Month: December 2013

At least 43 people were killed and 60 more were wounded in fresh attacks across Iraq.

Dear Readers: I’m taking a much-needed break today, getting some necessary research done. I’ll be back on Friday. In the meantime, check out my recent piece for The American Conservative, “JFK, Warmonger.”The suspicion that the sarin gas attack supposedly launched by Syrian despot Bashar al-Assad’s forces against rebel positions in the town of Ghouta on … Continue reading “Syria, Sarin, and Subterfuge: They Made It All Up”

At least 61 people were killed and 214 more were wounded in fresh violence around the country. The Baghdad region experienced the most bombings.

At least 21 Iraqis were killed and 36 more were wounded. Gunmen attacked a number of liquor stores in Baghdad.

Aliakbar Salehi is a former member of the Iranian parliament and an Internet freedom and human rights advocate now living in Washington, DC. In 2006, he was arrested and jailed by the Iranian government for urging human rights reforms. But the authorities are not the only ones to shoulder blame for quelling dissent, he says. … Continue reading “Free Expression Another Casualty of Sanctions”

In a rare attack for Kurdistan, a journalist was assassinated at his home in Kalar. His mother witnessed the shooting. In Baghdad, an evening bombing left two dead and six wounded in the Ghazaliya district. Another blast then killed three people and wounded eight more in Rashidiya. A suicide car bomber in Dor killed five … Continue reading “Journalist Assassinated in Kurdistan; 15 Killed, 33 Wounded Across Iraq”

Originally posted at TomDispatch. Call it the Jason Bourne strategy. Think of it as the CIA’s plunge into Hollywood – or into the absurd.  As recent revelations have made clear, that Agency’s moves couldn’t be have been more far-fetched or more real.  In its post-9/11 global shadow war, it has employed both private contractors and … Continue reading “How the CIA Bungled the War on Terror”

Washington lies: how many times must Americans rediscover this home truth? The revelations provided to us by Edward Snowden are just the latest in a long series of whistleblower acts of bravery that have exposed the crimes of our Wise Leaders. From "Deep Throat" to Dan Ellsberg to Julian Assange and Bradley Manning, these patriots … Continue reading “A President Who Should ‘Live In Infamy’”

At least 14 people were killed in small arms attacks and another seven were wounded.

Though the President of the United States is responsible for the management of the nation’s foreign policy he hardly has a free hand. Congress has increasingly been playing a role utilizing its power to legislate and also its control over the federal budget while various non-government constituencies within the United States have the ability to … Continue reading “Palestinians Lose Again”