When the George W. Bush administration launched a high-profile campaign in January and February accusing Iran of exporting armor-piercing bombs to Shi'ite militias in Iraq, seizing Iranian officials in Iraq, threatening cross-border raids against Iran and sending a...
A year ago, Donald Vance learned what its like to be falsely accused by the U.S. military of aiding terrorists. He was held without charge for more than three months in a high-security prison in Iraq, and interrogated daily after sleepless nights without legal counsel...
Updated at 1:00 a.m. EDT, April 7, 2007In an unusually active Friday, 112 Iraqis were killed or found dead and another 80 were wounded. Among the incidents are a chlorine bomb attack in Ramadi and a major security operation in Diwaniya. Also, the U.S. military...
Increasingly anxious about the course of U.S. foreign policy under President George W. Bush, particularly in Iraq, the country appears to be moving toward a "full-blown crisis of public confidence," according to the latest "Confidence in U.S. Foreign...
Updated at 11:57 p.m EDT, Apr. 5, 2007Coalition soldiers took heavy casualties today: Six U.S. and four British soldiers, plus a Kuwaiti translator, lost their lives in separate incidents. A U.S. helicopter was downed as well. Also, at least 83 Iraqis were killed or...
Updated at 12:40 a.m. EDT, Apr. 5, 2007At least 54 Iraqis were killed or found dead today and another 52 were wounded in attacks. In three separate incidents, 48 more people have been kidnapped, and Baghdad’s overnight curfew was eased by two hours beginning...
There is a general perception that the rush to war with Iran has somewhat abated. This perception is best expressed in the widely publicized comments from neoconservative pundits suggesting that the current approach to bridling Tehran's ambitions should be a rigorous...
Can a pantheress turn into a pussycat? Impossible, a zoologist would say. But last week, we saw it happen with our own eyes. Condoleezza Rice came here to teach Ehud Olmert, once and for all, who is boss. The president of the United States wants to make order in the...
At the White House Correspondents' Dinner the other night, Karl Rove was called up on stage and asked to identify himself. "Peter Fitzgerald," he promptly said. Then, he corrected himself, "Patrick Fitzgerald." (That is, Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald, who had...
As the dispute over Iran's seizure of British sailors continues to twist and turn, what may have been an isolated incident at the outset is quickly developing into yet another move in the geopolitical chess game between the West and Iran. The incident took place on...
