A major bomb attack struck near Kirkuk in the town of Dibis, while gunmen killed more people across the country. At least 27 people were killed and 166 more were wounded.
read moreCongress, Drones, and The Imperial Presidency
Last week the US Senate took a break from debating the phony cuts known as “sequestration,” for Senator Rand Paul to hold a 13-hour filibuster to force the Obama administration to state whether it believes the President has the right to kill American citizens with...
Is Lockheed Martin Sequester-Proof?
Bipartisanship in Washington is a rare thing these days. However, no beltway battle in recent memory has been quite as partisan as the one over sequestration and its $85 billion in across-the-board government spending cuts. Yet, for all the rancor between...
Neocons and Obamaites Unite Against Rand Paul
Note: Justin's regularly scheduled column will be delayed. His next piece will be posted for Friday. The response to Rand Paul's historic filibuster against the nomination of John Brennan met with rapturous applause from civil libertarians and anti-interventionists on...
Iraq Protest Organizer and 2 Councilmen Among 6 Killed
At least six Iraqis were killed and seven more were wounded across the country. A protest organizer and two councilmen were gunned down. Another councilman was wounded.
read moreSeven Killed in Scattered Iraq Attacks
In Hawar village, a blast killed two policemen and wounded four others. Two people were killed and two more were wounded in a roadside blast in Madaen. Two bombs killed a soldier and wounded three policemen in Kanaan. An I.E.D. in Abu Ghraib killed one policeman and...
Bradley Manning’s Own Words: Blowing the Whistle on War Crimes
What would you do if you had evidence of war crimes? What would you do if ‘following orders’ meant participating in grave abuses that you opposed? Would you have the courage to risk everything – even your life – to do the right thing? Most of us would keep our mouths...
31 Killed Across Iraq; Police Fire on Protesters
Overall, at least 31 Iraqis were killed and 22 more were wounded today. Although much of the violence targeted security forces or politicians, attacks on demonstrators in Mosul and the harassment of worshippers in Baghdad underscore the increasing sectarian tensions.
read moreRand Paul’s Message to Obama: Don’t Drone Me Bro
The most positive outcome of Rand Paul’s 13-hour filibuster – which ended when Paul was forced to take a bathroom break – was giving the American public a sense of the treacherous path that President Obama’s drone program could take, i.e. the targeted killing of...
The Iraq Disaster
We don’t get it. We really don’t. We may not, in military terms, know how to win any more, but as a society we don’t get losing either. We don’t recognize it, even when it’s staring us in the face, when nothing -- and I...
