Wednesday: 8 Iraqis Killed, 17 Wounded
Updated at 11:39 p.m. EST, Dec. 29, 2010
At least eight Iraqis were killed and 17 more were wounded in light violence. In the worst attack, a noted police commander was killed during a suicide bombing in Mosul. Meanwhile, the murder trial for a British contractor accused of murdering two colleagues opened in Baghdad.
read moreIsrael Represses Israelis, and Congress Approves
It's been two years since Israel initiated the Operation Cast Lead military assault on the besieged Gaza Strip. Since then, the right-wing Israeli government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has launched an unprecedented wave of intimidation against Israeli peace...
2010: The Best and the Worst
Last year, around this time, I initiated what I called the Antiwar.com Awards – a year end tribute to the best, and the worst, people and institutions that impact our lives and the life of our nation and the world. And what good is a tradition unless one...
Extending Nuclear Umbrella Is a Bad Idea
The hawks are at it again. During the debate on ratification of the new START treaty, some implied that reducing the number of U.S. nuclear warheads and launchers would undermine America's ability to extend its umbrella of nuclear protection over more countries in the...
Tuesday: 18 Iraqis Killed, 11 Wounded
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki assured the United States that American troops are no longer needed and there will be no extension of an agreement permitting them in Iraq. Meanwhile, at least 18 Iraqis were killed and 11 more were wounded in the latest violence. Also, five Iraqi Ba’ath Party factions have formed a new party in Damascus.
read moreJulian Assange: Man of the Decade
This week will end 2010, the capstone year on a decade of profound change and turmoil and bloodshed – of moral and political lows, of war and ever-elusive peace, of rapidly degrading individual freedoms in favor of national and global “security.” Billions if not...
2011
”Dissent is what rescues democracy from a quiet death behind closed doors.” - Lewis H. Lapham The year 2011 will bring Americans a larger and more intrusive police state, more unemployment and home foreclosures, no economic recovery, more disregard by the U.S....
Monday: 24 Iraqis Killed, 66 Wounded
At least 24 Iraqis were killed and 66 more were wounded in new violence. The worst attack occurred in Anbar province where, as Awakening Council members abandon their security role, attacks have resumed after a relatively peaceful spell. Also, Kitaeb Hezbollah warned of attacks if U.S. troops fail to withdraw at the end of next year.
read moreWikiLeaks, Michael Lind, and the ‘New’ Nationalism
The international debate engendered by WikiLeaks' ongoing publication of classified US diplomatic cables has sent most American liberals into hiding. Gone AWOL when it comes to the Obama administration's escalation of the federal government's war on civil liberties,...
