The Christian Science Monitor cites Justin Raimondo in an article on the unfolding New Zealand-Israeli spy scandal. In a story on the New York Times' cyber-cluelessness, Wired lists Antiwar.com as one of the "low-budget rabble-rousers" shaking up journalism.
The New Energy ‘Crisis’ and Iraq
Tim Gillin of the Personal Independence Day blog has emailed us comments on "Guns, Oil, and Neocolonialism": My guess is that Hazlitt would recognize a group of inter-related economic myths that are shared by both neocons and greens, both of which are groups that have...
Headless body found in Tigris
Nicholas Berg Another orange-jumpsuited headless body has turned up in Baghdad, this time floating down the Tigris River. The body has not been identified yet. American Nick Berg's body was also found dressed in an orange jumpsuit. Berg's murderers claimed that Berg...
An apology and Hersh on torture videos
An American apology to Iraqis - Thanks to Eli at Left I for links and comments on the Not in Our Name ad Wednesday, July 7 on the back page of the Baghdad daily newspaper Al-Sabah Al-Jadeed declaring "No to torture and occupation.” Be sure and read the comments from...
Roald Dahl in Palestine
"You seem surprised to find us here," the man said. "I am," I said. "I wasn't expecting to find anyone." "We are everywhere," the man said. "We are all over the country." "Forgive me," I said, "but I don't understand. Who do you mean by we?" "Jewish refugees." I...
Two assassinations in Iraq
Edit: Mashaan al-Juburi, Youssef Kashmola or Usama Kashmula (depending on which account you rely - picture here)governor of Mosul, was assassinated today as he drove toward Baghdad in a convoy. Also assassinated today was Sabir Karim, an auditor for the Industry...
Did Kucinich Sell Out Anti-War Democrats?
Democracy Now! is reporting that a deal has been struck between Dennis Kucinich and John Kerry's warmongering delegates, brokered by political hack Sandy Berger, concerning the anti-war stance of the Democrat Party. Kucinich's demand for an early withdrawal of US...
More Mythical Bosnia
American Ambassador Robert Beecroft finished his mandate as head of the OSCE mission in Bosnia in early July. In his open farewell address, published by the Imperial propaganda outfit IWPR, and reposted by NATO propaganda outfit ISN, he offers an interesting...
“Aggressive” Balkans solutions
Last Thursday's issue of NIN, the foremost Serbian news weekly, carried an interview with Morton Abramowitz, the eminence grise of the Washington foreign policy establishment and founder of the International Crisis Group. Abramowitz has been one of the leaders of the...
The Ongoing War on Women
Yet more evidence makes it clearer still that the U.S. intervention in Afghanistan has had less than a desirable outcome to date for the inhabitants of that country, especially the women. In that benighted country, branding someone a communist is enough to invite a...


