Today’s attacks focused on a group of Turkmen demonstrators and football players. Shi’ite pilgrims and security officials were also targeted. At least 53 people were killed and 142 were wounded across the country.
read moreGulf War Advocates Purged for Telling the Truth?
Gulf War veterans involved in federal efforts to define and treat the mysterious illness plaguing a quarter of a million of their ranks say they are being retaliated against for telling the truth. Sound familiar? This spring, members of the Research Advisory Committee...
The Pursuit of Edward Snowden: Washington in a Rage, Striving to Run the World
Rarely has any American provoked such fury in Washington’s high places. So far, Edward Snowden has outsmarted the smartest guys in the echo chamber – and he has proceeded with the kind of moral clarity that U.S. officials seem to find unfathomable. Bipartisan...
Shabaniya Holiday Attacks Leave 72 Dead, 151 Wounded in Iraq
Shi’ite Muslims marked Shabaniya, the anniversary of the birth of Imam Mehdi, today, making Shi’ite neighborhoods in Baghdad obvious targets. Overall, at least 47 people were killed today, and another 81 were wounded.
read moreWhat We Have Learned From Afghanistan
Last week the Taliban opened an office in Doha, Qatar with the US government’s blessing. They raised the Taliban flag at the opening ceremony and referred to Afghanistan as the "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan" – the name they used when they were in...
Edward Snowden, A Modern Paul Revere
Edward Snowden's hegira – from the beaches of Hawaii to the teeming metropolis of Hong Kong, and then on to Russia and ultimately Ecuador (as of this writing) – dramatizes the decline and fall of the American republic in ways historians will look back on as emblematic...
Iraq: 43 Killed, including Saddam Executioner
According to a Ba’ath Party statement, one of Saddam Hussein’s executioners was among the 43 latest reported casualties.
read more57 Killed across Iraq as Suicide Bombers Strike in the North
At least 55 people were killed and 69 more were wounded across the country. Two Syrian militants were killed during a border clash with Iraqi security forces. Most of the attacks against civilians and local police occurred north of Baghdad, while clashes that killed gunmen and military forces took place to the east and west.
read moreHow Will Washington Respond to the Iranian People’s Aspirations?
Hassan Rouhani, a moderate cleric, was elected Iran’s president in a landslide on June 14, 2013. Much has been said about him and his past, and what his election means for Iran, its nuclear program and the standoff with the West over the program, and the future of the...
