GAZA CITY - The one political result of Israel's attacks and sanctions on Gaza has been that the Hamas leadership, and particularly Gaza Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, have emerged greatly strengthened. Over the last three months, support for Haniyeh has overtaken...
What the Iraq War Is About
The Bush regime has quagmired America into a sixth year of war in Afghanistan and Iraq with no end in sight. The cost of these wars of aggression is horrendous. Official U.S. combat casualties stand at 4,538 dead. Officially, 29,780 U.S. troops have been wounded in...
Olmert: Iran Will Not Be Nuclear
JERUSALEM - In the clearest indication yet that Israel now believes Iran's nuclear aspirations will be curbed, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has said that efforts being undertaken by the international community will ensure that Tehran does not acquire nuclear capability....
Vets’ Lawsuit Opens Door on Suicides, Poor Care
The United States government does such a bad job of caring for wounded war veterans, advocates told a federal judge in San Francisco Monday, that 18 veterans commit suicide every week. "The suicide problem is out of control," said Gordon Erspamer, an...
US Takes Counterinsurgency Lessons From Israel
The new "surge" strategy in Iraq, led by Gen. David Petraeus, has been heavily marketed as an example of the U.S. military's application of the "lessons of history" from previous counterinsurgencies to Iraq, foremost among them the need to win the population over from...
Whither the Price of Oil?
According to Department of Energy statistics, the price of oil rose from about $20 per barrel to about $30 per barrel over the course of 2000 to 2001. And oil prices were actually falling in 2001 and declined sharply after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. But since early...
Turning the Page on US Foreign Policy, Part 2
Editorial note: What follows is the text of a speech delivered at the MidCoast Forum on Foreign Relations in Rockport, Maine, on April 21, 2008. Click here for Part 1. Bush caved. Shortly after the Lobby launched its campaign against the White House, Bush spokesman...
Tuesday: 5 GIs, 56 Iraqis Killed; 185 Iraqis Wounded
Updated at 1:30 a.m. EDT, April 23, 2008At least 56 Iraqis were killed and 185 more were wounded in attacks across Iraq. Many of the wounded died either in Sadr City or during one of several significant bombings. Also, five U.S. servicemembers were killed in separate...
Trials of Muslim Charities Likened to a Witch-Hunt
The U.S. government's anti-terrorist financing programs are based on the "guilt by association" tactics of the McCarthy era and have had a widespread negative impact on U.S. charities, critics say. That is the view of Kay Guinane, director of the Nonprofit...
Backtalk, April 22, 2008
Israel Loves Mugabe Justin Raimondo's memory has failed him. I have never supported Robert Mugabe. Even during the war of liberation I supported his then rival Joshua N'Komo. I have many times criticized Mr. Mugabe, in print and on my radio shows. I have never met Mr....