It begins with the visible swelling of the throat. Displays of agitation bellowing, prancing, and stomping follow and culminate in a frenzy of rivalrous assaults. The beastly nature of U.S. foreign policy becomes more apparent daily. As William Pfaff...
The Colonial Stag
Opposition to US Base in Eastern Europe Rises
BUDAPEST - The arguments put forward by the United States to justify its project for a missile defense base in Eastern Europe are becoming less and less convincing to the publics and experts of the countries involved. The United States intends to set up an...
Lack of Food Security Threatening Iraq
With Ali al-Fadhily BAGHDAD - The lack of security in Iraq is now leading to a collapse in food supplies. "Look at us begging for food despite the fortunes we have," 60-year-old Um Muthanna from Baghdad told IPS. Standing at a vegetable market in central...
Tuesday: 41 Iraqis, 3 GIs Killed; 221 Iraqis Wounded
Updated at 12:05 a.m. EST, Feb. 21, 2007 At least 41 Iraqis were killed or found dead today and 221 wounded in several incidents, including a dirty bomb attack north of the capital. Also, one American soldier died of non-combat related wounds in Baghdad yesterday, a...
The Axis of Evil: And Then There Was One
During his State of the Union Address on Jan. 29, 2002, President George W. Bush named Iraq, North Korea, and Iran as members of an "Axis of Evil," and accused them of sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction (WMD). The three Evils Ones...
Roots of Injustice Push Lebanon Toward Civil War
"Pity the nation that is full of beliefs and empty of religion," Lebanese poet, Khalil Gibran 1883 1931 From the ashes of The Great War came hope to a region long forgotten behind the Ottoman cloud. The vacating Turkish troops from the Arab...
Backtalk, February 19, 2007
Pledge Week I've sent $50 during the past two donation drives. I'm sending $100 in the mail tomorrow. I have two boys in the military and appreciate everything you're doing. I am tired of the lies and the greed and the cowardly bullying that has caused this war and is...
Congress’ Liability in a
Nuclear Strike on Iran
Madrid, Brussels, London, Berlin, Paris, Rome, and Vienna may well be off-limits to U.S. members of Congress soon. Just as well: they will still be able to enjoy pleasant summer breaks in Crawford, Texas, or Jackson Hole, Wyo., in the best of companies [1], [2]....
Does War Make Presidents Great?
Today is Presidents' Day in the United States. It's a holiday declared by the federal government to celebrate the birthdays of two presidents, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. George Washington is often called "the father of our country," and for good...
Murder, Inc.
Lance Cpl. Robert Pennington was recently sentenced to a mere eight years in jail for the wanton, planned murder of an Iraqi man, in return for his testimony against the other monsters who participated in the crime. He told the judge, at his sentencing, that he felt...


