Al-Jazeera's report on the South Ossetia invasion and the Russian response on al-Jazeera English. The interview was conducted late last week.
An Apology to Cynthia McKinney and Chuck Baldwin
On Friday August 15, Antiwar.com featured a front page template with the images of John McCain, Barack Obama, Bob Barr and Ralph Nader below the caption, We are holding their feet to the fire: Without fear or favor. Some of our readers expressed a concern that by not...
American Girl on Fox News: “I was running from Georgian troops, I want to thank the Russian troops”
I don't think Fox News was expecting this, so they cut them off:
Justin Raimondo on Russian TV
Antiwar.com's editorial director Justin Raimondo was interviewed by Russia Today at his home in San Francisco. Here is the clip on the Russia Today website.
The Arrogant Hypocrisy of the U.S. Government
Is there any government more hypocritical than the U.S. government? Has there ever been? The United States is considering punishing Russia for its military actions in Georgia by cancelling U.S. participation in an annual Russia-NATO naval exercise. Read the full...
Deadly Shell Game: Picking Afghanistan’s Casualty Figures
A frenzy over the 500th U.S. servicemember to die in Afghanistan developed in the media this week. According to the Associated Press, the U.S. death toll in Afghanistan surpassed 500 GIs recently, or perhaps it will reach that milestone soon...or...did we actually...
In Depth Coverage of the “South Ossetia War”
Loose Wire blog writes: Wikipedia is doing a good job of chronicling the war in South Ossetia; its mention of several apparent cyberattacks on both sides makes me wonder whether this is the first instance of a physical war being accompanied by a cyberwar?...
Hamdan Given 66 Months, Less Time Served, Plus Life
Wait. A man was sentenced to 66 months in prison, most of which he's already served and then when he gets out he stays in forever? Right. The White House-chosen military panel - not a jury - at Camp Justice at occupied Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, issued a split decision...
Ellsberg: Remembering Anthony Russo
Anthony Russo, my partner in the March 1971 leak of secret government archives (The Pentagon Papers) exposed how successive U.S. administrations manipulated America into the Vietnam War, died August 5, 2008 at his home in Suffolk, Virginia. Tony Russo came to be my...
Surprise: Sharansky Endorses McCain; Calls Obama “Risk”
True to his benefactor’s wishes, Adelson Institute for Strategic Studies Chairman Anatol Sharansky today endorsed John McCain for president, calling Sen. Obama a “risk†for Israel. Sharansky, an old pal of Richard Perle’s as well as a beneficiary of...
