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You know, of course, that the alleged handover of Iraqi sovereignty on June 30 is a phony-baloney public-relations stunt. The armed forces will remain in the country. A U.S. embassy with 1,000 employees will open. In other words, it will be a continued occupation with an Iraqi face. What the White House hopes will happen … Continue reading “White House Counting on Public Apathy”

On Wednesday, June 23, 2004, the U.S. House of Representatives, in an overwhelming bipartisan vote, endorsed right-wing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s efforts to colonize and annex large sections of the Palestinian West Bank, seized by Israel in the June 1967 war. This was not just another “pro-Israel” (or, more accurately, “pro-Israeli right”) resolution, but … Continue reading “Congress to Sharon: Take All You Want”

From Dahr’s weblog How much worse does it need to get here before the occupiers consider changing their policy? 100 dead every day? In light of what happened here yesterday, it appears as though we’re heading in that direction. For those of you who think June 30 will signify a decrease in the number and … Continue reading “Where Children Laugh at Bombs”

It hasn’t been a good week for Undersecretary of State Bolton. Some of the eggs he’s laid in the past year or so hatched as turkeys and have come home to roost. Back in October of 2002, one of Bolton’s munchkins claimed he had accosted a Democratic People’s Republic of Korea “diplomat” at a cocktail … Continue reading “In Your Ear, Bolton”

NEW DELHI – Six years after they blasted their way into the world’s nuclear club, India and Pakistan have taken some welcome, if tentative, steps in recent days toward nuclear-risk reduction and confidence-building, which they say would “promote a stable environment of peace and security.” But the steps are small and may prove inadequate in … Continue reading “New Accord a Modest Step to Ease Nuke Danger”

According to the U.S. government, these before and after satellite images from Iran are evidence of nuclear activity and a subsequent cover-up. Ironically, the accusation is based on the identification of a U.S.-made radiation monitor at the site.

Two weeks after compromising with its traditional allies on the wording of a key UN Security Council resolution on Iraq, U.S. foreign policy under George W. Bush appears to be moving further toward the more realist policies of his father in other areas as well. Few pretend to know whether the move is tactical for … Continue reading “Bush Gives Realism a Chance”

From Dahr’s blog Mohammed works at our hotel. He just came up to deliver our laundry. When we asked how he was doing, he took off his sunglasses to show us a black eye. “Not so good,” he said. Someone was drinking beer outside the hotel last night, and when Mohammed asked him to please … Continue reading “‘This Is the Freedom’”

BAQUBA – Just six days before Iraq’s interim government is to gain partial sovereignty from the U.S., resistance fighters launched a series of coordinated attacks against U.S. forces and Iraqi government targets in Baghdad, Mosul, Ramadi and Baquba today. Fierce fighting between the Iraqi resistance and U.S. forces has killed at least 85 people and … Continue reading “Baquba Sealed off as US Loses Control”

When an off-Broadway show opened a few seasons ago with the deliciously relevant title, Now That Communism is Dead My Life Feels Empty, it made me think of the bright, clever neoconservatives I have known. Looking back, many of their prominent publications and groups were far too inflexible to accept that the USSR was no … Continue reading “The Neocons Earn an ‘F’”