During the run-up to the continent-wide elections to the European Parliament that just took place, our European press and electronic media sounded the alarm over the threat of a populist, nationalist, Euroskeptic tide overwhelming the “peace project” that the European...
Resurrecting the PLO Is Palestine’s Best Response to the ‘Deal of the Century’
Palestinian groups, Fatah, Hamas and others should not confine themselves to simply rejecting the Trump Administration's so-called "Deal of the Century". Instead, they should use their resistance to the new American-Israeli plot as an opportunity to unify...
Iraq Daily Roundup: Turkey Launched Operation Against PKK; 21 Killed in Iraq
The Pence Prophecy: VP Predicts Perpetual War at the West Point Graduation
Time was that a stint, or even a career, in the military did not necessarily translate into any serious combat duty. That may seem hard to believe eighteen years after 9/11, but this middle-aged middling major is just old enough to remember such a bygone era. As a...
The Western Media Is Key to Syria Deceptions
By any reckoning, the claim made this week by al-Qaeda-linked fighters that they were targeted with chemical weapons by the Syrian government in Idlib province – their final holdout in Syria – should have been treated by the western media with a high...
Congress Fiddles While Trump Lurches Toward War on Iran
Congress, and particularly the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives, seems determined to see the end of the Trump Administration before the 2020 vote. Although House Speaker Pelosi claims she is not seeking impeachment, she’s accusing the president of...
Iraq Daily Roundup: Pilot Injured in Shooting; Five Killed and Six Wounded
Iraq Daily Roundup: Five Killed and Eight Wounded
Five people were killed, and another eight were wounded, when car bomb exploded in Owainat. Also, three French citizens were convicted on terrorism charges in an Iraqi court and sentenced to death. They still have the right to appeal.
We Must Defend Assange To Save Democracy From American Despotism
On Thursday, the Department of Justice made an unprecedented move to file 17 Espionage Act charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. This indictment was what Assange and his legal team have been warning about since 2010 and the risk of extradition was the sole...
Pardoning War Criminals Is a Monstrous Way to Honor Memorial Day
How are you spending Memorial Day? Ordinary people may attend parades, host cookouts, or take the long weekend to visit loved ones. Donald Trump, on the other hand, may pardon a few war criminals. The president recently requested the files of several accused and...


