Article 33 of the Fourth Geneva Convention: "No general penalty, pecuniary or otherwise, shall be inflicted upon the population on account of the acts of individuals for which they can not be regarded as jointly and severally responsible." The Guardian reports that...
In Friday's Washington Post, David Ignatius described "an intelligence report provided to the State Department last week by Syrian sources working with the Free Syrian Army (FSA)," which describes Syria's rebel opposition as "disorganized fighters, greedy arms...
Christian Zionism and American IslamophobiaJanuary 30, at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.The Council for the National Interest, the International Council for Middle East Studies, and the Freda Utley Foundation will be hosting a program titled "Christian...
Top News Opinion and analysis This week’s top news: Is US ‘Pullout’ Talk Simply Tough Diplomacy for Karzai Visit?: Much attention has been given to the Obama Administration’s plan for a withdrawal from Afghanistan, with reports that they are...
A group of about 200 Palestinians have set up a small tent village - basically camping out - in the territory in East Jerusalem described by Israel as E1. They say they plan to start building a new Palestinian village there under the name Bab As-Shams. These...
A regular reader of Antiwar.com writes, "Professor Joe Salerno, academic vice president of the Ludwig von Mises Institute in a recorded talk from the institute’s 30th anniversary celebration, talks about the Keynesian architects of the US Warfare state. Salerno...
The Associated Press is reporting that "Chuck Hagel, is meeting with senior Pentagon staff to try to set the record straight about his stand on Iran, saying he backs strong international sanctions against Tehran and believes all options, including military action,...
Via Andrew Sullivan.
As I've noted, Obama's nomination of Chuck Hagel and John Brennan to Secretary of Defense and CIA Director, respectively, is perfectly in keeping with the Obama foreign policy of the first term. That is, a deep reluctance to get involved in conventional ground wars...
Claims by the Central Intelligence Agency’s new director-designate that the US intelligence services received ‘no information’ about any civilians killed by US drones in the year prior to June 2011 do not appear to bear scrutiny. John Brennan,...
