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Refusing to Acquiesce in Gaza
GAZA CITY - The past few days have been harrowing, yet still deeply inspiring in Gaza as people in the strip must carry on with their lives after the Israeli army’s deadly 8 day offensive operation "Pillar of Cloud" which killed at least 160 Palestinians and left over...
On Ehud Barak’s Way Out, Statements on Iran He Knows to Be Misleading
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak says he's retiring. But on his way out, he has determined to make hysterical statements about a war on Iran which are totally divorced from reality and which contradict previous statements he's made regarding Iran's nuclear program....
‘Iraqis cannot forget what Americans have done here’
"It is not written in our hearts, it is carved in our hearts.” I awoke this morning still shaken with these words in my head. Yesterday I was in Ramadi and Fallujah. Instead of bringing a message of caring, of empathy for their suffering and a desire for peace, my...
AP’s Pathetic Scaremongering About Non-Existent Iranian Bomb-Making
Yesterday's Associated Press report featuring a big-scary (read: meaningless) diagram allegedly leaked from Iran's nuclear scientists by “a country critical of Iran’s atomic program” is receiving thorough scrutiny and utter ridicule today. As I explained in my piece...
An Alternative Way to Help Antiwar.com
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The Mundanity of a Criminal President
The essence of the Obama administration's legal justification for the drone war in Pakistan, Yemen, and elsewhere is that the bombs are dropped only to disrupt an imminent threat to America from militants involved in terrorist operations. This narrative is important...
John Glaser on Free Talk Live Talking Middle East
Operation Pillar of Cloud: Why Israel Still Emerged the Victor
Commentators across the spectrum are talking this week about how Hamas was the real victor of the latest conflict, even though Gaza disproportionately felt the costs of advanced military bombardment. Here's Thanassis Cambanis in Foreign Affairs as an example: Now...
Drone War Gets a Little Attention
Look: people on television actually having a conversation about the drone war, its (il)legality, and Obama's abuse of executive power.


