Extremist settler groups currently involved in violent confrontations with Palestinians in the center of Hebron have chosen their next battleground, this time outside the West Bank. A far-right group know as the Jewish National Front, closely associated with the...
As rage coursed through India after the Mumbai terrorist bombings, Condoleezza Rice, the Bush administration's Secretary of State, flew to India and cautioned the Indian government on avoiding a knee jerk and counterproductive response. She warned the Indians that...
The virtually total impunity from prosecution accorded to private contractors in Iraq may be coming to an end. Under the new Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) approved by the Iraqi government last week, US contractors will be subject to Iraqi law for the first time....
According to the Commission On The Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism [.pdf], their mandate was "to examine the threats posed to the United States." But their principal conclusion was that "unless the world community...
Updated at 10:32 p.m. EST, Dec. 6, 2008At least 15 Iraqis were killed and 51 more were wounded in the latest round of violence. No Coalition deaths were reported. Meanwhile, Muslims have begun the haj pilgrimage to Mecca, and several Iraqi provinces have strengthened...
Having savaged each other for a year, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have now formed a rare partnership in power. Not since James Garfield chose James G. Blaine has a new president chosen his principal rival to be secretary of state. What does this tell us?...
Updated at 5:55 p.m EST, Dec. 5, 2008Violence tapered off dramatically for the prayer day. At least eight Iraqis were killed and another nine more were wounded. Several migrant workers were possible injured during eviction from a warehouse where they were being...
"In a government of law, the existence of the government will be imperiled if it fails to observe the law scrupulously. Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill, it teaches the whole people by example. Crime is contagious. If the...
[Note for Readers: To listen to a TomDispatch audio interview with journalist Anand Gopal about the difficulties involved in reporting from Afghanistan, click here.] Just when the Obama presidency-to-be was revving up to introduce its new national security "team" and...
Is it really possible that President-elect Barack Obama intends to break his campaign promise to "end the war" in Iraq, and keep US troops in that country well beyond the sixteen month timetable for withdrawal he advocated during the campaign? The answer, according to...
