Thursday: 11 Iraqis Killed, 31 Wounded
At least 11 Iraqis were killed and 31 more were wounded in newly reported violence. Only one of a small number of attacks was significant, and it was the cause of most of today’s casualties.
Month: March 2011
Kurd Issue to the Fore Ahead of Elections
DIYARBAKIR, Iraq – Sultan Quyun, 58, longs for the day when the decades-long conflict between the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and Turkish security forces will come to an end. For her, the end of violence does not just hold the promise of a possible resolution of the Kurdish issue in the country, but would bring … Continue reading “Kurd Issue to the Fore Ahead of Elections”
US Rebuts Yemen President’s Accusations
Amid growing pressure on President Barack Obama to intervene more forcefully in Libya, the White House Tuesday sharply rebutted charges by Yemen’s president that Washington is conspiring against his government and other Arab regimes. "We don’t think scapegoating will be the kind of response that the people of Yemen or the people in other countries … Continue reading “US Rebuts Yemen President’s Accusations”
The Hand that Feeds
Susil Gupta on how the West helped the Gadhafis
Uncle NED Comes Calling
Philip Giraldi: Will Obama resist the urge to meddle?
How to Read Gates’s Shift on the Wars
Ray McGovern on Gates the windsock
Wednesday: 6 Iraqis Killed, 38 Wounded
At least six Iraqis were killed and 38 more were wounded in new violence. The worst attack occurred in the capital where a new agreement may allow journalists more freedoms. Also, the Arab League Summit has been postponed until May.
Not So Different After All?
On more than a few occasions in the last decade, I have been the recipient of lectures—almost always by people with no discernible hands-on experience with foreign cultures in general, nor the Arab world in particular—about just how different and unlike us “those Arab people” in the Mideast really are. “You know, for them, life … Continue reading “Not So Different After All?”
J Street Urges Obama to Seize the Moment
J Street, the Washington-based “Pro-Israel, Pro-Peace” advocacy group, drew a large crowd to its annual conference this year despite criticism over its controversial calls for the Barack Obama administration not to veto a U.N. Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlement construction in the West Bank. In the end, the administration vetoed the resolution, but the … Continue reading “J Street Urges Obama to Seize the Moment”
America in the Middle East: US Policy Fails Its Purchasers
Can anyone doubt that Israel and its American friends direct U.S. Middle East policy? Do senior members of the administration ever dispute the axiom that Israel’s enemies must be America’s enemies? Does Congress or the corporate media ever question the huge financial, military, and diplomatic support Israel receives? Every year witnesses the shameful spectacle of … Continue reading “America in the Middle East: US Policy Fails Its Purchasers”