US, Israel Poised to Repeat Saddam’s Error

A respected American paper posted a scoop this week: Vice President Dick Cheney, the King of Hawks, has thought up a Machiavellian scheme for an attack on Iran. Its main point: Israel will start by bombing an Iranian nuclear installation, Iran will respond by launching missiles at Israel, and this will serve as a pretext … Continue reading “US, Israel Poised to Repeat Saddam’s Error”

Long-Suffering Mauritanian Sent Home From Gitmo

For over five and a half years, as I explain in depth in my newly released book, The Guantánamo Files, the prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, has held hundreds of innocent men. Humanitarian aid workers, teachers or students of the Koran, businessmen, economic migrants, and refugees from persecution – all were swept up for bounty … Continue reading “Long-Suffering Mauritanian Sent Home From Gitmo”