by Russ Wellen | Jan 13, 2015 | Redev, War & Peace
It is indeed the time of the assassins, and they are, for now, unopposed by their own people. Fairly controversial, though it won’t get you attacked like Charlie Hebdo (though maybe by the PC police). That’s Hisham Melhem, the Washington bureau chief of Al-Arabiya,...
by John Feffer | Jan 12, 2015 | Democracy & Governance, Redev, War & Peace
The recent attack on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, which left a dozen editors and cartoonists dead, has renewed concerns that blowback from the latest round of fighting in Syria and Iraq is finally reaching Europe. In a September 2014 video, the Islamic...
by Rob Prince | Dec 26, 2014 | Democracy & Governance, Redev
Cross-posted from View from the Left Bank. Tunisian Elections: An IMF Austerity Victory? Beja Caid Essebsi was elected president of Tunisia in the country’s first free presidential elections since its 1956 independence. He won a clear majority, some 55% of the vote...
by John Feffer | Dec 10, 2014 | Redev, War & Peace
The United States recently conducted a raid in Yemen to free an American hostage. The raid failed. The Navy Seals killed 11 people, including a 10-year-old boy. The kidnappers executed the hostage, journalist Luke Somers. They also killed South African teacher Pierre...
by Tom Engelhardt | Dec 8, 2014 | Democracy & Governance, Redev, War & Peace
It’s the end of the road for Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, and the Washington press corps couldn’t have been more enthusiastic about writing his obituary. In terms of pure coverage, it may not have been Ferguson or the seven-foot deluge of snow that hit...
