Christians United for War
Wednesday: 23 Iraqis Killed, 67 Wounded
Updated at 11:53 p.m. EST, Dec. 23, 2009 Attacks targeting Christians and Shi'ites left dozens dead or wounded in the days leading to important holidays for both groups. Christmas occurs on Friday, while Ashura begins at sunset on Saturday. At least 23 Iraqis were...
Sartre Meets Afghanistan: Obama’s ‘No Exit’ Strategy
To take some of the sting out of his decision to send an additional 30,000 troops to Afghanistan, President Obama laid out an exit strategy by setting a date – July 2011 – on which troops will begin withdrawing. The president, through Robert Gibbs, described...
Trying to Reduce Our Only Existential Threat
The Awards!
I love tradition, and after all these years of writing this column – seems like one hundred, but it's actually closer to ten – it's high time to start one (a tradition, that is). Thus, the Antiwar.com awards are born! Taking our cues from another tradition – the...
Break the CIA in Two
After the CIA-led fiasco at the Bay of Pigs in April 1961, President John Kennedy was quoted as saying he wanted to "splinter the CIA into a thousand pieces and scatter it into the winds." I can understand his anger, but a thousand is probably too many....
In Nightmares Begin Responsibilities
Who Are the Four Afghans Released From Gitmo?
Over the weekend, 12 prisoners were released from Guantánamo, as the Justice Department announced in a press release on December 20. I have previously reported the stories of the two Somalis who were released – emphasizing how nothing about their cases...
Tuesday: 3 Iraqis Killed, 13 Wounded
At least three Iraqis were killed and 13 more were wounded in light violence. Iran maintained a dominant place in Iraqi headlines by offering a conciliatory explanation of its recent incursion into Iraqi territory and speaking on the fate of three American hikers who...
