Losing the Moral High Ground
War of the Worlds
Just Say No to McChrystal
Thursday: 6 Iraqis Killed, 14 Wounded
At least six Iraqis were killed and 14 more were wounded in the latest attacks, while demonstrations against recent arrests took place in Mosul. Also, a large number of Saddam exiles returned home.
read moreMideast ‘Peace Partners’ Finally Taking Off Their Gloves
JERUSALEM -- Amazingly, just when all four parties -- the U.S., its allies in the Arab world, the Palestinian Authority, and Israel -- seemed to have hit rock bottom in terms of the prospects of moving the region away from conflict and towards peace, all of a sudden...
Epitaph on Empire
I have opposed the Iraq war since before it began, but it only became personal for me about a year and a half ago, on April 29, 2008. I remember the moment well. I had flipped open the Washington Post and there, on the front page, was a color photo of a 2-year-old...
Is Medea Benjamin Naive or Just Confused?
Interview recorded October 7, 2009. Listen to the interview. When I heard that there would be antiwar protests across the country on October 7, 2009, mourning the 8th anniversary of the start of the invasion of Afghanistan, I immediately picked up the phone to get one...
Tensions Mount Again at al-Aqsa
Tension over control of the Haram al Sharif compound of mosques in Jerusalem’s Old City has reached a pitch unseen since clashes at the site sparked the second intifada nine years ago. Ten days of intermittently bloody clashes between Palestinians and Israeli...
Wednesday: 1 US Soldier, 13 Iraqis Killed; 32 Iraqis Wounded
Updated at 4:55 p.m. EDT, Oct. 7, 2009
At least 13 Iraqis were killed an 32 more were wounded in the latest attacks. Meanwhile, 36 Iranian-opposition detainees were freed. Also, a U.S. soldier was killed in a non-combat incident.
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