National Public Radio has been spending much news time on Darfur in Western Sudan where a great deal of human suffering and death are occurring. The military conflict has been brought on in part by climate change, according to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. Drought...
This past May, voters in Serbia were subjected to a barrage of propaganda about how the "democratic reformers" would lead the country into a better, prosperous future, while the "nationalists" would somehow plunge it back into the "horrors of...
A new poll suggests that US Jews hold views about the Middle East that are considerably more dovish than frequently acknowledged, with large majorities favoring diplomacy with Iran, supporting a two-state solution in Israel/Palestine, and advocating US withdrawal from...
In the seemingly never-ending internal battle between hawks and realists in the administration of US President George W. Bush for control of foreign policy, the realists appear to have chalked up another win over their once-dominant foes. The decision to send the...
Updated at 7:00 p.m. EDT, July 17, 2008At least 10 Iraqis were killed and 15 more were wounded in a light day of violence. Seven foreign fighters were killed in a security operation in Samarra. No attacks were reported in Mosul for the first time in days. Yesterday,...
JERUSALEM - Shopping malls. Schools. Medical centers. Charities. Orphanages. Soup kitchens. These are the latest targets in the campaign the Israeli military is waging against Hamas in the West Bank. Israeli military officials have identified Hamas' civilian...
As the Abu Ghraib scandal demonstrates, a photo is worth a thousand words – even if, as Errol Morris' newly released documentary Standard Operating Procedure demonstrates, those words are sometimes what the viewer wishes to see, rather than what actually...
As one who is most consistently opposed to war and violence, I join my colleagues in condemning the brutal and unjustified attack on a Jewish community center in Argentina 14 years ago. I do not support this resolution, however, as it misuses a tragedy 14 years ago in...
Updated at 7:05 p.m. EDT, July 16, 2008Mosul continues to suffer excessive violence compared to other regions. Most of today's reported casualites were from the northern city. Overall, 29 Iraqis were killed and 126 more were injured. Also, a U.S. Marine was killed in...
Fisking Feith's Faulty Case for War Mr. Henderson: You know what simply amazes me is the lack of insight (or maybe it's just duplicity) of the journalists analyzing or commenting on the rationale for war with Iraq. Not once have I heard anyone question the likelihood...
