Rudy Giuliani: Confused, Ignorant, or Deceitful? In his listing of "successful terrorism," Mr. Bandow obviously forgot to mention the bombing of the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, which, more than anything else, drove the British out of the mandate. ~ Dieter Heymann...
War, Peace, and the Struggle for Liberty
I delivered the following remarks at the Future of Freedom conference on June 2, an event that included such luminaries as Judge Andrew J. Napolitano, Robert Scheer, and Daniel Ellsberg, as well as an entire constellation of libertarian stars. What I meant to convey...
Iraqi Children Robbed of Childhood
BAQUBA - The violence around the continuing U.S. military operations in this city has robbed children of their childhood. Only two provincial schools and one private kindergarten school are functioning in this city of 280,000, located 30 mi. north of Baghdad. Most...
Monday: 2 GIs, 78 Iraqis Killed; 45 Iraqis Wounded
Updated at 11:58 p.m. EDT, Sept. 3, 2007As U.S. President Bush and top advisors sneaked into Iraqi for meetings in Anbar province, 78 Iraqis were killed and another 45 were wounded in attacks. Two U.S. servicemembers were killed and three were wounded in separate...
A New Motto for America
I have a rifle, a shotgun and a few rounds of ammunition locked away in my gun safe. Should I learn that enemy soldiers are landing on the beach, I will hobble down to the dunes and kill as many of them as I can before they kill me. That being said, as long as foreign...
Death at a Distance: The US Air War
According to the residents of Datta Khel, a town in Pakistan's North Waziristan, three missiles streaked out of Afghanistan's Pakitka Province and slammed into a madrassa, or Islamic school, this past June. When the smoke cleared, the Asia Times reported, 30 people...
Saturday: 49 Iraqis Killed, 22 Wounded
Updated at 10:31 p.m. EDT, Sept. 1, 2007During the latest violence, 49 Iraqis were killed or found dead and 22 more were wounded. No foreign military deaths were announced. Also, the AP is reporting that August was the second deadliest month for Iraqi civilians since...
Families of Iraqi Detainees Losing Hope
BAGHDAD - Hopes are fading for early release of the large number of Iraqis detained under the so-called surge. The "surge" is the new effort by US-led coalition forces to crack down on terror suspects. The number of detainees held by the US military has...
The War Criminal in the Living Room
The media is silent, Congress is absent, and Americans are distracted as George W. Bush openly prepares aggression against Iran. US Navy aircraft carrier strike forces are deployed off Iran. US Air Force jets and missile systems are deployed in bases in countries...
Showdown Over Iran
More rumors of war with Iran are circulating here (via Juan Cole), with inside scuttlebutt from inside the neoconservative network: "They [the source's institution] have instructions' (yes, that was the word used) from the Office of the Vice-President to...


