Explaining North Korea

While North Korea's rhetoric is routinely over-the-top, the propagandists of the ruling Korean Workers Party have really outdone themselves this time. Declaring that the North is now in "a state of war" with the South, they have produced a video supposedly depicting...

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The Long History of Lies about Iran

There was a flood of articles and analyses on the tenth anniversary of invasion of Iraq on March 19, most of which focused on the lies, exaggerations, and half-truths that the War Party told the American people and the world in the run up to the war. Hundreds of...

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Random Attacks Leave Seven Killed in Iraq

In Baghdad, a bomb hidden in agricultural waste exploded in the Radwaniya district, killing two civilians and wounding five more. In Mosul, an I.E.D. killed one policeman and wounded four others. A civilian was shot to death. Two policemen were wounded in clashes....

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The Intrepid Donna Mulhearn

Donna Mulhearn in Fallujah While the media was gearing up last month for the 10th anniversary of the Iraq War, Donna Mulhearn was getting off a plane, the memory of six Iraqi cities still clinging to her like dust and ashes. You see, among the din of talking heads and...

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Tikrit Tanker Bomb Leaves Dozens Killed; Iraq Executes Four on Terrorism Charges

On what otherwise would have been a relatively peaceful day, a suicide bomber using a tanker bomb was able to cause a significant amount of casualties at a police base in northern Iraq. Overall, at least 46 Iraqis were killed and 79 more were wounded there and in other violence. Also, while ignoring international scorn, Iraq executed another four people, including a man described as an al-Qaeda leader.
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