The Iraq War is coming up on its fourth anniversary. Increasingly embattled, even desperate, President Bush has decided to send another 21,500 American troops into the fight. They will join over 150,000 U.S. soldiers already deployed in Iraq. In the speech on Jan. 10...
The United Nations General Assembly has just adopted a resolution condemning denials of the Holocaust. The resolution, co-sponsored by 103 countries, was approved by consensus, without a vote. Perhaps it's too early to predict the reactions to this fresh UN...
Sen. Russ Feingold may have withdrawn from the presidential sweepstakes, but he has entered the national debate over the Iraq war in a fairly dramatic fashion. Indeed, he has matched the president's escalation with one of his own by launching hearings, scheduled to...
Antiwar.com is pleased to announce the winners of its first-ever Student Essay Contest, held summer 2006. Today we present Masumba David of Uganda, honorable mention in the senior division. Alexia Gilmore Executive director, Antiwar.com This is an essay on conflict in...
In the State of the Union address Bush said that failure in Iraq was not an option (not the first time the president has sounded the tocsin). "Many in this chamber," he stated, "understand that America must not fail in Iraq, because you understand that...
Updated at 12:30 a.m. EST, Jan. 30, 2007 Iraqi forces remain on high alert for Ashura-related violence today. Meanwhile, at least 92 Iraqis were killed or found dead and another 95 were injured in today’s smaller attacks. No foreign deaths were reported. Tens of...
Updated at 11:15 a.m. EST, Jan. 29, 2007 In Iraq, at least 452 Iraqis were killed or found dead today and another 182 were injured in various attacks during the festival of Ashura. Three more American servicemembers were killed in separate incidents, and a U.S....
Three days of sectarian violence has once again brought this troubled country to breaking point. A mini-civil war has played out throughout Lebanon this week as Government and Opposition factions push their power struggle to the brink. The "peaceful" general strike...
As the Feb. 21 deadline for Iran to halt its uranium enrichment program fast approaches, both Iran and the West are scrambling to prepare themselves for all possible moves by the other side. A scenario causing some discomfort among decision-makers in the George W....
Rejecting the notion that the United States was planning to attack Iran and Syria, White House Spokesman Tony Snow called it a myth or an "urban legend." "I want to address [a] kind of a rumor, an urban legend that's going around," Snow told reporters at a White House...
