BAGHDAD - Women are being killed by militia groups in southern Iraq for not conforming to strict Islamic ways, the police say. And increased threats from militia groups are driving many women away from their homes. Basra police chief Gen. Jalil Hannoon has told...
As Karen Hughes, the close confidante of President George W. Bush, gives up her mission to improve the U.S. image abroad – amid decidedly mixed reviews of her performance – her replacement is already facing criticism for his support of the Iraq war and a...
PRAGUE - A report by U.S. intelligence services minimizing the Iranian threat has meant another embarrassment for Czech politicians supportive of U.S. plans to set up a radar base in Central-Eastern Europe. The radar system – which Washington claims will protect...
Updated at 10:45 p.m. EST, Dec. 19, 2007Despite a very slow newsday, at least 57 Iraqis were killed and 12 more were wounded in the latest reported violence. Meanwhile, Iraqi Muslims are observing the Eid al-Adha, which marks the end of the yearly Hajj pilgrimage to...
Over the past six years the Bush administration, aided and abetted by Congress, has trashed what used to be described as American foreign policy. Foreign policy once was shaped around the U.S. national interest, but no longer. Vulnerable key allies such as Pakistan,...
The most famous words ever spoken in Gaza were the last words of Samson (Judges 16:30): "Let me die with the Philistines!" According to the Biblical story, Samson took hold of the central pillars of the Philistine temple and brought down the whole building...
White House officials have now admitted that George W. Bush was told that the intelligence assessment on a covert Iranian nuclear program might change last August, but they have avoided answering the question of when the president was first informed about the new...
When the George W. Bush administration asked Damascus to attend last month's Annapolis conference, Emad Moustapha, the Syrian ambassador to the United States, was stunned, he admits. "[The U.S.] was really obsessed with making wars. Then we heard that it's not...
Updated at 6:06 p.m. EST, Dec. 19, 2007A large bombing in Abbara was among the numerous attacks that left dozens of casualties throughout Iraq today. Overall, at least 57 Iraqis were killed and 66 more were wounded in the latest violence. No Coalition deaths were...
Creating Crisis: Another War in the Balkans? In past articles, Doug Bandow has pointed to the hypocrisy of the United States government in encouraging secession in the Balkans and elsewhere, despite its own history of launching a bloody war costing 630,000 lives in...
