Aleast seven Iraqis were killed and 13 more were wounded in new violence. More alarmingly, an Iraqi right’s group says that 42 homosexual Iraqis have been murdered in the last few weeks.
read moreThe MEK’s Useful Idiots
If you are a Muslim American who is appalled by U.S. foreign policy, most specifically its penchant for invading Islamic countries in a bid to change their regimes, and you make the mistake of saying something to that effect on the phone or writing about your concerns...
Groups Reject Holder’s Defense of Targeted Assassination
Two days after U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder outlined the statutory justifications for "targeted killings," civil liberties groups here continue to question the legality of the Obama administration's policy, particularly as it applies to the rights and very lives...
Syria: There Are No ‘Good Guys’
Well, OK, yes, there are some “good guys” in Syria: People trying to live their lives in the midst of civil war, doctors treating the wounded, and, yes, almost certainly some who are genuinely fighting for freedom. But neither of the two sides of that civil war are...
Can the President Kill You?
Can the president kill an American simply because the person is dangerous and his arrest would be impractical? Can the president be judge, jury, and executioner of an American in a foreign country because he believes that would keep America safe? Can Congress...
Double Bombing in Tal Afar Among Attacks That Killed 23 Iraqis
Dozens of people were killed or wounded in a complex attack in the northern city of Tal Afar. At least 23 Iraqis were killed and 44 more were wounded overall. Meanwhile, the P.K.K. kidnapped five of Iraqi Kurdistan President Massoud Barzani’s relatives.
read moreAmerica Is a Great Country, but Its Attitude Overseas Needs Work
Since World War II, America has conducted an interventionist foreign policy that is atypical historically. Most Americans are oblivious to data that clearly show that the United States has been the most aggressive nation in the world during the postwar period — in...
Western Hypocrisy and the Russian Election
Vladimir Putin wasn’t the only one with tears in his eyes as he exulted in his presidential election victory and shouted “Glory to Russia!” The entire American punditocracy, to say nothing of the Brits, responded as one with accusations the election...
American Teacher Buried in Iraq During Peace Event
At least six Iraqis were killed and 14 more were wounded in new attacks as the family of an American teacher killed last week buried him on Iraqi soil.
read morePsychologists and Torture, Then and Now
History repeats itself, Marx famously warned, first as tragedy and then as farce. In the case of U.S. torture psychologists, the "tragedy” occurred half a century ago when CIA-funded psychological research on electroshock treatment, sensory deprivation, and the like...
