Bahrain’s Interior Ministry has hired John Timoney, the former police chief of Philadelphia and Miami, noted for his heavy-handed policing of demonstrations.
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Israel’s War on Democracy (and Why Americans Should Be Concerned)
Right-wing legislators, militant settlers, and a growing religious divide in the Israeli army threaten to silence internal opposition to the Netanyahu government.
Does U.S. Believe Arms Deal With Bahrain Will Encourage Human Rights?
A $53 million U.S. arms sale, put on hold in November pending an investigation into Bahraini security forces human rights violations, is being pushed forward by the Obama Administration despite opposition by Congress and human rights observers.
We’re America and We’ll Breach Whatever Perimeter We Want
What if Iran’s Republican Guard we’re conducting operations at the U.S. border with Mexico?
Pit of Pits: Los Alamos Proposed Plutonium Facility
The United States nuclear-weapons program, stockpiled with nuclear-warheads, need not concern itself with manufacturing them for a generation, if ever.
U.S. Legal Justifications for Nuclear Weapons Fall Flat on Their Face
The case that the United States makes for possession and potential use of nuclear weapons is legalistic to the extreme.
The West Judges Iran by Not One, But Two Double Standards
When it comes to nuclear weapons and assassinations, Iran is judged by a different standard from the West.
Will the GOP Own Its Position on Israel-Palestine?
The Republican National Committee unanimously adopted a resolution disavowing the party’s previous commitment to a two-state solution for Israel-Palestine and endorsing the Israeli annexation of the Palestinian territories.
Putting a Country on a Leash: Iran and Uranium
If Iran agrees, on paper, to end uranium enrichment, it will no longer be inspected and could then secretly recreate its program.
Is Disarmament to Proliferation as Spending Is to Austerity?
Disarming to prevent nuclear proliferation strikes some as counterintuitive as spending during an economic crisis instead of cutting spending.