has little good news to report regarding the politically troubled country. "I am deeply...
Troubled Soldier Gets Demoted, Not Treated
SAN FRANCISCO - Cody Miranda joined the U.S. Marine Corps when he was 17 years old. He loved the military and hoped to spend his entire career in the service. Miranda has served more than 16 years in the Marine Corps. Over the years, he's been deployed to the Middle...
Libby and Vanunu
On the day that Scooter Libby's prison sentence was lifted by President Bush, Mordechai Vanunu was sentenced to prison, again, in Israel. In both cases, the underlying offense was the same: speaking to journalists. In each case, the nominal charges were otherwise. For...