The brutal Saudi execution of Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr Al-Nimr has led to protests around the globe, as well as the burning of the Saudi Embassy in Tehran, followed by the Saudi severing of relations with Iran. This exacerbation of Sunni-Shia tensions is the result of...
About That ISIS Plan To Attack Munich…
So while we huddled in drunken fear here in The Homeland, Germans in Das Homeland played out a similar game.You may have missed it among updates of our impending doom from terror attacks on New Year’s Eve, but in Munich two train stations were evacuated and...
We Are Still Alive
(Non-Terrorism Edition)
I survived. America, and the world, and you, survived. We awoke the first day of 2016 to find that once again, using the extraordinary power of fear, we defeated the terrorists.Hard as it is to persuade a constantly re-frightened American public, there have been only...
Afghan Militia Loyal to Someone Behead Islamic State Fighters
Ho, ho, ho, can’t tell the good guys from the bad guys. That might as well be America’s war of terror slogan (copyright, 2001-2015.)So see if you can sort out the Good from the Bad. Pretend you’re Secretary of State and this is a puzzle Barack has...
Who Is the Arch Racist – Trump or Clinton?
Who is the arch racist, Hillary or Trump? To answer that, let us ask another question, a simple one. Which is worse: to denigrate some members of a group or religion or race – or to kill them by the millions? And maim more millions and displace even more millions?...
US Now World’s Top Arms Dealer, says Peter Van Buren
In most people’s minds, America’s biggest exports are things like iPhones made in China, or swank Levi’s made in China. But in fact, America is the world’s leading seller of one category of goods, and those goods are nearly 100% made in...
The FBI’s 1,800-Page Obsession With Peace Activist Pete Seeger
It may not be surprising that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) snooped on renowned singer-songwriter Pete Seeger for decades and even that the bureau’s file on Seeger runs to nearly 1,800 pages. After all, Seeger was a high-profile opponent of the Vietnam...
An Auspicious Birthday
I’m not telling Eric Garris I’m doing this, because I’m sure he’d object. He doesn’t take center stage on this web site very often, although without him it wouldn’t exist. He’s our webmaster, you see, and the founder of this site – and it’s his birthday tomorrow (Dec....
Scott Horton Interviews Seymour Hersh on US Military’s Support for Assad
Seymour Hersh, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter and author, discusses the US military’s covert opposition to the Obama administration’s “Assad must go” policy in Syria, including intelligence-sharing with the Syrian army to prevent Jabhat al-Nusra and...
Jim Rissman, RIP
I am very sorry to convey the sad news that long-time Antiwar.com contributor Jim Rissman has died. He was 68.Jim was an early booster and research assistant for Antiwar.com, way back before 9/11/2001. Before we had a paid staff, Jim sent daily news research and links...


