Gunmen staged a horrific attack north of Baghdad where they stormed the home of a bodyguard, killing five people. Unfortunately, it was not the only home invasion today. At least 11 more Iraqis were killed and 14 were wounded in other violence.
read moreWesternized Youth a Target for Iraq’s “Moral Police”
Activists say that a youth movement characterized by black clothing and unconventional hairstyles is the latest target of Iraq’s “moral police.” At least 10 Iraqis were killed and 18 more were wounded in other attacks.
read moreBomb-Iran Week Turns ‘Syrious’
This week was supposed to be all about Iran – at least, that's how Israel and its powerful U.S. lobby, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), had planned it - and why the U.S. should prepare to bomb it very, very soon if its leadership doesn't cave into...
US Weapons Claiming Palestinian Lives, Group Says
A new policy paper published earlier this week by the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation documents a number of cases occurring over the past decade in which weapons and ammunition produced and financed by the U.S. have been used to kill unarmed Palestinians...
Reality Rift
Iraqi Lawmakers Trade Blame For Monday’s Slaughter in Haditha
Prayer day violence was light, but at least two Iraqis were killed and six more were wounded. Meanwhile, lawmakers in Baghdad are tossing the blame for Monday’s Haditha massacre around at each other.
read moreIs the GOP Becoming a War Party?
Green on Blue
The Syrian Gambit Unravels
Justin Raimondo is off today, but we've dredged up a particularly appropriate column from the distant past (originally publshed December 12, 2005): with Syria in the headlines and the prospect of regime-change looming large, it merits looking back on the Bush...
Rights Group Warns of Anti-Gay Attacks in Iraq
Aleast seven Iraqis were killed and 13 more were wounded in new violence. More alarmingly, an Iraqi right’s group says that 42 homosexual Iraqis have been murdered in the last few weeks.
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