Both the Sadrists and Kurds have come out against the arrests of two election commission officials who were picked up on corruption charges this week. Meanwhile, at least 13 Iraqis were killed and 28 more were wounded in the latest violence.
The Barack Obama administration has adopted a demand in the negotiations with Iran beginning Saturday that its Fordow enrichment facility must be shut down and eventually dismantled based on an understanding with Israel that risks the collapse of the negotiations. It is unclear, however, whether the administration intends to press that demand regardless of Iran’s …
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Iraq’s Higher Judicial Council has ordered the arrest, on old corruption charges, of two members of the country’s electoral commission. Meanwhile, at least 11 Iraqis were killed and 18 more were wounded in new violence. At least two attacks were directed at pilgrims.
The usual suspects are at it again — doing their damnedest to escalate a war they have no intention of either fighting in or paying for themselves, and to involve you in it. US Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Joe Lieberman (of the "Connecticut for Lieberman" Party, in which the ordering of names conveys his …
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As we approach April 15, the day when we render unto Caesar what is ours, it is well to bear a few stark and simple numbers in mind. The personal income tax for 2011 will haul in a hefty $1.09 trillion to the federal coffers. The estimate for 2012* is $1.16 trillion. On the other side of the …
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Juan Cole on past Iran interventions
Justin Raimondo on how the East was won
At least 14 Iraqis were killed and 12 more were wounded in the latest violence. In the worst attack almost a dozen people were killed or injured during a clash in Kirkuk. Meanwhile a young girl died in a grenade attack in the south.
The most troubling prerogative of modern government is the ability of the sovereign or head of state to go to war. War means death, debt, and, if the decision is a bad one, the very end of civil society and the prevailing political order. Because war is potentially so terrible, a number of nations have curtailed …
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Now that the second of two counterinsurgency wars, Afghanistan, seems on the road to de-escalation — mainly out of flagging American public support for the quagmire — it is a good time to ask what type of military the United States should have in the future. Although the U.S. Army has borne the brunt of …
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