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The latest Seymour Hersh piece has a lot of new information, some of it shocking, some of it not at all surprising to readers of Antiwar.com and observers of this space. An example of the latter:
While chances for all-out war with Syria in 2007 are deemed low by Israel's top intelligence officials, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert instructed the defense establishment to prepare for the possibility.
Those who invaded Iraq claiming it had weapons of mass destruction and have been blaming Iran and Syria for the murderous mess in Iraq, are also the same people now blaming Pakistan for the mess in Afghanistan.
MINISTERS are negotiating multi-million-pound contracts with private security firms to cover some of the gaps created by British troop withdrawals. Days after Tony Blair revealed that he wanted to withdraw 1,600 soldiers from war-torn Basra within
Radical Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr urged Iraqi security forces not to work with US troops in enforcing a new Baghdad security plan, in a message read to his supporters.
Three Arab states in the Persian Gulf would be willing to allow the Israel Air force to enter their airspace in order to reach Iran in case of an attack on its nuclear facilities, the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Siyasa reported.
Even as the federal government is starting to crack down on companies that hire illegal immigrants, it's been helping those same workers send money home, cheap. The Federal Reserve allows customers without Social Security numbers to wire money th
Can a police officer be sued for hitting into a fleeing car during a high-speed chase and causing an accident that leaves the driver badly injured or dead? The Supreme Court likely answer appeared to be "no."
Last night, Al Gore’s global-warming documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, collected an Oscar for best documentary feature, but the Tennessee Center for Policy Research has found that Gore deserves a gold statue for hypocrisy.
Jim Gilchrist, the Orange County accountant who gained national recognition as the co-founder of a citizen border patrol group, will ask a judge this afternoon to issue a restraining order in order to regain control of the Minuteman Project.
In the latest attempt to link the deadliest form of roadside bombs in Iraq to components manufactured in Iran, U.S. Army officers today displayed plastic explosives they said were made in Iran and recovered during a raid in violence-racked Diyala pro
Padilla has claimed in court filings that he was tortured at the Navy brig in Charleston, S.C., which officials have denied. Defense lawyers had planned to question brig officials, but Cooke will not allow it. She wants to limit the inquiry to Padill
Governors from both parties appealed for the Bush administration and Congress to provide more money for a health-care program that insures millions of children. Would undermine state efforts to offer universal health-care plans
A one-time chief of staff to former Rep. Bob Ney pleaded guilty to a federal conspiracy charge stemming from a congressional bribery scandal. William Heaton, 28, smiled nervously as he entered the plea. He admitted to accepting favors from convicted
[unfortunately the judge changed her mind] Something remarkable is going on in a Miami courtroom. The cruel methods US interrogators have used since September 11 to "break" prisoners are finally being put on trial. This was not supposed
A jury finished a fourth day of deliberating in the perjury trial of former vice presidential aide Lewis "Scooter" Libby, after the judge dismissed one member who said she was exposed to outside information about the case.
A new "forever" stamp -- good for mailing a letter no matter how much rates rise -- was recommended today by the independent Postal Regulatory Commission. The panel also called for a 2-cent increase in first-class rates to 41 cents, a penny
[God I love Al!] The Rev. Al Sharpton said he wants a DNA test to determine whether he is related to former segregationist Sen. Strom Thurmond through his great-grandfather, a slave owned by an ancestor of the late senator.
The Cabinet signed off draft legislation to manage Iraq's vast oil industry and share its wealth among the Iraqi people, a key U.S. benchmark for progress in this country. The legislation now goes to parliament for approval.
Iraqi trades unions have called for the country's oil reserves - the second-largest in the world - to be kept in public hands. But a leaked draft of the oil law shows that the Government would sign away the right to exploit its untapped fields in
What if the U.S. government released an "educational video" to teach today's Americans how to be good citizens? (Funny and Sad)
Work on the SpaceShipTwo prototype is moving forward, as is the fabrication of the White Knight 2 mothership, and at this point spaceline operator Virgin Galactic is eyeing late 2009 as the beginning of commercial flights with paying customers.
The gracefully flitting symphony of lights that color polar skies have their very own high-energy choreographer.
Construction of the Soyuz launch base in French Guiana officially started Monday with officials of European and Russian space agencies in attendance.
"Just because it's legal, just because it's not classified, just because it's not a controlled substance doesn't mean that it's healthy and safe," DEA official Rodney Benson said. (Another substance the government will
Comparison of Voting Data from 2004 to 2006 Shows Hispanic Undervote Plunged 69% as the 'Civil Rights' Case for DREs Continues to Fall Apart
Violence continues to sweep Baghdad where an Iraqi vice-president has escaped an apparent assassination attempt, while the US military says it has found further evidence of Iranian-made weapons being used by Iraqis fighting American troops.
UN Security Council members, meeting in London to discuss Iran's nuclear programme, have agreed to begin work on a new UN resolution on Iran.
Dick Cheney, the US vice-president, told Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's president, to take tougher action against the fighters and their sympathisers during a surprise trip to Islamabad on Monday.
Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, says a nation without secure borders is no nation at all. Immigration is one of his top issues as he considers a run for the White House. He will be our guest.
