Israeli Trench Could Destroy 3,000 Palestinian Homes

As Israeli and Palestinian leaders move to increase security cooperation in Gaza, a major U.S. human rights organization is urging the government of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to reject proposals to build an anti-smuggling trench along the Gaza-Egyptian border that...

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Jacobin to the Core

After listening to his inaugural speech, anyone who thinks President Bush and his handlers are sane needs to visit a psychiatrist. The hubris-filled megalomaniac in the Oval Office has promised the world war without end. Bush's crazy talk has even upset rah-rah...

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Right to Life

I have come to the conclusion that the Creator does not want us to fight wars or to leave our brothers to die in hunger or disease, for we have been given the things we need to provide all men on the planet what they need to get by with in the world. I have been led...

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The Man Who Knew Too Much

S cott Horton interviews former UN Iraq weapons inspector Scott Ritter about the WMD that weren't. Interview conducted Jan. 22, 2005. Check out Scott Horton's other interviews with prominent antiwar and libertarian personalities. Listen to MP3 Listen to Streaming...

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Extra! Extra! Read Nil About It!

"'It's a finesse to give power to Rumsfeld – giving him the right to act swiftly, decisively, and lethally,' the first Pentagon adviser told me. 'It's a global free-fire zone.'" (Seymour Hersh, "The Coming Wars," the New Yorker magazine) George Bush's...

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The War Won’t Stop

What do you think will happen after the elections in Iraq? The answer is nothing, so far as we are concerned. The insurgents will pronounce the elections illegitimate, and the violence will continue. The only difference is that the insurgents will have a new set of...

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Backtalk, January 24, 2005

W and Dostoevsky Is Justin aware of this tidbit (from "Laura Bush: Why Liberals Shouldn't Like Her")? "More than one commentator has noted with approval and some surprise that Laura Bush's favorite scene in literature is the 'Grand Inquisitor' portion of The Brothers...

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Coming Unglued

As I pondered what theme would be appropriate for this 100th "On War," one of Col. John Boyd's favorite phrases popped into my mind: "coming unglued." As the column's primary purpose is to view events through the prism of Fourth Generation war, and...

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Who Voted for War With Zimbabwe?

According to the Washington Post, President Bush believes his reelection constitutes a "ratification" of his "approach toward Iraq." Far from being "ratified" in the rest of the world – including the United Kingdom – Bush's...

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