Rights Groups Condemn Bid to Quash Goldstone Report
International human rights groups have raised concern over a proposed non-binding resolution in the U.S. House Representatives which would call on the White House to oppose any future endorsement or consideration of Judge Richard Goldstone's "Report of the United...
Kipling Haunts Obama’s Afghan War
Palestinians File Lawsuits Over Gaza War
RAMALLAH -- As the legal and moral implications of the UN Goldstone report on Israel's military assault on Gaza continue to mount, Gazans are taking matters into their own hands and preparing civil lawsuits. The Israeli defense ministry's prosecution department has...
On the Eve of WWIII?
Friday: 2 US Soldiers, 4 Iraqis Killed; 7 Iraqis Wounded
Updated at 7:45 p.m. EDT, Oct. 30, 2009
At least four Iraqis were killed and seven more were wounded in very light, prayer day violence. Two U.S. soldiers were killed in two separate non-combat incidents.
read moreUS, NATO Forces Rely on Afghan Warlords for Security
The revelation by the New York Times Wednesday that Ahmed Wali Karzai, the brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, has long been on the payroll of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency is only the tip of a much bigger iceberg of heavy dependence by U.S. and NATO...
The Fruits of Intervention
Karzai as Diem
Why Obama’s Iran Policy Will Fail
There's an old joke that goes something like this: A self-absorbed fellow, meeting a friend, launches into an endless soliloquy about himself, then abruptly stops and says, "Well, enough about me. Now, tell me what you think of me." Sometimes Washington has...
