A recent edition of Jane's Intelligence Digest maps out the next stop on this administration's road to war: Syria. Yes, everything's going according to plan. Forget George W. Bush's "road map." The real road map, plotted by a cabal of U.S. war-hawks in 1996 for then...
The invasion of Iraq was no humanitarian intervention, Human Rights Watch says in its annual report released in London Monday. The human rights organization's argument on Iraq marks the keynote essay in its annual report. The 407-page "World Report 2004: Human...
Retired Gen. Anthony Zinni began warning that ousting Saddam Hussein, let alone invading Iraq, risked destabilizing the entire Middle East back in 1998, when he led U.S. Central Command and testified against the Iraq Liberation Act that made "regime change" official...
Poppies, from the milky sap of which opium and heroin are derived, represent a lifeline for Afghan families and day labourers around this border crossing with Pakistan. As in other parts of the country, farmers here plough their earnings from poppy cultivation into...
When police raided an Ottawa journalist's office and home this week because of an article she wrote about a Canadian deported from the United States to face torture in Syria, it was a reminder how closely this country has followed the U.S. lead in the "war on...
While some German politicians are worried about the closing of US military bases in their regions, others fear nasty surprises will surface after the Americans depart. The United States has consistently valued military power more than the environment - but at...
Everything Is Hyped Thanks for this article. In it Charley commented that "Iran and Iraq used them in their war in the 1980s, but there has been no study that I'm aware of on how effective they were." Actually there was such a study done by the USMC. It can be found...
Contrary to what most Americans believe, the U.S. is in deep trouble in Iraq, and its policies are adrift. Especially ominous are problems surrounding the June 30 plan for elections. If direct elections are held, the Shi’ites, with 60% of the population, will...
Canada's decision to hold talks with Washington on a proposed US missile defense program has breathed new life into the country's peace movement. The federal government agreed earlier this month to start official talks on joining the defense shield, which would use...
The U.S. effort to design a new generation of low-power nuclear weapons, approved in the defense budget for 2004, is politically, technically and militarily unjustifiable, say critics. The so-called "mini-nukes" have a potency of less than five kilotons of...
