A note to my readers: I have a number of medical appointments today (Tuesday) and not enough time left to write a column, unfortunately. I’ll be back on Friday. The death of Alexander Cockburn, columnist for the Nation and author of many books, is an irreplaceable loss not only personally, for those who knew him, …
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At least 41 Iraqis were killed and 154 more were wounded in attacks that focused on Sunni towns south of Baghdad.
A bodyguard working one of Iraq’s two vice presidents was among the eight killed in Iraq today. Another three people were wounded.
Congress needs to end the war, says Carolyn Eisenberg
JERUSALEM – As Israel continues to build walls and fences along virtually each of its borders, analysts say the country’s isolationist policies and unwillingness to deal with the Palestinians and other Arab neighbors through anything other than forceful means spells disaster. "On the one hand we’re walling the Palestinians in but on the other hand if …
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At least six Iraqis were killed and five more were wounded in violence that rattled the start of Ramadan. Another seven Iraqis were killed in Damasus, Syria. Meanwhile, the tense border situation is making the journey home for returning Iraqis more chaotic and dangerous.
Nebojsa Malic on the Balkans Game, then and now
Tom Engelhardt on the joke that is national security
Justin Raimondo on the US-al-Qaeda alliance
Iraqi border guards described a horrific scene, in which 22 Syrians were exectuted, they said happened just across the border in Syria. Meanwhile, at least three people were killed and four more were wounded in Iraq itself.
