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Rationalizing Gaza

Excerpt: We all know the rationalization for Israel's brutal invasion of the Gaza Strip. (read more)

The New Iraqi Sovereignty

Excerpt: There's got to be some irony in the U.S. transference of control to Iraqi security forces while the Israelis pound Gaza. (read more)

Bringing the Arab-Israeli War Home

Excerpt: If America were blessed with a noninterventionist foreign policy, we could all thank Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert for giving President-elect Barack Obama a thoroughgoing lesson in the absolute irrelevancy of Israel and Palestine to the national interests of the United States. (read more)

The Empire Shrugs

Excerpt: My early reaction to the Israeli ground invasion of the Gaza Strip is perhaps more U.S.-centered than some others'. (read more)

Monday: 7 Iraqis Killed, 45 Wounded

Excerpt: Updated at 7:05 p.m. EST, Jan. 5, 2009 A half dozen bombs struck Baghdad today, but none seemed to target foreign pilgrims streaming towards Karbala. Across Iraq, at least 7 Iraqis were killed and 45 were wounded in reported attacks. The Constitutional Freedoms and Rights Observatory said that 43,111 Iraqis were touched by violence last year; included in the figure were arrests. Many Iraqis have complained of false arrests and incarceration without trial, but there was no mention if the arrests were legitimate. (read more)

Sunday: 27 Iraqis, 16 Iranians Killed in Iraq; 89 Wounded

Excerpt: Updated at 10:46 p.m. EST, Jan. 4, 2009 Thousands of Shi'ite pilgrims, many foreign, are making their way to Karbala to observe the Ashuraa holiday which culminates in three days. As in the past, troublemakers have taken advantage of the 10-day holiday despite increases in security. Overall, at least 27 Iraqis were killed and 52 Iraqis were wounded across Iraq, while approximately 16 Iranians were killed and 37 more were wounded at an important shrine in Baghdad. No Coalition deaths were reported. Meanwhile, outgoing U.S. Vice President Cheney said that the U.S. is close to achieving its aims in Iraq, and U.S. forces handed over authority of a security group in Diyala to the Iraqis. (read more)

Saturday: 8 Iraqis Killed, 20 Wounded

Excerpt: Updated at 12:10 a.m EST, Jan. 4, 2009 At least eight Iraqis were killed and 20 more were wounded during light violence. No Coalition deaths were reported. Meanwhile, more information was released on a New Year's Day shooting incident involving U.S. troops. Also, the father and brother of a suicide bomber who staged an attack in Yusufiya were detained. (read more)

Is Israeli Policy Crazy?

Excerpt: The "Israeli model" has long been held up by hawks in the United States as the gold standard for dealing with adversarial nation-states, guerrillas, and terrorists. (read more)

Gaza and the World: Will Things Ever Change?

Excerpt: In times of crisis, most Arabs tune in to al-Jazeera television. Sometimes it's comforting for the truth to be stated the way it is, with all of its gory and unsettling details, without blemishes and without censorship. When Israel carried out massive air strikes against Gaza on Saturday, December 27, terrorizing an already hostage and malnourished population, I too tuned in to al-Jazeera. (read more)

Amnesty Calls on Rice to Drop 'Lopsided' Gaza Stance

Excerpt: The US section of Amnesty International sent an "urgent" letter Friday to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, calling on her to end what it called Washington's "lopsided response" to the ongoing Israeli air strikes on Gaza that have reportedly killed more than 400 Palestinians, including scores of unarmed civilians. (read more)

Bolton's Still Bonkers

Excerpt: As 2009 dawns, there is some good news.?For example, Bonkers Bolton is no longer, officially, in a position to precipitate an illegal (under international law) attack by the Bush-Cheney Administration on certain Iranian facilities.? (read more)