Month: August 2007

Updated at 11:55 p.m. EDT, Aug. 17, 2007At least 34 Iraqis were killed and 65 more were wounded during the latest attacks, which include clashes in Tarmiyah that left a one GI dead and another injured. Overall, four American servicemembers were killed and two were wounded in separate incidents. Fridays are usually quieter due to … Continue reading “Friday: 4 GIs, 34 Iraqis Killed; 65 Iraqis Wounded”

BETHLEHEM – Israeli forces began Wednesday to bulldoze hundreds of trees on land owned by a Catholic convent near the city of Beit Jala near Bethlehem. This section of forest is being razed, according to Israeli plans, to complete a section of the separation wall, which continues to carve the West Bank into pieces. Near … Continue reading “Settlers Anchoring Into West Bank”

Aggressive wars are immoral: mass murder is unforgivable, and our foreign policy of global interventionism puts us in the same moral class as any of the European imperialist powers that blundered their way through Africa, East Asia, the Americas, and the Middle East. Anti-imperialism is, first and foremost, a moral position, especially for Americans, who … Continue reading “Why Interventionism Fails”

This week marks a year since the end of hostilities now officially called the Second Lebanon war by Israelis. A month of fighting – mostly Israeli aerial bombardment of Lebanon, and rocket attacks from the Shi’ite militia Hezbollah on northern Israel in response – ended with more than 1,000 Lebanese civilians and a small but … Continue reading “In 2006 Lebanon War, Most Crimes Were Israeli”

The man who ran CNN’s news operation during the invasion of Iraq is now doing damage control in response to a new documentary’s evidence that he kowtowed to the Pentagon on behalf of the cable network. His current denial says a lot about how "liberal media" outlets remain deeply embedded in the mindsets of pro-military … Continue reading “Backspin for War: The Convenience of Denial”

The Last Days of the Incas Kim MacQuarrie Simon and Schuster, 2007 544 pp. Today the U.S. military can destroy – almost effortlessly – any other organized armed forces on earth. American weapons are a generation ahead of those of its allies, let alone the Third World nations which are today’s targets of attack, invasion, … Continue reading “The Last Days of the Incas“

Updated at 11:25 p.m. EDT, Aug. 16, 2007At least 64 Iraqis were killed and 40 more were wounded during the latest round of attacks. Also, three American servicemembers were killed in separate incidents pushing the number of Coalition military deaths to 4,000.Two MND-B soldiers were killed and six wounded in combat north of Baghdad yesterday. … Continue reading “Thursday: 3 GIs, 64 Iraqis Killed; 40 Wounded”

The White House’s decision to designate the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps as a terrorist organization could deal a double blow to efforts to utilize diplomacy with Iran to stabilize Iraq. Not only does the designation risk undermining the important yet limited talks between the United States and Iran in Baghdad, but it may also negatively … Continue reading “Terror Label for Guard Corp Entrenches US-Iran Enmity”

The United States has quietly funneled millions of dollars of its annual aid to Egypt to groups among the country’s increasingly restless Christian Coptic community and to areas with large Christian populations as part of an effort to "empower" the religious minority in a little-noticed multi-year aid program, according to a review of several recent … Continue reading “US Funnels Aid to Coptic Christians, Documents Show”

The war in Iraq is a failure. The "Global War on Terror" cannot be won by military might alone. Access to health care is a right for all. The growing divide between rich and poor is a problem. Torture is un-American. The Democratic candidates for president – both mainstream and long shots – tend to … Continue reading “Dems All Want Bigger Military Budget”