The Emergence of the Homeland Security State

Since ancient Rome, imperial republics have invariably felt a tension between cherished republican practices at home and distinctly unrepublican ones abroad; or put another way, if imperial practices spread far enough beyond the republic's borders and gain enough...

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On Pins and Needles in Baghdad

Despite a continuing increase in the already draconian security measures imposed across Iraq, the bombs keep coming. Today in the al-Dora district of Baghdad a primary school which had been a designated polling station was struck by a car bomb. Four Iraqi Police (IP)...

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Worried Turkey Keeps Close Watch Over Kurdistan

ARBIL, Kurdistan - The afternoon call to prayer sounds on the final Friday before election on Sunday, and thousands of Kurds across Northern Iraq file into their mosques. At each one of them, imams appointed by the ruling Kurdish factions give the same message: go out...

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US Missile Shield Finds Few Takers in Canada

OTTAWA - With Canada's governing Liberal Party clinging to power by a shaky minority in Parliament, Washington's controversial North American missile defense program may create a crisis that will force the country into a snap election. Even within the Liberal Party,...

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Lowered Expectations for Iraqi Expatriate Turnout

DUBAI - Democracy in Iraq is in the eye of the beholder. The elections on Jan. 30 may be touted as the first step toward freedom in the strife-torn country, but the chance to vote in their own government has evoked mixed emotions among Iraqi expatriates living in the...

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‘Fallujah Is Fine, Now Go Back to Sleep’

My friend from Baquba visited me yesterday. He brought the usual giant lunch of home-cooked food he always brings when he comes to see me. I'm still eating it, actually. I had it again for dinner tonight. Ah, the typical Iraqi meal. He owns four large tents, and rents...

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Cracks Surfacing Fast in Iraq’s North

ARBIL - Tensions in the northern Iraqi city Kirkuk have reached breaking point after Arab parties announced they will boycott the election Jan. 30. The boycott is potentially explosive. The Arab population of Kirkuk was settled there largely as a move by the Saddam...

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From Holocaust to Hyperpower

The importance of this week's recognition by the United Nations of the Nazi Holocaust lies as much in its relevance to today's international realities as it does to the historical significance of the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp by Soviet forces 60 years ago...

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Exhuming the Truth

Scott Horton talks with Sibel Edmonds about her attempts to have the information she knows declassified, and what you can do about it. Interview conducted Jan. 22, 2005. Check out Scott's other interviews with prominent antiwar and libertarian personalities. Download...

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