BETHLEHEM - Israeli forces began Wednesday to bulldoze hundreds of trees on land owned by a Catholic convent near the city of Beit Jala near Bethlehem. This section of forest is being razed, according to Israeli plans, to complete a section of the separation wall,...
Updated at 11:55 p.m. EDT, Aug. 17, 2007At least 34 Iraqis were killed and 65 more were wounded during the latest attacks, which include clashes in Tarmiyah that left a one GI dead and another injured. Overall, four American servicemembers were killed and two were...
Updated at 11:25 p.m. EDT, Aug. 16, 2007At least 64 Iraqis were killed and 40 more were wounded during the latest round of attacks. Also, three American servicemembers were killed in separate incidents pushing the number of Coalition military deaths to 4,000.Two MND-B...
US Hegemony Spawns Russian-Chinese Military Alliance Let those Americans who still don't get it read Paul Craig Roberts' "US Hegemony Spawns Russian-Chinese Military Alliance." Let them hear his message loud and clear. Those of us who are condemning the neocons and...
"No American President can stand up to Israel." These words came from feisty Admiral Thomas Moorer, Chief of Naval Operations (1967-1970) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1970-1974). Moorer was, perhaps, the last independent-minded American military leader....
The war in Iraq is a failure. The "Global War on Terror" cannot be won by military might alone. Access to health care is a right for all. The growing divide between rich and poor is a problem. Torture is un-American. The Democratic candidates for president...
The United States has quietly funneled millions of dollars of its annual aid to Egypt to groups among the country's increasingly restless Christian Coptic community and to areas with large Christian populations as part of an effort to "empower" the religious...
The White House's decision to designate the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps as a terrorist organization could deal a double blow to efforts to utilize diplomacy with Iran to stabilize Iraq. Not only does the designation risk undermining the important yet limited...
Bush and Cheney have little to lose from spreading the war, but the Republican Party has very much to lose. Its only way out is to impeach Cheney. That would bring Bush back to reality and alleviate the main pressure upon him to expand the wars. A new war, $5/gal....
On these hot, sticky days of the Israeli summer, it is pleasant to feel the coolness of Oslo, even if the visit is only virtual. Fourteen years after the signing of the Oslo agreement, it is again the subject of debate: was it a historical mistake? In the past, only...
