Is Al-Shabab Trying to Pull the US Into A Military Quagmire in Africa?
September 25, 2013
In a discussion on NPR’s Morning Edition yesterday, host Steve Inskeep asked Bronwyn Bruton, deputy director of the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center, an important question regarding the massacre in Kenya by the Somali terrorist group al-Shabab: INSKEEP: Is there a danger here for the United States, because perhaps one of the reasons – if you’re a […]
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No, Sanctions Did Not Prompt Iran’s New Diplomacy
September 24, 2013
The U.S. and Iranian presidents are probably going to meet face to face at the U.N. today. “They may even shake hands, ” CNN reports. This would be pretty significant given the history of enmity between these two nations and it would follow several weeks of what cable news annoyingly refers to as a “charm […]
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Really? Anticipated Study Finds No Evidence of Iraqi Birth Defects
September 24, 2013
Human rights and health observers have been waiting a year for the results of a World Health Organization/Iraqi Health Ministry study that would, at last, shed some “official” light on a problem that local doctors and journalists have been reporting for years: that a disproportionate number of babies in areas that saw heavy western bombardment […]
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Sino-Japanese Territorial Disputes Could Pull the US into War in Asia
September 23, 2013
The crux of why the Obama administration’s Asia-Pivot strategy is reckless and stupid is contained in the first question and answer of Foreign Policy’s interview with Japan’s Defense Minister, Itsunori Onodera. Foreign Policy: What kind of commitment has the United States given to you in terms of defending the Senkakus if China attacks? And what kind of […]
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A Retrial for US-Backed Guatemalan War Criminal?
September 23, 2013
Back in May, former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Ríos Montt was convicted on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity in an historic case, the first time a former head of state had been prosecuted for genocide by his own country. Ten days after his conviction, the Constitutional Court annulled the verdict and wiped Rios Montt’s slate clean again. […]
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Retraction and Apology to Our Readers for Mint Press Article on Syria Gas Attack
September 20, 2013
On August 31, Antiwar.com reprinted an article from Mint Press News: “Syrians In Ghouta Claim Saudi-Supplied Rebels Behind Chemical Attack.” We originally linked to it, but then reprinted on our site at the request of Mint Press because traffic on their site was crashing their server. The validity of the story was primarily based on […]
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Julian Assange, Glenn Greenwald, David Coombs, Alexa O’Brien on the War on Whistleblowers
September 20, 2013
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Egypt Joins Israel as Gaza’s Jailer
September 19, 2013
There was a time when activist groups that focused on helping the Palestinians in Gaza reserved their harshest language and protests for Israel, which long has prohibited both air and sea traffic in and out of Gaza; tightly limited exchanges through its Erez terminal; and banned exports altogether. While movement in and out of Gaza […]
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Thaddeus Russell Talks to John Stossel on Progressive War
September 18, 2013
Historian Thaddeus Russell talks to John Stossel on why progressives are some of the biggest warhawks: Watch the latest video at video.foxbusiness.com
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Most Reported Deaths in Syria Have Not Been Committed by Assad Forces
September 18, 2013
One of the most frequently uttered fictions coming from Syria hawks is the claim that the Assad regime has slaughtered 100,000 Syrians. As Sen. John McCain has repeatedly yelped, “The fact is Bashar Assad has massacred 100,000 people.” But as Micah Zenko of the Council on Foreign Relations points out, this is a “misleading characterization” […]
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