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The State of Blah-Blah-Blah

by Uri Avnery | Oct 18, 2010

Will Germany enact a law that demands that every Turk aspiring to citizenship swear allegiance to the “German Federal Republic, the Nation-State of the German People”? Sounds like a ridiculous idea. Will the U.S. Senate adopt a law that would compel every candidate...

American Warscapes

by Tom Engelhardt | Oct 18, 2010

The other day, at the invitation of economics professor Marty Melkonian, I took a rare jaunt out of my hometown to Hofstra University on Long Island and gave a talk in that college's lecture series, The International Scene, to a group of lively young students. It was...

Declassified Statement on Jonathan Pollard by Caspar W. Weinberger

by Caspar W. Weinberger | Oct 18, 2010

Editor's note: The following statement (original format [.pdf]) was submitted to the District Court of the District of Columbia on March 3, 1987, by the former secretary of defense one day before Judge Aubry E. Robinson Jr. sentenced Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard to...

Sunday: 17 Iraqis Killed, 16 Wounded

by Margaret Griffis | Oct 17, 2010

Another dramatic gold store robbery occurred in Baghdad today. Authorities believe that insurgents are attacking gold and jewelry stores in order to support their activities. At least 17 Iraqis were killed and 16 more were wounded there and across northern Iraq. Also, Awakening Council leaders are denying reports that hundreds of their fighters have defected to al-Qaeda.

Saturday: 2 Iraqis Killed, 11 Wounded

by Margaret Griffis | Oct 16, 2010

At least two Iraqis were killed and 11 more were wounded in light violence. Meanwhile, unapologetic Iraqi officials seem recklessly nonchalant about the increasing defections of Sunni Awakening Council members back to al-Qaeda groups. Also, Iraqiya leader, Ayad Allawi, continues to warn the West of Iran’s meddling in Iraq.

The War On Terror

by Paul Craig Roberts | Oct 16, 2010

‘On’? asks Paul Craig Roberts, or ‘Of’?

Then They Came for Me

by Robert Koehler | Oct 16, 2010

Robert Koehler longs for the ‘pre-9/11 mentality’

Friday: 5 Iraqis Killed, 5 Wounded

by Margaret Griffis | Oct 15, 2010

In a new interview, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice admitted mistakes were made in the aftermath of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, but that she would still want to depose Saddam Hussein if given the a second chance to do it all over again. Meanwhile, at least five Iraqis were killed and five more were wounded in light prayer day violence. Also, Shi’ite spiritual leader Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani suffered a heart attack.