I almost choked on my coffee listening to neoconservative Rudy Giuliani pompously claim on national TV that he was surprised about any Chechens being responsible for the Boston Marathon bombings because he’s never seen any indication that Chechen extremists...
Attacks Continue After Iraq Election: 15 Killed
A bomb at a kebob shop in Falluja killed nine people and wounded at least 24 more. Two soldiers were killed and seven more were wounded during a mortar attack at their barracks in al-Khafsa. An al-Qaeda leader was killed during a raid in Rabeaa, while his aide and...
Nine Killed on Iraq Election Day
Sixteen Killed in Iraq Attacks
Palestinian Expulsions Mapped in Hebrew
Fireworks went off over the Tel Aviv skyline this week as thousands of flag-waving Israelis marked the 65th anniversary of their country’s founding. At the same time, a smaller group of Israeli activists explored the other, most often ignored, side to their country’s...
Making Stuff Up
The Boston Marathon bombing has brought out our worst – and best – instincts. On the one hand, we have the response from ordinary people – an outpouring not only of support for the people of Boston but impressive online efforts to identify the bomber(s) on 4chan and...
More Baghdad Bloodshed: 47 Killed, 77 Wounded
Roaches, Mosquitoes, and Birds: The Coming Micro-Drone Revolution
“[Drones are a] game-changing technology, akin to gunpowder, the steam engine, the atomic bomb—opening up possibilities that were fiction a generation earlier but also opening up perils that were unknown a generation ago.”—Peter Singer, senior...
Deir Yassin, Beit Daras and the Buried History of Massacres
Few with any sense of intellectual or historical integrity would still question the bloody massacre that took place in the village of Deir Yassin 65 years ago, claiming the lives of over 100 innocent Palestinians. Attempts at covering up the massacre have been dwarfed...
Drones and Death Lists: The New Face of Warfare
Watching Senator John McCain foam at the mouth with his calls for war against Syria reminds one that President Barack Obama has done well to resist strident demands from congress and the media to use the U.S. armed forces in a direct role to remove President Bashar...


