Turkish Deputy Prime Minister, Bekir Bozdag definitively said that Ankara would not honor an Interpol “red notice” request to extradite Iraqi Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi. Meanwhile, at least six Iraqis were killed and 13 more were wounded in new violence.
read moreAn Afghan Okinawa
There is no U.S. troop withdrawal in 2014. We are ordinary Afghans wishing for peace, and we have eyes and ears and feelings of love and despair, so please read on. The Washington Post, in reporting the recent signing of the U.S. Afghan Enduring Strategic Partnership...
NATO: The New Holy Alliance
They’re cowering in Chicago, where the NATO summit is scheduled to open on May 20: the security arrangements go well beyond paranoia. They’re telling office workers in buildings adjacent to the site to “dress down,” lest they become identified with the proceedings. A...
What’s Behind the Second Underwear Bombing Attempt?
The foiling of the second attempt by Yemeni terrorists to blow their underwear and any airplane near them to smithereens has led to praise for an American government that motivated the plot in the first place. Ever since the barbaric attacks of 9/11, the American...
Interpol Issues Red Notice for Iraq VP, Turkish PM Pledges Support
Interpol, the international police organization, today issued a “red notice,” for Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi, who is wanted on terrorism charges in Iraq. The notice is basically the equivalent of being on Interpol’s most wanted list. Meanwhile, at least five Iraqis were killed and 10 more were wounded.
read moreEnduring Commitments Abroad
Listen to Rep. Paul deliver this address. Last week President Obama made a surprise pre-dawn trip to Afghanistan to mark the one-year anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden and to sign a document further extending the U.S. presence in that country. The...
The Hive and the Heterodoxy
Last month in this space we discussed the role of top foreign policy/national security think tanks as standard-bearers for the military establishment and political status quo in Washington. It’s a dizzy game that is no doubt taken seriously by many scholars who are...
Iraq VP: Judge Supervised Torture of Guards
Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi again claimed that his guards have been tortured while in detention on trumped-up terrorism charges. Meanwhile, at least eight Iraqis were killed and 27 more were wounded.
read moreForeign Policy Theater of the Absurd
A Russian general has threatened military action if the US and its NATO allies go ahead and build a “missile shield” in Eastern Europe: “A decision to use destructive force preemptively will be taken if the situation worsens,” say Russian chief of staff Nikolai...
Stick a Fork in al-Qaeda
A year after Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. Navy SEALs, letters written by al-Qaeda’s former leader paint a picture of an organization that was a shadow of its former self — certainly not the terrorist group with global reach that was able to attack America on...
