Author: mike

An hour before dawn, the sky still clouded by a dust storm, the soldiers of the Iraqi army’s Charlie Company began their mission with a ballad to ousted president Saddam Hussein. “We have lived...

The rift between the Iraqi government and hostile Sunni Arabs widened further on Wednesday as the country’s leaders came out in support of ethnic and sectarian militias that Sunnis fear could be used against...

US Marines forcibly detained a team of security guards working for an American engineering firm in Iraq after reportedly witnessing the contractors fire at U.S. troops and Iraqi civilians from an armed convoy. The...

John R. Bolton flew to Europe in 2002 to confront the head of a global arms-control agency and demand he resign, then orchestrated the firing of the unwilling diplomat in a move a U.N....

What with all the play that the narrow French rejection of the proposed EU Constitution enjoyed, I doubt that Switzerland’s successful referendum accepting endorsement of closer EU integration (specifically, enacting the Dublin Convention on...

Today is the birthdate of Jim Connolly, a Scots Irish labour hero shot dead in 1916 during a failed rebellion against British rule. I recently visited Kilmainham Gaol, and the very spot where Connolly...

At the end of the last glaciation, the ice sheets that covered much of the Northern Hemisphere disappeared in a matter of a few thousand yearsa surprisingly short time, considering how long it had...

The U.S. has refused to reaffirm the 13 steps toward nuclear disarmament it agreed to in 2000, or allow discussion of Israel’s nuclear status … Critics pointed out that during the monthlong conference, the...

I read that the French voting public are unexpectedly close to a “Non!” on the proposed EU Constitution… There’s generally a democratic deficit in the enlargement of an empire. Expansion of a political territory...

Fresh from his accountability moment, Tony Blair is tackling some of the thorniest issues facing British society: criminalising “hoodies” and baseball caps while keeping marijuana decriminalised (despite a “get tough” pre-election stance). In the...