At least 37 people were killed and 130 more were wounded in a series of blasts around Baghdad. Elsewhere in Iraq, at least 15 people were killed, mostly security forces or their targets. Another 11 were wounded.
read moreSenior Army Official and Judge Among 9 Killed in Iraq
Although violence was light, a senior military official and a judge were among today’s victims. Overall, at least nine people were killed and seven more were wounded.
read moreIraq Back at the Brink
Soon after the joint US-British bombing campaign "Operation Desert Fox" devastated parts of Iraq in December 1998 , I was complaining to a friend in the lobby of the Palestine Hotel in Baghdad. I was disappointed with the fact that our busy schedule in Iraq - mostly...
Obama Administration Reveals Deep Divisions on Syria Policy
Still a Lie
On February 17, 2008, the ethnic Albanian provisional government of the NATO-occupied province of Kosovo declared independence. Five years later, the "Republic of Kosovo" has been recognized by half the world's governments and enjoys unqualified Imperial support. It...
Eight Killed in Fresh Iraq Violence
Ben Zygier, RIP
The shocking story of Ben Zygier, a 34-year-old Australian recruited by the Mossad and quite possibly murdered in an Israeli jail cell in 2010, has exposed Israel's international fifth column to the light of day. This whale surfaces every once in a while. Remember the...
Why Are We Still on the DMZ?
North Korea has just pulled off an impressive dual feat -- the successful test both of an intercontinental ballistic missile and an atom bomb in the 6-kiloton range. Pyongyang's ruler, 30-year-old Kim Jong Un, said the tests are aimed at the United States. So it would...
Iraq Attacks: 14 Killed
Towards a Christian Zionist Foreign Policy
Countries frequently define themselves by what they believe to be true. When reality and belief conflict that definition might well be referred to as a "national myth." In the United States many believe that there exists a constitutionally mandated strict...
