Reports earlier this month that President Barack Obama may present a comprehensive U.S. peace plan for resolving the longstanding Israeli-Palestinian conflict have spurred a growing public debate over its wisdom and timing. While relatively few voices are calling for...
Settler Sewage Ruins Palestinian Crops, Drinking Water
BEIT UMMAR, West Bank -- Residents of this Palestinian village refuse to buy the idea that the flood of raw sewage from the adjacent Israeli settlement of Kfar Etzion, that destroyed vineyards and contaminated their drinking water, was an accident. The Israeli Civil...
Wednesday: 1 U.S. Soldier, 7 Iraqis Killed; 31 Iraqis Wounded
South of the Border
Read the response by the Antiwar.com Staff. The other day, the head of security for the Mexican state of Michoacán was ambushed in her car: she escaped with non-life threatening injuries, but four people were killed and ten wounded in a well-planned attack that...
The NATO Nuisance
Large and firmly implanted bureaucratic organizations are almost impossible to kill, even when they have no reason to continue to exist, as NATO has not since the Soviet Union, communism, and the Warsaw Pact all collapsed. There is no equivalent to driving a stake...
Canada’s ‘Whole Freaking Government’ Approach in Afghanistan
"Bonded in the crucible of the Kandahar mission, a new group of civil servants has emerged as the government's go-to team for the most challenging and dangerous assignments of the day. Tougher, faster, more flexible, and more networked, these officials epitomize...
A Middle East Peace That Could Happen (But Won’t)
The fact that the Israel-Palestine conflict grinds on without resolution might appear to be rather strange. For many of the world's conflicts, it is difficult even to conjure up a feasible settlement. In this case, it is not only possible, but there is near universal...
To the Tea Party: War and Liberty Aren’t Fellow Travelers
In an astute op-ed piece in the Christian Science Monitor, James Bovard points out that the love of liberty by the Tea Party crowd usually takes a backseat to a hatred of President Obama and the Left. After attending a tax day Tea Party event in Rockville, Md., a...
Tuesday: 12 Iraqis Killed, 22 Wounded
Iran a Threat? I Mean, Really?
With all the current hype about the "threat" from Iran, it is time to review the record – and especially the significant bits and pieces that find neither ink nor air in our Israel-friendly Fawning Corporate Media (FCM). First, on the chance you missed it,...


