Joost Hiltermann writes in the New York Review of Books blog about his recent trip to Bahrain: Talking to dozens of people both in Manama and in smaller communities outside the capital, I was told again and again that the situation was becoming worse, not better:...
The wing of the U.S. human rights movement which targets foreign countries can wind up as a cruel business, aiding the ruthless and violent actions of the U.S. Empire, wittingly or not. For the U.S. all too often uses human rights as a cover for taking action...
More than 600 U.S. troops are stationed across Honduras, engaged in an aggressive campaign in the so-called drug war. This piece from the New York Times yesterday explains that the strategy Washington is employing there draws from the "hard lessons learned from a...
Former NSA technical director William Binney: "...the real problem I see is that the DoJ is covering up for all the crimes that this administration and the previous administration has been committing against every one in the public." (h/t Kevin Gosztola)
The deal Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his right-wing Likud party struck last night may be the slickest politicking in recent memory. After threatening to hold early elections, Netanyahu formed a unity government with the main opposition party, Kadima,...
The Washington Post reported today that the U.S. has for years operated a secret program of releasing "high-level detainees from a military prison in Afghanistan as part of negotiations with insurgent groups." “We look at detainees who have influence over other...
Sen. John McCain, perhaps the leading figure pushing for intervention in Syria, was interviewed by Jake Tapper on ABC's "This Week": TAPPER: Is -- is there not -- do you not have any concern -- there are reports that some of the rebels in Syria are affiliated with Al...
Antiwar.com Newsletter | May 5, 2012IN THIS ISSUETop NewsOpinion and analysisEventsThis week’s top news:Bin Laden Disapproved of, Had Little Control Over ‘Affiliates,’ Documents Reveal: Osama bin Laden often disapproved of what so-called "affiliate"...
Jose Padilla, the American citizen kidnapped by the Bush administration and detained and tortured for years without charge or trial, has been trying to sue John Yoo for a while now. Yoo of course was in the Bush administration's office of legal counsel who crafted...
Congratulations, Secret Service! No brawls with whores during Obama’s whistle-stop in Kabul. OK, it wasn't an overnight visit... * It was inspiring to hear Obama invoking the usual idealism during his spiel from Bagram Air Base. The event was nicely managed insofar as...
