India Mulls Tough Responses to Mumbai Bombings

NEW DELHI - After securing sympathy and support for fighting terrorism from the G-8 grouping of the world's wealthiest countries in St. Petersburg, the Indian government is coming under pressure to harden its response to the recent Mumbai serial bombings, which killed...

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Lebanese Devastated as Bombing Continues

BEIRUT - Much of Beirut is a devastated city: infrastructure in many areas lies in a shambles after the Israeli bombing. But the Lebanese are also feeling devastated. "Does our country not have the right to move forward like other democracies?" asks Nidal...

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How the Supreme Court
Struck Back

Last week, Attorney General Alberto J. Gonzales testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee that the president had personally shut down a Justice Department investigation into the domestic eavesdropping program being run by the National Security Agency. According...

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Danger! Legacy Ahead!

The Israelis are conducting not only a shooting war but also a propaganda war: if there is a way to "spin" the deaths of Lebanese civilians, the smashing of the infrastructure, and even the bombing of an anti-Hezbollah Christian-owned television station,...

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In a Perfect World

In a perfect world, military power would match the brainpower of the people who wield it. Alas, it's not a perfect world, and the mismatch between power and smarts is sometimes wider than the Grand Canyon. Remember when Paul Wolfowitz was in the Defense Department?...

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Backtalk, July 24, 2006

Stop That Shit, Indeed Ladies/Sirs, I love your site. It and Lew Rockwell are my favorite sites on the Internet, and the ones I read most regularly. You have even published a couple of my own articles in the past. So, I am a huge fan. With that said, may I humbly...

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Stop That Shit, Indeed

A woman, an immigrant from Russia, throws herself on the ground in total despair in front of her home that has been hit by a missile, crying in broken Hebrew: "My son! My son!" believing him dead. In fact he was only wounded and sent to the hospital. Lebanese...

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Nuking Hezbollah

In his 2002 State of the Union Address, President Bush threw down the gauntlet before Iraq, North Korea and Iran. "States like these, and their terrorist allies, constitute an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world. "I will not wait on events, while...

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The Shame of Being an American

Gentle reader, do you know that Israel is engaged in ethnic cleansing in southern Lebanon? Israel has ordered all the villagers to clear out. Israel then destroys their homes and murders the fleeing villagers. That way there is no one to come back and nothing to which...

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