Four Iraqis were killed in new attacks today. Turkish air strikes wounded three of the 10 people wounded.
read moreWhat Bibi Wants
It is September. And as surely as the swallows are preparing to depart Capistrano, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be arriving in New York. It is an annual ritual, with Netanyahu explaining to a skeptical U.N. General Assembly why Israel is not bound by...
Nine Killed in Iraq Attacks; Many Wounded in Raids on Nightclubs
An unknown number of people were wounded during raids on bars and nightclubs in Baghdad. In other violence, at least nine Iraqis were killed and 11 more were wounded.
read moreAfter Dempsey Warning, Israel May Curb War Threat
President Barack Obama’s explicit warning that he will not accept a unilateral Israeli attack against Iran may force Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to step back from his ostensible threat of war. Netanyahu had hoped that the Obama administration could be...
Politics Subvert the All-Important Rule of Law
One of the most important issues in the 2012 election is a non-issue because both parties want to ignore it: punishment for Bush-era human rights violations by torture. Nevertheless, in a country where the rule of law (that is, we are all supposed to be equal before...
Dempsey’s Dissent
The President of the United States may not have the cojones to stand up to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but the chairman of the Joint Chiefs does — and he’s doing it! When Gen. Martin Dempsey told British reporters he did not want the US to be...
Egyptian Hospitals Under Attack as Patients Lose Patience
CAIRO — The emergency room of Mansoura International Hospital is closed, a lock and chain securing its entrance. Ambulances carrying stroke and burn victims are ordered to go elsewhere. Just hours earlier, dozens of people stormed this mid-sized hospital in northern...
The Pentagon’s Bases of Confusion
One of the jokes of our era is the Republican Party's claim that it favors “small government.” An accurate description might go more like this: the present-day Republican Party (libertarians excepted) has never seen an oppressive power of the national security state...
Soap Opera Over Kabul
Oh Lordy, Lordy, how I love the Afghan war: it just goes on and on, without end. By comparison, death and taxes seem long shots. In the latest episode of this long-running sitcom, the Afghan army is killing GIs. Yes. Blowing them away right and left. In Washington,...
US Shares Responsibility for Rachel Corrie’s Death
On Aug. 28, an Israeli court rejected a civil lawsuit against Israeli occupation forces for the 2003 murder of Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old American peace activist killed in the Gaza Strip, upholding a severely flawed internal Israeli military investigation. Amnesty...
