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Increased violence is being countered by harsh new measures across the Sunni-dominated al-Anbar province west of Baghdad. "Thousands have been killed here by the Multinational Forces and Iraqi allies, and the situation is getting worse every day
THE UNITED STATES upset the regional balance in the Middle East when it invaded Iraq. Restoring it requires bold initiatives, but "cutting and running" must precede them all. Only a complete withdrawal of all U.S. troops — within six months
Hamid spoke with anger at seeing US officials on the bases pay cash to fly-by-night Iraqi agents to cart away new vehicles and spare parts - along with generators - that had been left behind by Saddam's army. The Iraqis then paid kickbacks to the
A classified briefing prepared two weeks ago by the United States Central Command portrays Iraq as edging toward chaos, in a chart that the military is using as a barometer of civil conflict.
Scores of houses of worship nationwide are re-examining how they conduct get-out-the-vote programs and other election activities as the Internal Revenue Service investigates religious institutions for illegal campaign activity.
"Benchmark" is the new White House buzzword. We're not setting a "timetable" for the withdrawal of America's 147,000 troops in Iraq. We're not putting any real heat on Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. No cutting
The 39-year-old man scuffled on a Lakewood corner with deputies who thought he had a handgun, according to the Sheriff's Department. What was thought to be a weapon turned out to be a cell phone, officials said.
Sequoia Voting Systems, was bought in March 2005 by the Smartmatic Corporation, a Venezuelan-owned software company who overhauled Venezuela’s electoral machinery before a referendum confirmed Hugo Chávez as president in August 2004.
China, believed to carry out more court-ordered executions than all other nations combined, took a step forward in improving human rights by requiring approval from the country's highest court before putting anyone to death.
China has long drawn heightened scrutiny because of the breadth and sophistication of its Internet censorship. Which is why it came as a surprise when a Chinese government official claimed that no Net censorship existed at all.
The lawyer who divulged President Bush's drunken-driving arrest days before the 2000 election was arrested at gunpoint after he was seen on a highway overpass carrying a toy gun while dressed in an Osama bin Laden costume.
War on Want claims UK ministers are increasingly using private security firms with a total of 48,000 employees in Iraq - six to every British soldier. John Hilary, the group's campaigns and policy director, said the Iraq war "has allowed
The new US intelligence czar is developing a computer system capable of data-mining huge amounts of information about everyday events to discern patterns that look like terrorist planning. Reminiscent of the axed Total Information Awareness program.
An article in the Washington Post reveals that an American soldier was ambushed and killed this month in Baghdad by our alleged allies in the local police. What it doesn't say is that the official reports on his death by the US military were comp
What I fear no one foresees is a substantial danger that we could lose the army now deployed in Iraq. I have mentioned this in previous columns, but I want to go into it here in more detail because the scenario may soon go live.
[funny] Years ago when I worked at a big bank, one of the hot issues was that many customers didn’t trust our new-fangled ATM machines. Amazingly, this fear had almost nothing to do with the fact that I worked in the ATM department.
Downsize DC, whose mission statement is "We believe the federal government has grown too large, too intrusive, and too expensive. We believe in constitutional limits, small government, civil liberties, federalism, and low taxes," has weighe
The right wing in America likes to think that the US government was, at its inception, highly religious, specifically highly Christian, and even more specifically highly biblical. That was not true of that government or any later government—until 200
(Well, this is a relief) At the meeting, the commission will vote on how to classify the emerging technoolgy, which allows electric companies to provide high-speed Internet access over the power grid. The commission will likely classify BPL
An abnormality in part of the brain that controls breathing, arousal and other reflexes may be what causes sudden infant death syndrome, a finding that could lead to a preventive treatment, a study said.
A teenager carrying a Bible and shouting "I want Jesus" was shot twice with a police stun gun and later died at a St. Louis hospital, authorities said.
Police have arrested more than 40 people and broken up a family-run smuggling ring that hauled illegal immigrants from Mexico to Arizona for generations, officials said.
The battle to represent hurricane-battered New Orleans in Congress should turn on which candidate can best help rebuild the city but the buzz is about how $90,000 in cold hard cash ended up in the Democratic incumbent's freezer.
Jesse Williams smoked two packs of cigarettes a day for 45 years. Following his death in 1997 after being diagnosed with lung cancer, his wife, Mayola, sued the Philip Morris tobacco company seeking $100 million in punitive damages.
The Hubble Space Telescope, which opened Earth's eyes to an awe-inspiring universe of star births and colliding galaxies, got a reprieve from the junk pile.
The U.S. and Chinese governments announced that North Korea agreed to rejoin six-nation nuclear disarmament talks, a surprise diplomatic breakthrough that comes weeks after the communist regime conducted its first known atomic test.
Exploiting GOP vulnerability in the Nov. 7 elections, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki flexed his political muscle and won US agreement to lift military blockades on Sadr City and another Shiite enclave where an American soldier was abducted.
Former intelligence officer Robert David Steele recently appeared on the Alex Jones show to make the provacative claim that Google is currently cooperating with secret elements of the US government, including the CIA. Steele, who now runs OSS.net
How the Bush neocons are determined to prevent another 6 years of Hugo Chavez as President of Venezuela
(Again, kudos to Sue at IHF) Thus far in 2006, at least 8 states are considering universal health care bills and 2 states have passed legislation. 7 states have commissioned studies to look at the possibility of a system
