AINKAWA, Northern Iraq - Zaid Suleyman, a 34-year-old taxi driver, sits in the administration office of St. Joseph's, an Assyrian Christian church in the Kurdish-controlled north of Iraq. He and his wife fled the capital, Baghdad, for the comparative peace of this...
Ink Stains and Blood Stains
People with no principles look to consequences to justify their actions the Republican Party and its media megaphones now contend that Iraq's first democratic election has provided a final and irrefutable justification for America's invasion and conquest. That...
Americans Die for Sharia in Iraq
Why have nearly 1,500 American soldiers died in Iraq? To what purpose have 20,000 been wounded and otherwise put out of commission? Why are we spending billions to put police on the streets of Iraq's cities, and cutting back by 95 percent on funds that put 100,000...
Neocons and Iran: Here They Go Again
Antiwar.com columnist Dr. Gordon Prather gives Scott Horton the inside scoop about Iran's "nuclear program" and the neocons who are trying to start another war. Interview conducted Feb. 5, 2005. Listen to streaming audio Download MP3 Physicist James Gordon Prather has...
Arabs Fear Kirkuk Purge
KIRKUK - "When someone has the power, he will take everything," says retired soldier Mohammed Hassan Mohammed in a Shia mosque in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk. Like most Shia Arabs in this oil-rich city, his family came here in the 1980s during Saddam's...
Natan Sharansky and US Israel Policy
There is little doubt that George W. Bush and Natan Sharansky, a Soviet émigré who is a top political official in Israel, share a similar perspective about international affairs, especially in the Middle East. Following his inaugural address, the U.S. president said...
Abbas and Sharon: Common Interest, Different Agendas
JERUSALEM - Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon go into Tuesday's summit in Egypt with a strong common interest to portray their long-awaited meeting as a success but with very different agendas. In many ways, the...
Weapons Inspections Were a Front
Part two of Scott Horton's discussion with former UN Iraq weapons inspector Scott Ritter about the WMD that weren't. Interview conducted Feb. 5, 2005. Check out Scott Horton's other interviews with prominent antiwar and libertarian personalities. Listen to Streaming...
More Money for Indonesia’s Thugs
As U.S. President George W. Bush last week reiterated his strong support for spreading freedom abroad, his administration was preparing to remove a major obstacle to restoring full ties with Indonesia's armed forces (TNI), widely regarded as one of the world's most...
Backtalk, February 8
The Dangers of Abstract Nationalism My characterization of the neocon-led Bush administration is that it is Jacobin. I characterized many of Bush's enthusiastic supporters as brownshirts because of their evident attributes: their minds are closed to facts and debate;...


