WikiLeaks Bolsters Claim of Deadly US Attack in Yemen
A diplomatic cable published by whistleblowing platform WikiLeaks corroborates images released earlier by Amnesty International (AI) showing that the U.S. military carried out a missile strike in south Yemen in December 2009 that killed dozens of local residents,...
TSA: The Dregs of Society
Wednesday: 8 Iraqis Killed, 8 Wounded
Updated at 9:40 p.m. EST, Dec. 1, 2010
At least eight Iraqis were killed and eight more were wounded in light violence. Meanwhile, U.S. Army Col. Darsie D. Rogers Jr. said that American special forces now conduct about 25 operations a week–mostly to advise Iraqi forces–or about half as many as they did this time last year. Also, the Sadrists have likely made the greatest gains of any political group since March elections.
read moreUS Policy Toward the Koreas Is Unrealistic
Why does the U.S. government's foreign policy often hinge on the naïve and moralistic expectation that other countries should act against their own interests? Wouldn't a more realistic U.S. foreign policy be better for everyone concerned? Let's take an example....
The National Security State Cops a Feel
It's finally coming into focus, and it's not even a difficult equation to grasp. It goes like this: take a country in the grips of an expanding national security state and sooner or later your “safety” will mean your humiliation, your degradation. And by the way, it...
WikiLeaks vs. the Political Class
Rep. Peter King characterizes WikiLeaks as a “terrorist” organization, but who's the real terrorist-supporter? Wasn't it Rep. King who signed a statement of support for the “National Council of Resistance,” a front for the Mujahideen-e-Khalq...
The Myth of a Shia-Sunni/Persian-Arab Confrontation
Is there a Shia crescent threatening the stability of western Asia and northern Africa? Is there a historically coded Arab-Persian enmity driving the international politics of the region? Does it date back centuries, and is it now viewed as a battle for regional...
Russians Refuted US Claim of Iranian Missile Threat to Europe
A diplomatic cable from last February released by WikiLeaks provides a detailed account of how Russian specialists on the Iranian ballistic missile program refuted the U.S. suggestion that Iran has missiles that could target European capitals or intends to develop...
Who, Precisely, Is Attacking the World?
The stuck pigs are squealing. To shift the onus from the U.S. State Department, Hillary Clinton paints WikiLeaks' release of the "diplomatic cables" as an "attack on the international community." To reveal truth is equivalent, in the eyes of the U.S. government, to an...
