Month: July 2016

Bombs exploded in and around Baghdad.

One week after British voters decided to exit the European Union, the UK Supreme Court was set to decide the fate of a small group of British citizens who had no such vote when the UK and U.S. governments forced the people to exit their homeland beginning in the late 1960s. Known as the Chagossians, … Continue reading “Atoning for Washington’s ‘Mass Kidnapping’ in the Indian Ocean”

The longest war in US history just got even longer. As NATO wrapped up its 2016 Warsaw Summit, the organization agreed to continue funding Afghan security forces through the year 2020. Of course with all that funding comes US and NATO troops, and thousands of contractors, trainers, and more. President Obama said last week that … Continue reading “Fool’s Errand: NATO Pledges Four More Years of War in Afghanistan”

Fighting resumed after the Eid al-Fiter observances.

A Palestinian youngster breaks into a settlement, enters the nearest house, stabs a 13-year old girl in her sleep and is killed. Three Israeli men kidnap a 12-year old Palestinian boy at random, take him to an open field and burn him alive. Two Palestinians from a small town near Hebron enter Israel illegally, have … Continue reading “Hatred Just Grows and Grows”

Twelve years ago (July 9), the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued an advisory opinion at the request of the United Nations General Assembly on the legality of the wall Israel has constructed in the West Bank. The ICJ affirmed that all of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, are “occupied … Continue reading “The No-State Solution to the Israel-Palestine Conflict”

When I first heard that Gen. Michael Flynn, former head of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) under President Obama, was rumored to be on Donald Trump’s short list for the GOP vice presidential nomination, my ears pricked up. I wrote about Flynn here, and Antiwar.com has covered the controversy surrounding the 2012 DIA report that … Continue reading “Who Is General Michael Flynn?”

Due to the Eid, reports are slim this week.

Due to the holiday, reports of violence from Iraq have been light.

On October 10, 2015, over 100 Turkish activists were killed by twin explosions at a peace rally in Ankara, the country’s capital. Three months later, 10 were killed in a popular tourist area in Istanbul. Then 28 in a military convoy. Then 37 in a public square. Then 4 in Istanbul. Then 11 in Istanbul. … Continue reading “Je Suis Istanbul (& Dhaka & Baghdad & Medina)”