Updated at 8:30 p.m. EDT, June 10, 2010
At least 18 Iraqis were killed and 46 more were wounded in the latest attacks. Meanwhile, 60 Iraqi asylum seekers were deported from Europe.
read moreNeoconservatives Lead Charge Against Turkey
As the right-wing leadership of the organized U.S. Jewish community defends Israel against international condemnation for its deadly seizure of a flotilla bearing humanitarian supplies for Gaza, a familiar clutch of neoconservative hawks is going on the offensive...
Israel’s Cult of Victimhood
Why are Israelis so indignant at the international outrage that has greeted their country's lethal attack last week on a flotilla of civilian ships taking aid to Gaza? Israelis have not responded in any of the ways we might have expected. There has been little...
What’s Next for the Nuclear Disarmament Movement?
A Wasteland Called Peace
Brazil, Turkey Defy US on Nuke Vote Against Iran
After several months of closed-door negotiations and shuttle diplomacy, the United States succeeded Wednesday in getting a new Security Council resolution -- the fourth in a series -- imposing a fresh set of sanctions penalizing Iran for its nuclear program But the...
As Israel Kills and Maims, Outrage is Directed at Helen Thomas
Whenever Israel commits yet another atrocity, its defenders are quick to redirect public attention away from the grisly crime scene. Currently, there are headlines about allegedly anti-Semitic comments made by senior White House correspondent Helen Thomas. Pundits...
Iran Sanctions’ Effectiveness Widely Questioned
While top U.S. officials touted the U.N. Security Council's approval Wednesday of a new sanctions resolution against Iran as a major diplomatic breakthrough, most nuclear and Iran specialists say it is unlikely to be effective and could prove counterproductive. Even...
Wednesday: 1 US Soldier, 16 Iraqis Killed; 36 Iraqis Wounded
Updated at 7:54 p.m. EDT, June 9, 2010
At least 16 Iraqis were killed and 36 more were wounded in a string of attacks across the country. Also, the D.O.D. reported that an American soldier was killed in a vehicle rollower near Kuwait City. Meanwhile, a study from the Walter Reed Institute has revealed that mental health problems are common in soldiers returning to Iraq, with as many as 10 percent displaying the effects of war.
read moreTaking Bush’s Preventive War Doctrine Underground (Sort Of)
Remember when Democrats and independents craved a less belligerent U.S. foreign policy that eschewed the aggressive preventive war doctrine of the George W. Bush administration? When Barack Obama took office, the atmospherics did seem to change as the new president...
