Confront Our Own Torturers
Let's see, a U.S. court successfully convicted the son of the brutal former president of Liberia, Charles Taylor, of torturing his father's political opponents. But we're going to leave it to a Spanish judge to go after our own Torquemadas? A Spanish court has...
Why Europe Won’t Fight
Dollar Hegemony and the Economics of Unilateralism
The Suicide of the West
Thursday: 6 Iraqis Killed, 19 Wounded
Updated at 6:41 p.m. EDT, Apr. 9, 2009
At least six Iraqis were killed and 19 more were wounded on the sixth anniversary of the fall of Baghdad. Tens of thousands of Iraqis marked the occasion in Baghdad. No coalition deaths were reported.
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Cluster Bombs Threaten Thousands in Serbia
BELGRADE - An estimated 160,000 people in Serbia are still in danger from thousands of unexploded cluster bombs, ten years after the NATO bombing campaign. The danger is gravest in the south, close to the border with Kosovo. A survey by the independent Norwegian...
