The people of Somalia are enduring yet another round of suffering as Ethiopian forces wreak havoc in the capital, Mogadishu. Apparently in response to an attack on one of its units and the dragging of a soldier's mutilated body through the city's streets, an Ethiopian...
Until late October, the accepted explanation about the Sept. 6 Israeli air strike in Syria, constructed in a series of press leaks from U.S. officials, was that it was prompted by dramatic satellite intelligence that Syria was building a nuclear facility with help...
Updated at 1:10 p.m EST, Nov. 21, 2007A U.K. helicopter crashed near Salman Pak, killing two British soldiers and injuring 2 more. At least 71 Iraqis were killed and 33 more were also wounded in the latest violence. Also, the finance ministry announced that Iraq will...
Why Are They So Afraid of Ron Paul? Justin Raimondo describes Glenn Greenwald as having to choose between "liberal hawks and outright neocons." It is the clarity of Ron Paul's positions that is allowing people to finally realize that there is no difference between the...
A Question for Mr. Romney In a recent interview with the Wall Street Journal, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said something quite interesting about Iran. One of the editors at the Journal asked him how he would respond upon learning that President Bush...
As we approach the new year, a fresh crop of overseas crises threatens to spring up, like mushrooms after a rain, and the prospects for peace on earth, this holiday season, are dimmer than ever. Iraq: First up on the agenda is, of course, the war in Iraq, which, we...
Over the last seven years, it's often been said that George W. Bush exists in a bubble. When it comes to the cast of characters in his administration – and the Washington Consensus generally – it turns out he isn't alone. The other night I watched Harvard...
Updated at 1:15 a.m. EST, Nov. 20, 2007At least 43 Iraqis were killed or found dead and 28 others were wounded on a day marked by the multiple discoveries of dumped corpses throughout the country. Another controversial incident involving foreign security personnel...
Updated at 11:05 p.m EST, Nov. 17, 2007Reports have once again surfaced concerning U.S. troops firing upon Iraqi civilians. This time, a controversial event happened near the capital of the Muthanna province. Overall, 33 Iraqis were killed or found dead and 61 were...
The George W. Bush administration's campaign to seize and detain Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) officials in Iraq, presented by Bush himself last January as a move to break up an alleged Iranian arms smuggling operation in Iraq, appears to have run...
