Iraq and al-Qaida (Again) The attempts to tie Baathist Iraq to al-Qaida continue among the hawks in Washington, and they continue to be without logical […]

Whatever Happened to the Iraqi Airforce (Iran-Iraq relations) Someone asked of the 1990 pilot defections: >1) Were these defections spontaneously carried out by Iraqi pilots, […]

Iraqi Terrorism and War with Iraq? There is a double standard in Western approaches to Middle Eastern movements. On the whole and by and large, […]

The Guardian Blows the Whistle on the Ersatz Middle East Experts http://www.guardian.co.uk/elsewhere/journalist/story/0,7792,777100,00.html: US thinktanks give lessons in foreign policy Brian Whitaker reports on the network […]

No Iraq link to al-Qaida Thanks to M.S. for his further comments. There is also, however, no credible evidence of *indirect* Iraqi, Baathist support for […]

Iran has turned over 16 al-Qaida terrorists to Saudi Arabia, according to Prince Saud al-Faisal, the Saudi foreign minister. These were Saudi nationals who had […]

al-Qaida acted alone For anyone interested in the documents on Usama Bin Laden, a very useful web site is: http://www.robert-fisk.com/understanding_enemy.htm The September 11 operation was […]

US Isolation on Iraq There were several international and national developments with regard to the coming US attack on Iraq on Wednesday. On Wednesday, German […]

Realism vs. Humanitarianism in Afghanistan and Iraq One element of this debate, it seems to me is not in actual doubt. That is the very […]