The ongoing hara-kiri of the GOP proceeds apace, with the latest being a concerted effort by the party's neoconservative wing to oust sitting Republican members of Congress who oppose the war. The latest examples: Walter B. Jones of North Carolina and Wayne Gilchrest...
In the harshest speech against Iran given by a top Bush administration official to date, Vice President Dick Cheney Sunday warned the Islamic Republic of "serious consequences" if it did not freeze its nuclear program and accused it of "direct...
I am introducing a comprehensive piece of legislation to restore the American Constitution and to restore the liberties that have been sadly eroded over the past several years. This legislation seeks to restore the checks and balances enshrined in the Constitution by...
Updated at 11:15 p.m. EDT, Oct. 21, 2007At least 78 Iraqis were killed or found dead and 83 more were wounded in the latest violence. Most of the casualties occurred during a U.S. raid in Sadr City. During incidents at the Turkish border, another 49 people were killed...
The Mother of All Pretexts Uri Avnery's "The Mother of All Pretexts" is carefully and subtly wrought, by a mind alive with the history of the region and its deeper nuances. Two points might be added. The idea of a "clash of civilizations" is not a new idea, but rooted...
They can't help themselves. They want to confess. How else to explain the torture memorandums that continue to flow out of the inner sancta of this administration, the most recent of which were evidently leaked to the New York Times. Those two, from the Alberto...
Five years ago, in a new National Security Statement, President Bush announced that; "The United States has long maintained the option of preemptive actions to counter a sufficient threat to our national security. "The greater the threat, the greater is the risk of...
I am at a conference on war, liberty and the free press sponsored by the Liberty Fund, and there are some discussions we have held that I believe are worth passing on. One of the most significant aspects of the relationship between the press and the military in time...
BAGHDAD - Resistance to occupation seems to have risen after the assassination last month of Abdul Sattar Abu Risha, head of the al-Bu Risha tribe. Abu Risha had begun to cooperate actively with US forces. Abu Risha was killed Sep. 13 when a bomb exploded outside his...
Updated at 11:59 p.m. EDT, Oct. 20, 2007At least 24 Iraqis were killed or found dead and 32 more were wounded in the latest violence. A wanted serial killer was arrested al-Bu Owan. Also, the DOD reported that a Marine was killed yesterday in Baghdad, while an MND-B...
