Insurgents Get Support of Homegrown Media

BAGHDAD - The latest round of fighting in Iraq is the first real test for the country's new government after it took over from the U.S. and British-led occupation authority in the last days of June. The initial relative calm that greeted the handover has been slowly...

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Protesters Plan to Give RNC the Bronx Cheer

MONTREAL - Recent terrorism alerts in New York City have not slowed plans there to protest the Republican National Convention (RNC), which is set to officially nominate George W. Bush on Sept. 2 to run for president in November's U.S. elections. This week alone, the...

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Follies of the High and Mighty

If a mandatory evacuation from your storm-threatened holiday leaves you with time on your hands, or you have energy left for reading after the hassles of airport security and can block out the incessant blared warnings over the airport loudspeakers, here are some...

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Reinventing the War Party

The tom-toms are beating, and the word is going out to neocons worldwide: Save yourselves! Anybody but Bush! Yes, I know it must be hard to believe, since loyalty is such a big deal to the neocons (as in: they don’t have any), but the word on the street is that,...

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US Winning Najaf Battle, Losing Iraq War

Once again, U.S. armed forces appear on the verge of winning a decisive military victory in Iraq – this time in the holy city of Najaf. And once again, they appear closer to losing the larger wars for a stable and friendly Iraq and for an Islamic world that will...

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Parsing the Libyan Myth

The battle for Najaf, at least at the military level, is inconclusive as I write, and the ultimate political implications will probably take weeks or months to sort out, though it is virtually certain that one result will be better recruiting prospects for militants,...

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Pentagon Questions All Iraq Interrogators Under Oath

Internal Pentagon documents show that the inspector general tasked with investigating what led to the Army's abuse of prisoners in Iraq is at least planning to conduct a thorough and wide-ranging investigation. His bottom-up inquiry is not stuck at the bottom with...

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The War Through al-Qaeda’s Eyes

In any war, one of the most useful opportunities is a chance to see the conflict through the other side's eyes. A Marine captain recently sent me a fascinating look at the misnamed "war on terror" through the eyes of al-Qaeda, in the form of an interview by...

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Groups Ask Court for Prisoner Abuse Info

WASHINGTON - Human rights, veterans and civil liberties groups on Thursday will urge a federal court to order the U.S. government to release records on the alleged mistreatment of prisoners at U.S. military bases and other detention facilities overseas, including...

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