by Conn Hallinan | Apr 20, 2015 | Redev, War & Peace
The systematic murder of 147 Kenyan university students by members of the Somalia-based Shabab organization on April 2 is raising an uncomfortable question: was the massacre an unintentional blowback from U.S. anti-terrorism strategy in the region? And were the...
by Russ Wellen | Apr 17, 2015 | Redev, War & Peace
In Politico Magazine, David Gartenstein-Ross and Bridget Moreng make the surprising claim Al Qaeda Is Beating the Islamic State. They write that, though the Islamic State “still controls more overall than Al Qaeda—most prominently, Tikrit and the southern half of the...
by Phyllis Bennis | Apr 2, 2015 | Redev, War & Peace
Negotiators in Lausanne, Switzerland just won a huge victory for diplomacy over war. The hard-fought first-stage negotiations resulted in the outlines of an agreement that will significantly limit Iran’s nuclear program in return for significant relief from crippling...
by Ajamu Baraka | Mar 30, 2015 | Redev, War & Peace
This article was originally published at AjamuBaraka.com. Saudi Arabia has commenced military operations against the Ansarullah fighters of the Houthi movement in Yemen. The Saudi intervention was not unexpected. Over the last few weeks, there were signs that the...
by Rob Prince | Mar 26, 2015 | Human Rights, Redev, War & Peace
“He couldn’t hurt a bird.” Well maybe “he” couldn’t. After all, a mother knows her son. But over what appears to be a short period of less than a year, he changed, didn’t he? And then he could, and did…and it wasn’t birds he hurt but people he killed. Thus spoke...
