October was Iraq’s deadliest month since April, 2008. In those five and a half years, not only has there been no improvement in Iraq’s security situation, but things have gotten much worse. More than 1,000 people were killed in Iraq last month, the vast majority of...

Originally posted at TomDispatch. If it’s Tuesday, this must be Belgium – the title of a 1969 romantic comedy – could now fit two intertwined phenomena: the madcap global travels of Secretary of State John Kerry and the nonstop journey of the latest revelations from...

At least 17 Iraqis were killed and 46 more were wounded in today’s violence.

This article by Edward Snowden was published Sunday in Der Spiegel. In a very short time, the world has learned much about unaccountable secret agencies and about sometimes illegal surveillance programs. Sometimes the agencies even deliberately try to hide their...

The drone attack that killed Tehreek Taliban Pakistan chief Hakimullah Mahsud this week seems also to have killed hopes that drone attacks will end. “After the recent debate in international media about U.S-led drone attacks, there was some hope these illegal strikes...

At least 20 Iraqis were killed and 72 more were wounded in today’s violence.

The Iraqi government released its October casualty figures. Authorities reported 964 people were killed. That number included civilians and security personnel. Another 1,600 people were wounded. Antiwar.com, which compiles figures using various media sources, found that 1,370 people were killed and 2,361 were wounded during the month. These figures include militants, foreigners and executed convicts. In today’s attacks, at least 16 more were killed and 13 were wounded.

While the rest of the nation has long since passed judgment on George W. Bush’s invasion and occupation of Iraq, a few "deadenders" – as Donald Rumsfeld dubbed the Iraqi insurgents – persist in hailing this disaster as a "victory," albeit one that...

At least 48 people were killed and 89 more were wounded as Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki was in Washington to ask the U.S. government for help in fighting a surge in violence that many say he spawned with an attack on protesters in April. Since then, the bloodshed has been relentless.

There is considerable hypocrisy among America’s so-called friends who are urging the Barack Obama Administration to do something about Syria. We in the antiwar community have been focusing on the role of the Israel Lobby in urging an attack on Syria as a stepping...