Marines Take Over Fallujah Eyes on Iraqis Marines seek to pacify Fallujah with show of force Bomb Kills Five U.S. Soldiers in Iraq Iraqi rebels mutilate five foreigners in horror attack Jubilant Iraqis Drag Burned Body Through Streets Although the Marines have...

I almost did not notice this bit of news, but it seems that Derek Chappell, the UN police spokesman in occupied Kosovo, has been removed from his post for interfering with the spin the media and the occupiers tried to put on the Albanian pogrom of March 17-20....

cov·er-up Function: noun 1 : a device or stratagem for masking or concealing ; also : a usually concerted effort to keep an illegal or unethical act or situation from being made public"Four 9/11 Moms Watch Rumsfeld And Grumble" by Gail Sheehy, March 30, 2004, New York...

If hypocrisy were poisonous, Madeleine "Dead Kids Are Worth It" Albright's statement today would be as lethal as the vicious Iraqi sanctions she supported that killed over half a million Iraqi kids. You have starved the Muslims of Iraq, where children die every day....

How come heads roll over a bombing in Baghdad that claimed 22 lives, but when 3,000 people die in the worst terrorist attack in the history of the US, not one person is fired or held accountable in any way? What's the difference?

Sean-Paul at the Agonist and Nathan at Argus are having an interesting exchange of speculation on the situation in Uzbekistan. Both Sean-Paul and Nathan's posts are crammed full of links, excerpts and knowledgeable commentary. Sean-Paul discusses the possibility of an...

It is for some time now that the International Crisis Group has featured prominently in agency reports and newspaper articles, especially when dealing with the Balkans. If just one "expert" is quoted in any report, odds are it will be someone from the ICG. With more...

Bravo, Senator Daschle! I'm also tired of the the Bush Administration's attacks on those who criticize them! Read today's Floor Statement by Senator Daschle, on the Abuse of Government Power.

Here's the letter setting forth the conditions under which the White House agreed to let Condoleezza Rice testify publicly, under oath to the 9/11 commission. A couple of interesting passages: It starts off with a little joke to break the ice, "The president has...

Pass the popcorn. Rice is going to testify under oath to the 9/11 commission after all.