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Michigan Delegates Excluded From Democratic Convention
A specter haunts the Democratic Party, and it is the exclusion of Michigan and Florida delegates from the Democratic Convention. Both the Republican and the […]
Gul: Turkey Can Invade At Will; Sunnis Back in Parliament Violence Against Civilians in Basra Undiminished
Turkish President Abdullah Gul reaffirmed Sunday that Turkey has the right to make incursions into Iraq to retaliate against attacks on Turks by the Kurdish […]
Bush Slammed for Opposing Nawaz
A Pakistani newspaper has accused George W. Bush of thinking that Nawaz Sharif of the Muslim League-N is a Muslim fundamentalist, and of expressing worries […]
Sunnis Walk out of Parliament Turks Claim Artillery Barrages against Kurdish Guerrillas 2 US Soldiers Killed
The detention by US troops of the bodyguards and son of Adnan Dulaimi, the leader of the largest Sunni Arab bloc in parliament on Thursday […]
Napoleon’s Egypt at Firedoglake
At the Firedoglake blog, Swopa will be hosting a book Salon on Sunday starting at 2 pm EST on my Napoleon’s Egypt: Invading the Middle […]
Save the Internet, Preserve Internet Liberty
We all know the drawbacks of corporate news outlets, and the great blessing that the internet represents for grassroots organizing and information sharing. But of […]
Dulaimi’s Son Arrested on Terror Charges Turkish Military Greenlighted to raid into Iraq
The US military arrested Makki Dulaimi, the son of prominent Sunni Arab politician Adnan Dulaimi, on Friday, along with 40-odd security guards. The US soldiers […]
Saudis Foil Plots by Radicals; Parliament balks at Maliki Appointment; Parliament Condemns Kurdish Oil Deals
The dangers for the region and the world of the continued radicalization of Arab youth via the US presence in Iraq were demonstrated this week […]
Elbaradei: An Attack on Iran would Guarantee that it Gets Nukes
The USG Open Source Center translates an interview in an Argentinian newspaper with International Atomic Energy Agency head, Mohamed Elbaradei, on how to deal with […]
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