Monday: 9 Iraqis Killed, 26 Wounded
At least nine Iraqis were killed and 26 more were wounded in attacks in northern Iraq. Meanwhile, Iraq has filed a civil lawsuit against Blackwater Worldwide in a U.S. court; Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki vowed to obtain justice for the victims of the Blackwater...
2009 in Review
In America, 2009 was to be the year of Hope and Change. Barack Obama became the new emperor in January, drawing record-breaking crowds and promising a radical departure from the era of Bush II. He ended up maintaining continuity – not just with Bush-era wars and...
What to Watch for in 2010
According to the Chinese calendar, 2010 is the Year of the Tiger. We don't name our years, but if we did, this one might prospectively be called the Year of the Assassin. We, of course, think of ourselves as something like the peaceable kingdom. After all, the shock...
The Next Quagmire
Non-G.I. Joe Lieberman, Dick Cheney's fellow Vietnam-era draft dodger turned warmonger, said on the Dec. 27 edition of Fox News Sunday that "Yemen is now one of the centers of that fight." It's difficult to tell from reading the transcript of the interview...
The Kamm Scam: Fake ‘Journalist’ Defends a Forgery
In describing his nightmarish vision of history as "eternal return," the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche averred: "What if a demon crept after you one day or night in your loneliest solitude and said to you: 'This life, as you live it now and...
The Iron Wall
Something odd, almost bizarre, is going on in Egypt these days. About 1,400 activists from all over the world gathered there on their way to the Gaza Strip. On the anniversary of the "Cast Lead" War, they intended to participate in a nonviolent demonstration...
Sunday: 4 Iraqis Killed, 2 Wounded
At least four Iraqis were killed and two more were wounded in light violence. Several political stories are still in the headlines, including those of the Blackwater case, the bombing in Ramadi last week, and the resolution of the Peter Moore abduction. Also, a mass...
Saturday: 1 US Soldier, 7 Iraqis Killed; 27 Iraqis Wounded
At least seven Iraqis were killed and 27 wounded in new violence. One U.S. soldier died of non-combat injuries as well. Also, former British Prime Minister John Major said that the Iraq War seemed focused on regime change instead of weapons of mass destruction, which...
Friday: 1 Iraqi Killed, 5 Wounded
Updated at 6:30 p.m. EST, Jan. 1, 2010 Although the New Year's holiday has tamped down casualty reports from Iraq, other news made the international media. Among them was an independent analysis of civilian deaths and the Iraqi government's displeasure with the...
