BACK in 1992 Pat Buchanan worked the Republican convention into a frenzy by declaring that America was engaged in a “cultural war” for the “soul of America”. Mr Buchanan was right that America is particularly prone to battles over culture.
Big issues are at stake: whether the US will remain the unchallenged power in the Middle East, whether Israel can suppress the Palestinians by force and, most importantly, whether small powers can hold their own against a bellicose superpower. The struggle is particularly feroci …
An inability to protect its citizens. The belief that it is above the law. A lack of democracy. Three defining characteristics of the 'failed state'. And that, says Noam Chomsky, is exactly what the US is becoming.
An Iraqi whose brother and other relatives were killed in a U.S. attack on a suspected terrorist hideout north of Baghdad condemned a military investigation Saturday that cleared forces of wrongdoing.
Despite acknowledging the deaths of at least thirteen Iraqis in the March raid, a military probe into allegations that US troops intentionally killed civilians in Ishaqi, a village north of Baghdad, has been cleared them of misconduct.
As Iraqi PM Nuri al-Maliki' demands for the sharing of information on the Haditha killing, the White House insisted that it shares Maliki's concerns about civilian deaths in Iraq allegedly by U.S. Marines and emphasized Washington wants to work with him.
U.S. troops did not intentionally kill Iraqi civilians during a March 15 raid in the town of Ishaqi, according to a military investigation. Troops said they were shot at from inside the house when they came to arrest an al Qaeda suspect.
Chanting anti-US slogans and comparing President George Bush to a Nazi, about 5 000 Muslims gathered in southern Mogadishu and pledged to fight to the death against the alliance as fierce fighting raged north of the city.
The abducted men are six Britons, one Canadian and one American, the owners and operators of the Bulford Dolphin rig said. There was no impact on oil output as the facility is an exploration rig that will not produce crude for years.
A top aide to mega-church pastor Rick Warren is advising the makers of a children's video game in which characters kill New Yorkers while shouting "Praise the Lord." When children tire of converting or killing New Yorkers, they can switch sides and command the demonic armies of …
Tehran, Iran, Jun. 02 – Iran rejected as “repetitive” an offer by the United States to take part in direct negotiations with Tehran to resolve the international deadlock over its suspected nuclear weapons program if it first suspended uranium enrichment.
"How else to explain the destruction of water services, telephone and other forms of communication, electric power grids and other installations dedicated to the care of citizens.
A report filed by Iraqi police accused US troops of rounding up and deliberately shooting 11 people in the house, including five children and four women, before blowing up the building.
Members of groups that comprise the “religious right” exhibit negative attitudes toward other religious groups on the right, making the building of political coalitions more difficult.
In its typically heavy-handed way, the Bush administration announced today that if Iran suspends its suspicious uranium activities, then the United States will engage in multilateral diplomacy to persuade Iran to do so.
Anti-ism consists—at all times and in all places—of five elements. One is hostile stereotypization, a set of general statements attributing certain negative qualities to the target group.
Election Day 2006 is just over five months away and time is running out for the Republican Congress to pack in a few more accomplishments before heading back to their districts for the final campaign push.
The Department of Homeland Security yesterday slashed anti-terrorism money for Washington and New York, part of an immediately controversial decision to reduce grant funds for major urban areas in the Northeast while providing more to mid-size cities from Jacksonville to Sacramen …
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, visiting Turkey, did not address the US offer but said there was "a positive atmosphere" before the Vienna talks and added "We hope the way will be open to a political solution." A senior US official claimed, however, that Russia and China …
In fact, Kissinger's continuing influence over what the US government does, and what is reported about what the government does, can clearly be seen is a relatively recent media event: Kissinger's significant behind-the-scene role in effecting CNN's retraction of the "Tailwind …
While almost no French or US journalist is doubtful about the official version released by the Bush administration on the September 11 attacks, 42 percent of all US citizens questions the dogma of an Islamic conspiracy.
He pledged to deal with the Basra crisis with an "iron fist", as he announced the state of emergency. "What are these assassinations and murders?" asked Mr Maliki when he arrived. "Who are these gangs kidnapping people? What is going on in this city?
First, of course, is whether this is the tip of the iceberg. That there have been massive Iraqi civilian casualties as a result of the US-led invasion of Iraq is unquestioned.
Why would bin Laden wait until immediately after Moussaoui's sentencing to proclaim his innocence? Why do we never hear anything regarding the actual process by which these tapes are authenticated?
Health centres halved, lack of electricity, potable water, antibiotics; typhoid, hepatitis; immunization disrupted; 1 psychiatrist /300,000 Iraqis; comment: US war crime causes 300 avoidable Iraqi infant deaths DAILY (UNICEF data)