Attack on Pilgrims in Iraq Leaves Six Iranians Dead; 14 Iraqis Also Killed
Iraq launched a massive operation across Anbar and Nineva provinces. According to the government, the mission was to raid al-Qaeda strongholds and strengthen border security. Several al-Qaeda suspects were killed, including two senior commanders. Overall, at least 20 people were killed and 44 more were wounded.
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It was the first day of fourth grade, and my Social Studies teacher told us it was time for the pledge of allegiance. All the students stood up: all but me. I don't recall if we'd had the pledge before that: if we did I don't remember it. Whether it was an innovation,...
Gazans Dying to Enter Israel
Israel’s crippling blockade of the coastal territory of Gaza is pushing desperate young Palestinians to ever more extreme measures in the search for livelihoods, despite an agreement granting Gazans greater access to their agricultural land. In search of work,...
From Iraq to Syria: US Political Impotence in the Middle East
In an article published May 15, 2013, American historical social scientist Immanuel Wallerstein wrote, "Nothing illustrates more the limitations of Western power than the internal controversy its elites are having in public about what the United States in particular...
Twenty Killed in Attacks Focused on Iraqi Security Forces
A clash a joint checkpoint in Garma left three security personnel killed and 18 more wounded. The forces included Sahwa fighters and regular army. What appears to be a separate attack on Sahwa members' home, left two dead and seven wounded, including women and...
The New World Order is Unimpeachable
Sinclair Lewis once wrote that if fascism ever comes to the United States it will be wrapped in the American flag and carrying a cross. Lewis might have been describing our contemporary “political Christians,” the mostly evangelicals who believe that Washington has a...
Tyranny Around the Corner
A few weeks ago, President Obama advised graduates at Ohio State University that they need not listen to voices warning about tyranny around the corner, because we have self-government in America. He argued that self-government is in and of itself an adequate...
31 Killed in Iraq, Including 12 Slaughtered in a Baghdad Brothel
Detainee Lawyer: Guantanamo ‘Has No Right to Exist’
For more than 100 days, detainees at American detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have been on hunger strike, drawing international attention back to the prison that U.S. President Barack Obama vowed during his first presidential campaign to close down....
