A bipartisan coalition of US lawmakers who favor an easing of the nearly 50-year-old trade embargo against Cuba say the new Democrat-led Congress offers hope for progress this year. The coalition, which embraces Democratic liberals from the Northeast and the West...
One way to look at the situation in Iraq is to try to identify variables, elements that could change. Without change, the war is likely to end with troops having to fight their way out, if they can. The military situation in Iraq is not a variable. All that can change...
with Ali al-Fadhily FALLUJAH – A stepped up military offensive that targets mosques, religious leaders and Islamic customs is leading many Iraqis to believe that the US-led invasion really was a "holy war." Photographs are being circulated of black...
In January of 2003, shortly before the US bombed and invaded Iraq, I asked a dear friend, Umm Heyder, to tell me how she was feeling. "It is very hard," she said, "when all you can do is to sit and to wait for your city to be bombed. And, you see,"...
Updated at 12:10 a.m. EST, Jan. 18, 2007 Bombings have been preferred method of attack during this week’s surge in violence. Today alone, at least 87 Iraqis were killed and another 117 wounded in several incidents. Military authorities also announced the death...
Updated at 11:56 a.m. EST, Jan. 18, 2007 A second day of increased violence followed the executions of Saddam’s half-brother and the former head of Iraq’s Revolutionary Court. At least 238 Iraqis were killed or found dead today and 118 were injured. The...
Last week, most of the media's and public's attention was focused on President Bush's announcement that he would be sending another 20,000-plus troops to Iraq – a move opposed by 70 percent of the American people. Nonetheless, the president refuses to let public...
Is Israel, supported by the Bush administration, preparing to launch an atomic war against Iran? On Jan. 7, the London Sunday Times claimed that the Israeli government is planning to attack Iran's uranium enrichment facilities with tactical nuclear weapons. While the...
It was the renowned Prussian military thinker Carl von Clausewitz who proposed in the early 19th century that "war is merely a continuation of politics" – an assertion that should continue to serve as a cautionary note to statesmen and generals who fail to take...
For 18 months now, the George W. Bush administration has periodically raised the charge that Iran is supplying anti-coalition forces in Iraq with arms. But in the past, high administration officials have always admitted that they have no real evidence to support it....
