Independent Learns The Wrong Lesson on Uganda

Some of the chaos and bloodshed of everyday life on the streets of Mogadishu was visited on the Ugandan capital on Sunday night. As the bodies of innocents ripped apart while they watched the World Cup final are buried and the burnt remains are sifted there is a...

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The Rise of the Monkey Terrorist

Asymmetrical Monkey Warfare to Challenge America's Dominance of Central Asia. When Senator Lindsey Graham was calling for the abandonment of the drawdown date for Afghanistan, saying "Gen. Petraeus needs to get this monkey off his back," he perhaps didn't realize how...

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Somali pirate wannabes?

Earlier this week Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu once again claimed that when they attacked the Mavi Marmara peace convoy on May 31 in international waters, the high-seas Israeli pirates -- euphemistically called "commandos" -- were acting in...

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Eric Garris on Russia Today

Antiwar.com founder Eric Garris spoke to Russia Today on the extent of the U.S. government's intervention overseas, the effect of endless war on the economy, the lack of probing mainstream coverage on Afghanistan and the reality of life in Gaza....

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Eric Garris on Bill Meyer Show

Antiwar.com founder and webmaster Eric Garris will be interviewed on the Bill Meyer Show Wednesday, July 7th at 7:05am Pacific/10:05am Eastern. The topic will be the recent comments by Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele on Afghanistan. Listeners can...

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Defend Michael Steele!

Defend Michael Steele? I never thought I'd be writing that! But the neocons, led by Bill Kristol, are demanding his resignation as national chairman of the Republican Party. Why? At a fundraising event Steele was caught on video in a "gaffe" (a technical term...

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McChrystal’s Former Colleague Speaks Out

Col. Douglas MacGregor appeared on Judge Napolitano's Freedom Watch show over the weekend. Judge Napolitano asked him if we should be spending a trillion dollars to import democracy to the Muslim world: "Absolutely not, it's a hopeless endeavor. This is a bottomless...

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