At least 77 were killed in Iraq, among them Iraqi soldiers who may have been killed by a Coalition airstrike.

Originally posted at TomDispatch. Am I the only person who still remembers how Pentagon officials spoke of the major military bases already on the drawing boards as the invasion of Iraq ended in April 2003? It was taboo back then to refer to those future installations...

Justin Raimondo is on vacation until January 1.The Republican wing of the War Party – and their Democratic doppelgangers – sure are having a field day over the San Bernardino massacre. At last they have a superficially plausible rationale for invading Syria and...

The most recent Republican debate for the 2016 election was unsurprisingly dominated by the shadow of terrorism and war. The Paris attacks that killed more than 130 people, plus the 14 deaths in San Bernardino, California seem to have brought about a new-old sentiment...

"If you're in favor of World War III, you have your candidate." So said Rand Paul, looking directly at Gov. Chris Christie, who had just responded to a question from CNN's Wolf Blitzer as to whether he would shoot down a Russian plane that violated his...

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) assessment has cleared the way for the board of governors to end the Agency’s extraordinary investigation into accusations of Iran’s past nuclear weapons work. But a closer examination of the document reveals much more...

Nine hunters who were kidnapped in southern Iraq on Wednesday escaped their captors. The World Bank has promised to lend Iraq $1.2 billion to help it deal with the Islamic State militancy and the crash in oil prices. At least 314 were killed and 27 were wounded: The...

While the country has been fixated on Donald Trump's tormenting his Republican primary opponents and deeply concerned about the government's efforts to identify any confederates in the San Bernardino, California, killings, a team of federal prosecutors and FBI agents...

The War on Terror is at a stalemate. Recent, disparate terrorist attacks have shown that far from being “degraded and destroyed,” the Islamic State’s reach is growing. Unwilling to commit large numbers of U.S. boots on the ground, policymakers have instead...

Over the weekend CNN breathlessly reported as "Breaking News" – it breathlessly reports everything as "Breaking News" – a new poll indicating that people are increasingly frightened about terrorism. The accompanying web story stated, "Terrorism has...