Pakistani Ambassador Unknowingly Hosted Neocon Fundraiser
Amid putting on a two-and-a-half day conference focused on escalating measures against Iran, a neoconservative think-tank held a fundraiser at the residence of Pakistan's ambassador to the U.S., according to an IPS investigation. The embassy said the think tank, the...
Wednesday: 6 Iraqis Wounded
Because of Ashuraa observances, reports of violence have been scant the last few days except for significant attacks. Only six casualties were reported today and all of them survived. However, there were a number of important news stories in the headlines today.
read morePolitics in the Terrordome, 2011
Here in the United States of Fear, official voices are again rising in a remarkable crescendo of hysteria. My advice: don't even try getting on the subway car filled with American politicians and their acolytes accusing WikiLeaks and Julian Assange of terrorist...
Carrots Likely Better Than Sticks in Iran Dealings
Although the recently released WikiLeaks secrets document the well-known animosity of Iran's neighbors to the radical Islamist regime – with their hopes for a U.S. attack on the nation over its nuclear enrichment program – talks to end the Iranian effort will...
Holbrooke’s Legacy
As the panegyrics to Richard Holbrooke spread over the internet like a thickening fog, the real legacy of this State Department apparatchik came across the news wires a few hours after his death: “Kosovo's prime minister is the head of a "mafia-like" Albanian...
Tuesday: 9 Iraqis Killed, 72 Wounded
At first, it seemed the religious holiday of Ashuraa would result in fewer reports of violence, but several large attacks have occurred in the last few days, today included. At least seven Iraqis were killed and 69 more were killed across the country in the latest brutalities. The holiday culminates on Thursday and, incidentally, highlights the schism between Sunnis and the Shi’ites who are marking the martyrdom of Hussein ibn Ali. Shi’ite processions and trips to Karbala make these pilgrims easy targets for violence.
read moreWikiLeaks Conjures Litvinenko’s Ghost
We keep hearing there's nothing in the WikiLeaks cables we didn't already know – this from people who, more often than not, are frothing at the mouth about Julian Assange's alleged “treason” and “anti-American” villainy. Of course, if...
Yemen Funneled US Aid to Insurgency War
Yemen is diverting U.S. military counterterrorism assistance to an abusive military campaign unrelated to terrorist threats, a prominent human rights group has learned from WikiLeaks. Human Rights Watch (HRW) said that U.S. diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks this...
WikiLeaks Reveals US Twisted Ethiopia’s Arm to Invade Somalia
By mid-2007, the 50,000 Ethiopian troops that invaded Somalia in late 2006 found themselves increasingly bogged down, facing much fiercer resistance than they had bargained for as Somalis of all stripes temporarily put aside their differences to stand together against...
