Out of Guantánamo and Into Court
In a move that seems to open up a route out of Guantánamo for prisoners accused of having an active involvement with international terrorism that does not involve reviving the much-criticized system of trials by military commission, the Justice Department...
Neocon Group Calls for Military Strikes on Media
In the era of embedded media, independent journalists have become the eyes and ears of the world. Without those un-embedded journalists willing to risk their lives to place themselves on the other side of the barrel of the tank or the gun or under the air strikes,...
The Virtues of Gorbachevism
Thursday: 3 US Soldiers, 28 Iraqis Killed; 72 Iraqis Wounded
Updated at 7:37 p.m. EDT, May 21, 2009
Three U.S. soldiers were killed in a Baghdad attack that left several more wounded. At least 28 Iraqis were killed as well, and another 72 were wounded in other violence. Among them were several Awakening Council fighters who were killed in Kirkuk. Last night’s bombing in Baghdad’s Shula district may have set off this spate of violence. Meanwhile, a U.S. soldier was given a life sentence for the rape of an Iraqi girl and the murder of her and her family.
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Netanyahu Adviser Moves Out of the Shadows
As might be expected of a former senior official with Israel's spy agency Mossad, Uzi Arad – the most trusted political adviser to Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister – has got used to being in the shadows as he exerts influence. But that is fast changing....
