At least four Iraqis were killed and 13 more were wounded in the latest attacks, but violence intensified considerably just across the Turkish border where suspected P.K.K. rebels killed 26 Turkish soldiers. Turkey then sent commandos across the border.
read moreThe Sins of Liam Fox
The forced resignation of Britain’s defense minister, Liam Fox, has opened up a window into the way foreign policy in the “free world” is made – and a very revealing window it is. At the center of the scandal that led to Fox’s ouster is...
Hawks Behind Iraq War Rally for War With Iran
Key neoconservatives and other right-wing hawks who championed the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq are calling for military strikes against Iran in retaliation for its purported murder-for-hire plot against the Saudi ambassador. Leading the charge is the Foreign Policy...
Americans Should Worry About Obama, Not Uganda
President Obama has ordered about 100 U.S. troops into Uganda to “help” and “advise” in capturing Joseph Kony, the head of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). The troops, Obama claimed, are not to engage Kony’s forces unless it becomes necessary for their own...
Turkey Resumes Shelling as Five Iraqis Are Killed in Other Attacks
At least five Iraqis were killed and seven more were wounded in new attacks. The most significant event took place near the Turkish border where Turkish forces shelled suspected Kurdish rebel targets.
read moreWinslow Wheeler Shrugs Off ‘Gadfly’ Epithet
This is the second profile in an occasional series about individuals taking on the Goliaths of war from inside the belly of the beast — Washington, D.C. Not many former staffers on Capitol Hill could say that they were fired for calling out that the emperor wears no...
Alleged Plot Weakens Claims of Iran’s Sway in Latin America
MANAGUA — Claims by neoconservatives and other right-wingers that Iranian influence in Latin America poses a growing security threat to the United States seem exaggerated, at best, with recent allegations that Tehran sought the help of an Iranian-American used-car...
Baghdad Blast Kills 7 Iraqis
A bomb blast in the capital was one of six reported attacks in Iraq today. Overall at least 11 Iraqis were killed and 19 more were wounded in them. One attack targeted American personnel, but the number of casualties is unknown.
read moreUS Officials Peddle False Intel to Support Terror Plot Claims
Officials of the Barack Obama administration have aggressively leaked information supposedly based on classified intelligence in recent days to bolster the allegation that two high-ranking officials from Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) were involved in a plot...
The Second Herzl
On Yom Kippur eve last week, when real Jews were praying for their lives, I sat on the seashore of Tel Aviv, thinking. I was thinking about our state, the State of Israel, in which I have, so to speak, a founder’s share. Will it endure? Will it be here in another 100...
