Anti-government demonstrations continued across the country leaving scores wounded. The extent of the demonstrations is unknown as reports of them are not thorough even with extensive amounts of casualties. At least three Iraqis were killed and 55 more were wounded in the protests and other incidents.
read moreIran Steps Up Crackdown on Opposition Leaders
On Monday night, Iranian security agents raided the home of opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi, separating him from his wife, searching his house, and arresting his son, Ali Karroubi, according to the local media outlet Saham News. Karroubi's own Web site reports that...
Kerry Calls for Regime Change in Libya
As Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi vowed to hang on to power, a close congressional ally of U.S. President Barack Obama Tuesday called for an end to his regime. "The Gadhafi government's use of deadly force against its own people should mean the end of the regime...
The Book Has Been Written on the Right/Left Antiwar Alliance
A year ago this week on Feb. 20, about 40 antiwar activists, writers, and organizers, gathered in a basement conference room in Washington, D.C., to launch an antiwar organization spanning the political spectrum. As a first step we agreed to publish a book of essays...
Did Reagan Win the Cold War?
My visit to the Reagan Ranch in the mountains near Santa Barbara, Calif., on the 100th anniversary of Ronald Reagan's birth on Feb. 6, 1911, and today's revolutions sweeping the Arab world got me thinking about how much Reagan actually had to do with his alleged...
Interventionists Target Libya
Outside of an asylum, is there anybody nuttier than Moammar Qadaffy? Well, yes: Marc Lynch, associate professor of political science and international affairs at George Washington University – and non-resident smarty-pants at the Center for a New American...
Tuesday: 12 Iraqis Killed, 31 Wounded
At least 12 Iraqis were killed and 31 more were wounded in the latest reported attacks. Scattered demonstrations continued, but protests in Suleimaniya drew about 6,000 protesters. On Friday, however, they could grow during a planned “day of rage.”
read moreMubarak’s Name Easier to Erase Than His Legacy
RAFAH - It was easy enough to rename Mubarak Children’s Hospital the Al Tahrir Hospital in Gaza. Not so easy is the task of managing patients who need to cross over to the Egyptian side for treatment, or come back in. Crossing the border, even for medical treatment,...
Eight Years of Abuses and Impunity in Iraq
A leading human rights group released a report Monday documenting the proliferation of human rights abuses in Iraq since the United States invasion in 2003. Among the most egregious cases, the 102-page report by Human Rights Watch identifies women, journalists,...
Israeli Media ‘Fears’ the New Egypt
Over the past three weeks the Israeli media has been extremely interested in Egypt. During the climatic days of the unprecedented demonstrations, television news programs spent most of their airtime covering the protests, while the daily papers dedicated half the news...
