NEW DELHI – Iran's rebuff to a European "package of incentives," including a light-water nuclear power reactor, in return for halting uranium enrichment, marks a serious escalation of tensions with the West. But it does not close the doors to solving...
Human rights organizations here are hailing the recommendations of the United Nations Committee Against Torture that the United States close its Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detention center, cease holding detainees in secret prisons, and stop the practice of...
In yet another apparent episode of the inability of the White House to steer a consistent diplomatic course in the Middle East, a new report says that the George W. Bush administration ordered U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad in March to postpone indefinitely the...
December 2001: the U.S. Air Force dropped the 15,000-pound "Daisy Cutter" on the cave complex in Afghanistan known as Toro Bora. At the time, this was the largest bomb in the U.S. arsenal. The same month, the Pentagon sent 10 of the more lethal 2,000-pound thermobaric...
A shining city on a hill. A light unto the world. That's what early Americans hoped their land would become. A beacon of liberty, beckoning others to follow. A place of refuge and hope for those fleeing tyranny or seeking opportunity. An oasis in the midst of conflict...
"Our children did not enlist to commit war crimes and crimes against humanity," said Cindy Sheehan, the prominent American antiwar activist who lost her son. During a visit to Ottawa last week, she called on Canada to welcome war resisters as refugees. The call comes...
After five months of confusion, bickering, dickering, dithering, and strong-arm tactics from Zalmay Khalilzad, our ambassador to Iraq, and various high American officials arriving on the fly, Prime Minister-designate Nouri al-Maliki has reportedly chosen his cabinet,...
Is Congress aiding and abetting the creation of a police state? Recently, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Pete Hoekstra, R-Mich., helped to give the CIA and NSA unprecedented police powers. By inserting a provision in the FY07 Intelligence...
It may be convenient to perceive the Middle East as a politically charged, fractious region, rife with conflicts and disputes, void of many prospects, save those leading to even further uncertainty and turmoil. While history is indeed rich with instances that would...
KABUL - Almost daily armed attacks on government officials by the Taliban may have prompted President Hamid Karzai to renew his amnesty offer to supporters of the ousted Afghan regime. Karzai recently urged the Taliban to give up the violence and join in the efforts...
