To recall the media hype that accompanied Ukraine's "Orange Revolution" of 2004, which propelled Viktor Yushchenko, a former central banker and alleged liberal democrat, into power, is like remembering a fever-dream in the morning: the memory of the details...
Sunday: 3 Iraqis Killed, 11 Wounded
Saturday: 8 Iraqis Killed, 3 Wounded
Peace Talks May Follow Ex-Taliban Mediators’ Plan
KABUL - If peace talks do ultimately begin between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and the Taliban leadership, they may well follow a "road map" to a political settlement drawn up by a group of ex-Taliban officials who have been serving as intermediaries between the two...
Legal Experts Slam Assassinations of US Citizens
Civil liberties advocates and legal authorities struck back Friday at what they describe as the "deliberate targeted killing of U.S. citizens far away from any active hostilities, as long as the executive branch determines unilaterally that they meet a secret...
Friday: 46 Iraqis, 1 Syrian Killed; 169 Iraqis Wounded
Budget Freeze as Political Theater
Stay Out of Yemen!
Statement before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing: “Yemen on the Brink: Implications for U.S. Policy” February 3, 2010 Mr. Chairman, I am extremely concerned over current US policy toward Yemen, which I believe will backfire and leave the United States less...
Gazans Denied Justice as Rights Take a Beating
RAMALLAH -- Gazans hoping for a modicum of justice following Israel’s indiscriminate military assault on the coastal territory during December 2008 and January 2009 -- which left 1,400 Palestinians, mostly civilians, dead -- could be waiting in vain. The Israeli...
Report: Israel Stole $2B from Palestinian Workers
Over the past four decades Israel has defrauded Palestinians working inside Israel of more than $2 billion by deducting from their salaries contributions for welfare benefits to which they were never entitled, Israeli economists have revealed. A new report, “State...