Charles Glass on Democracy Now talks about the Syrian conflict, the Islamist opposition, and Western threats about the Assad regime's use of chemical weapons. Of the latter, he says, "It sounds to me pretty much like the propaganda that was used prior to the invasion...
The massive - yet hidden - monstrosity that is the US government's warrantless surveillance powers are being met with some very limited push-back from a few members of Congress. A few Senators are trying to amend the FISA Amendments Act to make it more transparent,...
In the Shiite neighborhoods of Sitra in Bahrain, these posters are reportedly all over the place: The picture on the bottom right-hand corner is John Timoney, the ex-US police chief whose expertise was tapped by the US-backed Bahraini dictatorship to crack down more...
An editorial from Haaretz explains how Israel is destroying the water reserves of Palestinians in the West Bank as part of an intentional policy to ethnically cleanse the occupied territories "and thus make it easier to annex these areas to Israel." Since the...
By 2030, the US will no longer be the global hegemonic power, according to the US National Intelligence Council. In a report called Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds, the office of the Director of National Intelligence concludes that, "In terms of the indices of...
The Obama administration is peddling two scenarios for a potential war in Syria. With news and official statements this week repeating uncorroborated allegations that the Assad regime is moving and mixing elements of chemical weapons and possibly loading the materials...
Last month the US issued an ultimatum to Iran, demanding it fully cooperate with the IAEA by March or else face further action and possible measures at the UN Security Council. Micah Zenko, fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, speculates that this "could...
In October, the US launched an airstrike in Afghanistan that killed three children - ages 8, 10, and 12 -while they were gathering firewood (or by some accounts, dung to burn as fuel). NATO issued its usual dismissive statement, admitting it may have “accidentally...
A new report from Amnesty International investigates human rights abuses by the militant group Ansar al-Sharia and by the Yemeni government during the 2011-2012 conflict in the country. The report provides further documentation of US drone strikes that hit civilians...
