Secret 'Kill Lists' Fly in the Face of US and Int'l Law (William Fisher)

Aug. 31, 2010 -- NEW YORK (Inter Press Service) -- Two of the nation's most influential human rights organisations have filed a lawsuit challenging the government's authority to carry out "targeted k ...

BOOK REVIEW: Palestine Betrayed. By Efraim Karsh (Jim Miles)

Palestine Betrayed. Efraim Karsh. Yale University Press, London, 2010. Aug. 27, 2010 (Palestine Chronicle) -- Was Palestine betrayed? Of course it was, by the British, the United States, France, the ...

Rebranding Iraq: Playing with Numbers and Human Lives (Ramzy Baroud)

Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Aug. 26, 2010 -- The soldiers of the U.S. 4th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division hollered as they made their way into Kuwait. "We won," they claimed. "It’s over." ...

Deconstructing the Official Narrative on the U.S. Withdrawal from Iraq (Jeremy R. Hammond)

Aug. 20, 2010 -- (Foreign Policy Journal) -- Iraq is back in the news, at least for a moment. The occasion is "A truly historic end to seven years of war," in the words of Lt. Col Mark Beiger, quoted ...

Trapped at Ground Zero (Ramzy Baroud)

Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Aug. 19, 2010 -- The controversy over the right of Muslim Americans to build community center and mosque a short distance from the site of the September 11, 2001, ter ...

Errant Climate May Be Sign of Breakdown, Scientists Say (Charles J. Hanley)

Heat waves, fires, and floods fit their predictions Aug. 13, 2010 -- NEW YORK (AP) -- Floods, fires, melting ice, and feverish heat -- from smoke-choked Moscow to water-soaked Iowa and the High Arcti ...

Bourj el-Barajneh: Searching for Meaning in a Refugee Camp (Ramzy Baroud)

Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Aug. 12, 2010 -- BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Two young girls stood, as if frozen, staring below them at an ever vibrant Beirut. Their balcony, like the rest of their house and ...

Smoke on a Bridge: Lebanon Awaits a Verdict (Ramzy Baroud)

Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Aug. 5, 2010 -- BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Jamal is a Lebanese driver in his late 50s. He appeared unshaven and terribly exhausted as he drove his old passenger van from the ...

Why Muslims Should Rethink Palestine (Ramzy Baroud)

Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust July 30, 3010 -- Thousands of faithful assiduously listened as I outlined the challenges facing Palestine and its people. Cries of "Allahu Akbar" -- God is Great -- o ...

BOOK REVIEW: Start-Up Nation - The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle. By Dan Senor and Saul Singer (Jim Miles)

July 23, 2010 (Palestine Chronicle) -- Start-Up Nation - The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle. Dan Senor and Saul Singer. Council of Foreign Relations Book, McClelland & Stewart. 2009. There are no ...

The Palestinian Authority: Redundant but Dangerous Language (Ramzy Baroud)

Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust July 22, 2010 -- Each time Israel fails to keep its "side of the bargain," the Palestinian Authority responds with the same redundant language. The cycle has become s ...