Updated at 6:35 p.m. EDT, Aug. 12, 2008A provincial governor was the target of today's most significant bombing. He survived, but three died others died in Baquba. Overall, 16 people were killed and 23 more were wounded across Iraq. Also, a Marine was killed, two...
Bruce Ivins: The Movie Hi Justin, I'd like to add a few things for you to look into, if you are so inclined. First, the anthrax sent to the Democratic senators was highly potent. Some reports say it used either silica or an electrostatic charge to help the spores...
Before considering whether this week's outcome means the commissions are out of commission or not, wasn't there supposed to be a tradition called an Olympic Truce, whereby active hostilities were supposed to stop for the duration of the Games? But of course, the best...
The anti-Russian bias of the Western media is really something to behold: "Russia Invades Georgia," "Russia Attacks Georgia," and variations thereof have been some of the choice headlines reporting events in the Caucasus, but the reality is not only quite different,...
Last week Iran responded to the latest European proposal regarding its controversial nuclear program. The so-called Iran Six, however, were neither amused nor heartened by the proposal's apparent "ambiguity" regarding the demand that Iran cease it enrichment...
Updated at 4:44 p.m. EDT, August 11, 2008Even as violence continues to plague Diyala, the Iraqi government pulled back operations in the province to allow gunmen to peacefully surrender. Overall, at least 16 Iraqis were killed and another 38 were wounded across the...
Updated at 7:00 p.m. EDT, August 10, 2008A number of bombings have rocked Iraq at the start of this work week. Baghdad suffered a number of small explosions, while larger bombings took place north of the capital. A complex attack in Tarmiyah left one American soldier...
Richard Cohen, a columnist for the Washington Post, revealed earlier this year that, "soon after" al-Qaeda successfully brought down the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, a "high government official" suggested he get a supply of Cipro,...
Hannah Arendt's analysis of totalitarianism had several flaws, but one of her observations has lodged itself permanently in the national psyche as a handy cliché whenever some human monster is found to have a taste for the art of Walter Keane or, like Kim Jong Il, for...
A military attack on Iran's major nuclear facilities by the United States or Israel would likely result only in a delay – and not a particularly significant one at that – in Tehran's ability to produce the fuel necessary to build a nuclear weapon, according...
