Mosul Removes ISIS Corpses from Streets; 233 Killed in Iraq
Mass Grave Found in Ayadiya; 85 Killed in Iraq
The Endangered Iran Nuclear Deal
Nikki Haley, US ambassador to the United Nations, said the other day that Iran had violated the spirit of the 2015 nuclear accord and that President Trump was likely not to certify Iran’s compliance with it next month. There is no legitimate reason for such a step,...
Sadr to Disband Militia After ISIS Defeat; 64 Killed in Iraq
War in the Greater Middle East, Maybe We’re the Bad Guys
Originally posted at TomDispatch. In some closet, I still have toy soldiers from my 1950s childhood. They played a crucial role in an all-American world of good guys and bad guys I learned about, in part, from the westerns and war movies my father took me to at local...
Begging for War
"There are no good options," Brian Williams said the other night on MSNBC, launching a discussion about North Korea with the implication that war – maybe nuclear war – is the only solution to the problem it represents. We've been cradling our own suicide...
British Advisers Arrive in Anbar; 124 Killed in Iraq
Three Years After the War: Gaza Youth Speak Out
“At bedtime, I am afraid to turn the lights off. I am not a coward, it is just that I worry that this bulb hanging from the ceiling is the last light that remains (shining) in my life.” Soon after he penned these words, Moath Alhaj, a young artist from a...
The Bombast of Nikki Haley
How Nikki Haley got her job as UN ambassador, and a major foreign policy spokesperson for the Trump administration, is a mystery, at least to me. Her vicious personal attacks on Trump when he was a candidate should’ve ruled her out from the get-go. Where oh where is...


