Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The United Nations is again warning of imminent famine in northern Gaza. A panel of the Integrated Food Security Phase […]
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Obama Might Save Some of us from Alzheimer’s
George W. Bush set stem cell research back 8 years and violated the principle of the separation of church and state by issuing what was […]
12000 US Troops Withdrawn from Iraq; 32 Killed in Police Academy Bombing
The Obama administration will not replace two US brigades (12,000 troops) that are departing Iraq. There are 140,000 US troops in that country, down from […]
Obama: Talks Possible with Moderate Taliban; Karzai Accepts August Elections, Refuses to Step Down
In an interview in the New York Times, President Barack Obama admitted that the US is not winning in Afghanistan. He also allowed that it […]
Walt: In Defense of Chas Freeman Why we Need Clear-Eyed NIEs
Harvard political scientist Stephen Walt, who blogs for Foreign Policy takes on the critics of Chas Freeman’s possible appointment as chair of the National Intelligence […]
Clinton Reaches out to Iran on Afghanistan; 3 Americans Wounded, 3 Canadian Troops killed
In the Obama administration’s first formal overture to Iran, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday that Iran might be invited to an international conference […]
12 Killed in Market Blast; Rafsanjani visits Sistani
A car bomb at a livestock market in Babi province near the city of Hilla . The blast left 12 dead. Babil is majority Shiite […]
Clinton Slams Israel on Jerusalem House Demolitions; 50-Years War Looms with Danger to US
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton slammed Israel on Wednesday for its plan to demolish 88 Palestinian homes in Occupied East Jerusalem, calling it a violation […]
Sunni Guerrillas at Mosul Kill a US Soldier; Kirkuk Council Member Predicts Permanent US Base in Kirkuk
Guerrillas in the northern city of Mosul on Tuesday subjected a US military base to a barrage of mortar fire, killing a US soldier. The […]
Cairo Donor Conference Nets $5 bn for Gaza Reconstruction; Israelis Block Gaza Reconstruction
Shorter AFP: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will try to tell Binyamin Netanyahu, the far rightwing prospective prime minister of Israel, that he should allow […]