In spite of reassurances from the Washington talking heads and policy wonks that the U.S. is not about to launch an attack on Iran, or countenance an Israeli strike, the Sunday Times has the real scoop: "President George W. Bush has told the Israeli government that he...
Monday: 1 US Soldier, 16 Iraqis Killed; 20 Iraqis Wounded
Updated at 9:05 p.m. EDT, July 14, 2008At least 16 Iraqis were killed and 20 more were wounded in the latest round of violence. One U.S. soldier died from a non-combat related incident as well. In Baghdad, three people were killed and 14 others were wounded when a...
An Inconvenient Display of Democracy
If the dominant themes that have been used to justify the Iraq war recently were sincerely held, the administration and the neocons should be doing backflips of joy this week. Building an independent and sovereign Iraq, preferably with a government responsive to the...
Deceptions Surface in US-India Nuclear Deal
The Indian government has taken a major step towards completing its controversial nuclear cooperation deal with the United States by moving the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency for approving an inspections (safeguards) agreement it signed...
Sunday: 18 Iraqis Killed, 22 Wounded
Updated at 7:59 p.m. EDT, July 12, 2008At least 18 Iraqis were killed and 22 more were wounded in the latest round of violence. A possible political assassination took place in a quiet mixed area near Mosul. No Coalition deaths were reported. Gunmen opened fired on a...
Nuke-Armed Paranoids
Emigré scientists many of them Jews who had fled Europe to avoid persecution under the Nazi regime were principal instigators of the United States nuclear-fission weapons program known as the Manhattan Project. In particular, in 1939, a group of...
An Aggressive and Hypocritical US Policy Toward Iran
The chauvinistic American news media have focused on evil Iran's missile tests and the indignant Bush administration reaction, while missing some key causes of the event. As if the Iranians had started the entire dust up, the media reported Gordon Johndroe, the...
Saturday: 23 Iraqis Killed, 16 Wounded
Updated at 5:49 p.m. EDT, July 12, 2009At least 23 Iraqis were killed and 16 others were wounded across Iraq. Several weapons caches discovered and confiscated at well. No Coalition deaths were reported.In Baghdad, a bomb in a Adhamiya wounded six people; and...
Iran and the Photoshop Threat
The Iranians just dont get it. What theyre supposed to do in response to the superheated rhetoric coming out of Washington and the full-scale dress rehearsals for a bombing raid on their country coming out of Israel is cower, downplay their...
Congressional Hearings Are Needed to Forestall an Attack on Iran
There is increasing discussion and speculation about the possibility of an American military strike against Iran prior to President Bush leaving office. The justification for such an attack is derived from Iran's continued refusal to adhere to Security Council demands...


