At least 87 Iraqis were killed and 153 more were killed in a series of bombings across Baghdad. The most serious attack occurred at a funeral. If attacks occurred in other parts of the country, they went unreported, even in volatile Mosul.
read moreIt Could Be Too Late for Two States
RAMALLAH - The credibility of the Palestinian Authority (PA) on the Arab street has been further weakened by the release of the "Palestine Papers," but ironically the release of the explosive documents by Al Jazeera could bolster support for the Palestinian...
The Road to National Suicide
Press Freedom Under Threat in Age of WikiLeaks
Freedom of the press could be seriously impacted across the world in the wake of the ongoing political revelations brought about by whistle-blowing websites such as WikiLeaks, one of foremost constitutional law experts in the U.S. said Tuesday. Speaking at a Personal...
Wednesday: 6 Iraqis Killed, 5 Wounded
At least six Iraqis were killed and five more were wounded in light attacks that focused on ministry officials in Baghdad. Meanwhile, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s sister-in-law called on the International Court of Justice in The Hague to try the former premier on crimes related to the Iraq War.
read moreRegime of Unreason
On September 11, 2001, when those planes rammed into the World Trade Center, the impact was so forceful that it not only demolished the buildings, it ripped a hole in the space-time continuum. The result was that we entered another dimension, one familiar to comic...
Israel’s European Friends Get Active
BRUSSELS - The pro-Israel lobby is seeking to increase its influence among members of Europe's parliaments by offering them an expenses-paid trip to the Middle East. Brochures circulated in several elected assemblies invite their representatives to take part in a...
Excusing Torture at ‘Justice’
On Sunday, I attended an informal talk given in a parish hall by the Justice Department's Thomas Perez, assistant attorney general for civil rights. His topic: “The way his work for justice is defined by his faith.” During the Q&A after his talk, I had a chance to...
A Hezbollah-Run Lebanon Poses Little Threat to US Security
With the rise of a Hezbollah-backed government in Lebanon, hand-wringing seems to be the order of the day in the American and Israeli governments. Hezbollah is a Shi'ite Islamist group that is the only Arab entity to have defeated Israel in armed conflict – the latest...
American Policy on the Brink
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently took a four-day tour of the Middle East, at each stop telling various allies and enemies, in classic American fashion, what they must do. And yet as she spoke, events in Lebanon, Iraq, Algeria, and even Egypt seemed to spin...
