U.S. human rights groups have roundly condemned Thursday’s announcement by Attorney General Eric Holder that the Justice Department will not pursue prosecutions of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officers who may have been responsible for the deaths of two prisoners...
5 Dead in Iraq; Iran Rejects Call to Clean River Flowing to Iraq over “Security Risks”
IAEA Report Shows Iran Reduced Its Breakout Capacity
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report made public Thursday reveals that Iran has actually reduced the amount of 20-percent enriched uranium available for any possible breakout to weapons grade enrichment over the last three months rather...
12 Iraqis Killed; Iraq Releases Lower Casualty Figures for August
Time to ‘Speak Out, Not Hold Your Peace’ About the Kellogg-Briand Pact Outlawing War
On July 28th 2012, Michael Wali, Megan Rice, and Greg Boertje-Obed entered the Y-12 National Security Complex at Oak Ridge, Tennessee in the pre-dawn hours by cutting a fence. They hoisted banners, spray painted messages, and poured their blood on the nation’s only...
Foreign Policy Night in Tampa
Yesterday [Wednesday] was given over to foreign policy at the Republican National Convention, and what a blast from the past it was – John McCain and Condi Rice singing a duo of "Give War A Chance." The only one missing was He Who Shall Not Be Named – but he...
Six Iraqis Killed in New Attacks
Where Do We Go Next?
It was perhaps inevitable that the GOP would turn on the Ron Paul supporters to eliminate them from their version of a body politic. I predicted it would take place and so did a number of others. But what has been surprising is the timing. It seemed reasonable to...
Five More Executed in Iraq, Another 11 Killed in Attacks
The Platform From Hell
In response to the well nigh universal jeers that greeted his endorsement of Mitt Romney, Sen. Rand Paul (son of Ron Paul) tried to reassure us: Oh, don’t worry, because the Paulians will have a major influence on the party platform. How so? Well, it seems the...


