Updated at 6:44 p.m. EDT, Aug. 13, 2009
Almost two years after a massive attack in Sinjar, another suicide bombing left over three-dozen new casualties today. At least 30 Iraqis were killed and 56 more were wounded in that and other attacks. Meanwhile, Iraqi authorities announced the start of a trial for five Iraqi presidential guards accused of bank robbery.
read moreUnder Pressure from Hawks, Obama Glares at Iran
In the face of mounting pressure from hawks in Washington and the continued threat of military action from Israel, the Barack Obama Administration has been taking a harder line in its latest pronouncements about Iran. Recent media reports have suggested that the...
Wag The Dog, Again
Inching Toward Compromise in the Middle East
Wednesday: 18 Iraqis Killed, 31 Wounded
At least 18 Iraqis were killed and 31 more were wounded in the latest attacks. No Coalition deaths were reported, but Iraqi health officials said that 67 U.S. soldiers have the swine flu. U.S. sources have only confirmed 51 cases.
read moreThe Ever Present Military Option
Last week, retired Air Force Gen. Chuck Wald published an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal declaring "There Is a Military Option on Iran." It's probably not a coincidence that Wald's piece was hot on the heels of John Bolton's "While Diplomats Dither,...
Saudi Arabia May Not Follow Obama’s Israel Plan
Pro-Israel lobbyists won the support of 77 senators (out of 100) for a letter sent to President Barack Obama that urged him to "press Arab leaders" to consider making dramatic, upfront peace overtures to Israel. But one key Arab state, Saudi Arabia, has...
Tensions Rise on Israel’s North
RAMALLAH - The war of words between Israel and the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah has heated up in the last week, raising fears that another war between Lebanon and Israel is imminent. On Monday Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned the Lebanese...
Political Solution in Afghanistan Possible,
but Not by Going Down Current Path
It would be a great service to the American nation if Barack Obama would tell us what he himself thinks the wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan are about. To capture Osama bin Laden? There have been eight years in which to capture bin Laden and it's not been done yet,...
How I Wrote 1,000 Columns for Antiwar.com
If someone had told me I'd be writing more than one thousand columns for Antiwar.com back in 1996 when I started, I would've looked at them askance – and wondered what they were smoking. Today, looking back on it, I'm beyond weariness. Instead, I'm struck with wonder....
