Late last month, a fortnight into Israel's war against Lebanon, the Hebrew-language media published a story that passed observers by. Scientists in Haifa, according to the report, have developed a "missile-trapping" steel net that can shield buildings from...
A Pretext for War With Iran?
James Bamford, author of A Pretext for War and a recent article in Rolling Stone on the neoconservative push for war with Iran, talks to INN's Lenny Charles in this video interview.
Nobody Won
Since everybody and his brother is claiming victory in the Lebanese war, I thought we might try to establish some rational criteria for judging the outcome. At first, Israel announced that its objective was to destroy Hezbollah. This was later modified to weaken...
Indian Foreign Policy Slips on Oil-for-Food Slick
NEW DELHI - The "oil-for-food" program approved by the United Nations for Iraq before its invasion by the United States-led "Coalition of the Willing" in 2003 has had an improbable and belated impact thousands of miles away. Through a convoluted...
Ever Closer to Fears of Civil War
ARBIL, Iraq - Hanan's family could never have thought three years ago of leaving Baghdad. They had lived for years in peace with their Shi'ite neighbors in the ethnically mixed Shaab district. All that changed the morning they saw a letter in their courtyard giving...
Indian Nuclear Deal With US Clears Domestic Opposition
NEW DELHI - The controversial United States-India nuclear cooperation agreement has overcome a major domestic obstacle in the form of a threat by India's major opposition parties to press for a Parliamentary resolution which would have tied the Manmohan Singh...
Bush’s Gift to Jong Il
According to ABC News, US intelligence officials have told the White House there is "a real possibility" that the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea [DPRK] is preparing to conduct an underground test of a nuclear weapon. In particular, the Koreans have been...
The Constitution: Checking a Would-Be King
Who can forget the chutzpah of President George W. Bush as he bragged to Bob Woodward, "I'm commander in chief.... That's the interesting thing about being president ... I don't feel like I owe anybody an explanation." Wrong, Mr. President. You and Vice President...
Former Generals: Bush Must Negotiate to Make America Safer
Twenty-one former generals and high ranking national security officials have called on United States President George W. Bush to reverse course and embrace a new area of negotiation with Iran, Iraq, and North Korea. In a letter released Thursday, the group told...
US Supervision of Colombian Paramilitary Demobilization Becomes Evident
BOGOTÁ - Just a few days into Colombian President Álvaro Uribe's second term in office, the close U.S. supervision of his government's negotiations for the demobilization of the ultra-rightwing paramilitary militias became evident. Fourteen of the heads of the...


