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Here are some plain truths about Iraq. As much as the Iraqis appreciated the toppling of a brutal dictator, they now hold the US presence as the chief reason for their continued misery and endless deaths. This is an unfair assessment, but it is als
CONNECTING THE DOTS
War, instability, and high oil prices have created a perfect storm of profit for the world's weapons manufacturers. This year, military analysts predict the biggest arms bonanza since 1993 ... which is saying something because in the aftermath o
They've become a fixture in the skies over Iraq and Afghanistan, a new breed of unmanned aircraft operated with remote controls by "pilots" sitting in vitual cockpits many miles away. But the Air Force's Global Hawk has never flown
A spate of new discoveries about the basic biology of cancer is pushing researchers toward an astonishing conclusion: For decades, efforts to cure the disease may have targeted the wrong cells. But mounting evidence suggests that cancer's real
This partnership was agreed upon at a private meeting held in Waco, Texas, March 23, 2005, between Vicente Fox, Mexico; George Bush, USA; and Paul Martin, Canada. The SPP is an agreement to merge our United States of America with Mexico and Canada.
Fascist Nation
I saw a great video clip the other day. The station’s camera man drove downtown on assignment. Parked his vehicle. Did his job. When he returned to his van, he found a parking ticket waiting.
The National Association of Realtors also said last month that we’ve hit the sharpest year-over-year drop on record for the median sale price of existing homes.
The call for state intervention in the minute details of family life followed a series of Labour efforts to reduce anti-social behaviour and improve educational standards by imposing rigorous controls on the lives of the youngest children.
Today more than 50% of Americans, native born and naturalized, depend on the good will of legislators for the partial recognition of the inherent rights that should have been guaranteed to them when the Constitution was ratified. It is time to make
Reflexiones Libertarias
En la vida de todo ser humano, hay fuerzas que acuden para ser parte de los ingredientes que forjan sus valores, ideas, principios, creencias lo que, como el combustible en los motores, producen la acción humana para generar resultados apuntando haci
August 14, 1765 marked the founding of a revolutionary secret society made up of individuals whose actions would be echoes in the quote by Margaret Mead, "A small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing
Some interesting data has come out from the Bank for International Settlements. The global market for derivatives soared to a record $370 trillion in the first half of 2006. It is the highest ever and the bubble is bigger than anyone can imagine.
IN A desperate attempt to stop the barrage of rockets fired by Hamas at Israeli villages, Ehud Olmert, Israel’s prime minister, has ordered his security chiefs to target the Islamic movement’s political leadership.
After he was arrested in 2002, Jose Padilla was considered so dangerous that he was held without charges in a military prison for more than three years -- accused first of plotting a radiological "dirty bomb" attack and later of conspiring
The weekend after the statue of Saddam Hussein fell, Kenneth Adelman and a couple of other promoters of the Iraq war gathered at Vice President Cheney's residence to celebrate. The invasion had been the "cakewalk" Adelman predicted.
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales contended that some critics of the Bush administration's warrantless surveillance program were defining freedom in a way that poses a "grave threat" to U.S. security.
U.S. military tank fire killed scores of civilians in Ramadi, capital of Al-Anbar province according to witnesses and doctors. Anger and frustration were evident at the hospitals and during the funerals in the following days. Iraqi doctors and wit
A leading Iraqi lawyer has accused the US army of throwing 211 families, including his, out of their homes. The head of the Union of Lawyers said that the US army has occupied his family's house and those of with dozens of other families in al-Ra
Before we get too nostalgic about the foreign-policy prowess of the George H.W. Bush administration, we should remind ourselves of what happened from 1989 through 1992. I understand that, compared to the bunch running things now, nearly anyone would
A suspected terrorist who spent years in a secret CIA prison is not allowed to speak to a civilian attorney until an appeals court decides what rights military detainees have, a federal judge said
The Pentagon wants to build a compound costing up to $125 million for upcoming war crimes trials at Guantánamo. The proposal has yet to be presented to Congress, which must OK funding.
Dutch military interrogators abused 15 Iraqi prisoners in 2003, dousing them with water to keep them awake and exposing them to loud sounds and strong lights, the government said.
The high command of the British Army officially sanctioned the hooding and mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners in direct contravention of the Geneva Convention, a court martial in Britain has been told.
The Pentagon announced Friday that 57,000 U.S. troops, including five combat brigades, have been told to deploy to Iraq early next year a move that will maintain current force levels there. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld signed the deploymen
The US would have to slash combat forces in Iraq to 10 brigades by Christmas to keep the Army from breaking, said retired Army Gen. Barry McCaffrey. Saying he thinks “we’re stuck now,” he said that pulling out 5 brigades is not feasible.
Mr Talabani called for an emergency meeting of leaders to prevent the government's collapse. Earlier in the week, the president was quoted as saying: "We have to decide if we want a state or not."
Ex-Israeli security chief Uza Dayan was warning the US against emulating Israeli strategies in securing the Mexican border. Now it appears that an Israeli firm has been awarded a contract to build the wall on the Mexican border.
These charges eviscerate the primary function of journalism—to gather and publicize information of public concern—particularly where the most vulnerable information to the public is what the government wants to conceal.
At a time when some lawmakers are urging the military to send more troops to Iraq, "I don't see how anyone can support the war and not support the draft," said Rangel, who also proposed a draft in January 2003, before the U.S. invasion
