Obama’s Duplicitous Iran Policy
One of President Obama’s greatest “accomplishments” has been creating fissures within the antiwar/progressive community in the United States by talking like a progressive politician, but acting in most cases as a conservative one. Consider, for example, his domestic...
Regime Change in Syria
For well over a year, the US has pursued a policy of regime change in Syria. This policy is rooted in Washington’s broader regional interest: maintaining obedient client states and eliminating states that challenge US hegemony. More specifically, the US is interested...
No, We Can’t!
An ambassador is an honest man sent abroad to lie for the good of his country, a British statesman famously wrote some 400 years ago. That is true, of course, for all diplomats. The question is whether the diplomat lies only to others, or also to himself. I am asking...
The Israeli-Jihadist Alliance
It's seems counterintuitive, to say the least. Indeed, it seems quite mad. And yet we now have all the evidence we need to point to a de facto Israeli alliance with Al Qaeda. The bombing of Damascus suburbs by Israeli jets – purportedly in order to prevent the Syrians...
Baghdad Bombed; 16 Iraqis Killed, 51 Wounded Overall
In Baghdad, one person was killed and six more were wounded when a bomb exploded near the Zein al-Abideen mosque. A bomb at a coffee shop killed three people and wounded 13 others in Jamiaa. Mortar fire that immediately followed the bombing killed three people and...
Lawyer and College Dean Among Four Killed in Iraq
Two policemen were killed and a woman was wounded in a bombing in Tal Afar. In Mosul, gunmen killed a lawyer and wounded his companion. Gunmen killed a university dean in Falluja. A bomb in Hawija wounded a Sahwa leader and three bodyguards. In Baquba, gunmen wounded...
Baghdad Mosque Bombed As Attacks Leave 26 Killed
Liberty in the Age of Terrorism
The Boston Marathon bombing, horrific in and of itself, is made far worse by our response to it. For one thing, hate is on the march. Listen here to the conversation between a Washington, D.C. cabbie – a Muslim from Somalia – and his crazed passenger, who rants that...
