Updated at 7:40 p.m. EDT, Sept. 18, 2009
At least eight Iraqis were killed and 26 more were wounded in the latest attacks. Another 11 were kidnapped. Meanwhile, the U.S. military is training upper and lower level prison employees, hoping the Iraqis will avoid Abu Ghraib-like scandals now that the final U.S. detainees are being transferred over to the Iraqi authorities.
read moreLessons of 9/11 Still Unlearned
A week ago marked the 8-year anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks against the United States. As we should on each and every Sept. 11, we remembered all those who lost their lives on that fateful day, as well as those who responded to the tragedy. At Arlington...
The Worms in the Apple
Is America Hooked on War?
Thursday: 5 Iraqis Killed, 21 Wounded
Updated at 5:10 p.m. EDT, Sept. 17, 2009
At least five Iraqis were killed and 21 more were wounded in the latest attacks. Also, Turkey’s foreign minister urged Iraq and Syria to work together against terrorism.
read moreJamie Rubin, Cruise-Missile Liberal
The Story of My Shoe
War Without End
Presidents Need a War to Call Their Own — Now Obama Has His
PARIS -- The more one hears the discussion among Democrats about the war in Afghanistan, the more one feels that it is a serious handicap that Barack Obama has no personal experience of international relations or of foreign policy or military service, beyond such...
Israel Struggles to Wriggle Out of the Dock
JERUSALEM - The Goldstone Commission has delivered an unremittingly scathing report on Israel's 22-day war against Hamas in Gaza last December and January. But the outstanding question is what kind of action the report - legal and political - will yield. Will it, in...
