At least four Iraqis were killed and seven others were wounded in relatively light violence. Fifteen others were injured during a fire in Baghdad, but its cause was not reported, and the fire may have been accidental. Meanwhile, the Eid al-Fitr festival began today, after the sighting of the new moon, but a few hours earlier on the final night of Ramadan, a journalist was beaten in Iraq Kurdistan.
read more10 Reasons to Move Cheney’s Book to the Crime Section
Former Vice President Dick Cheney was given a multi-million-dollar contract to write a book about his political career. According to Cheney’s media hype, the book, called In My Time, will have “heads exploding all over Washington.” The Darth Vader of the Bush...
Hariri Bombing Indictment Based on Flawed Premise
The indictment of four men linked to Hezbollah in the 2005 assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri made public by the Special Tribunal on Lebanon Aug. 17 is questionable not because it is based on "circumstantial evidence," but because that evidence is...
Mission Accomplished in Libya?
Even as a major hurricane hit America's eastern seaboard, the administration was determined to expand the war in Libya while threatening the regime in Syria. Is there any limit to government's appetite to create more problems for our nation and economy? Americans may...
Who Says Obama’s Bad for Business?
President Obama’s critics like to say he’s anti-business, and that he doesn’t understand, nor even like, the military. He is a Democrat, after all, so how could he? Well, we can say that’s fundamentally not true with only two words: Blackwater Worldwide. If...
The Rise of Another CIA Yes Man
As Gen. David Petraeus prepares to take the helm at the CIA in September, he can expect unswerving loyalty from his likely deputy, Michael Morell, who has been acting director since July when Leon Panetta left to become secretary of defense. Like many senior CIA...
10 Iraqis Killed, 33 Wounded as PKK Plan Eid al-Fitr Truce
At least 10 Iraqis were killed and 33 more were wounded across Iraq today. Meanwhile, the Kurdistan Workers Party (P.K.K.) announced a three-day long ceasefire for the Eid al-Fitr holiday.
read moreThe Return of the Smear Brigade
As the crisis of the American empire lurches into its final stages, and conservatives begin to question the costs of imperialism, the neoconservative counterattack is going into overdrive. When prominent conservatives rose to say, “Cuts in the defense budget are...
Iraq: Attacks Leave Dozens Dead, As Kurds Mull Sending Peshmerga To Borders
Attacks were on the upswing today as a suicide bombing at the largest Sunni mosque in Baghdad left over two dozen worshippers, including a member of parliament, dead. It wasn't the only attack in Iraq though. Overall, at least 42 Iraqis were killed and 81 more were...
Two Sunni Leaders Among 18 Iraqis Killed; 41 More Wounded
At least 18 Iraqis were killed and 41 more were wounded in attacks across the country. The north seemed particularly vulnerable, with a number of casualties occurring in and around Mosul. Meanwhile, three Sunni leaders were the targets of assassins in Anbar province. Only one of them survived.
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