The Sins of Brian Williams
NBC anchor Brian Williams just makes stuff up, and the world is shocked – but, then again, if you’ve been a regular reader of Antiwar.com, you already knew what a liar he is. The Twitteratti are in a tizzy over Williams’ blatant fibbery: he’s been telling the same story for years, all about how he […]
Whose Job Is It to Kill ISIS?
Seeing clips of that 22-minute video of the immolation of the Jordanian pilot, one wonders: Who would be drawn to the cause of these barbarians who perpetrated such an atrocity? While the video might firm up the faith of fanatics, would it not evoke rage and revulsion across the Islamic world? After all, this was […]
The Fear of Lone-Wolf Terrorism Rises
Originally posted at TomDispatch. He was undoubtedly one of the worst “lone-wolf” terrorists in modern history. On July 22, 2011, after trying to take out Norway’s political leadership in Oslo with a car bomb and killing eight people, Anders Breivik boarded a ferry wearing a homemade police uniform and took it to a nearby island […]
Do ISIS Atrocity Videos Teach Us Anything?
Earlier this week, we learned it was possible to witness a captive of ISIS being burned to death. Soon afterwards, I concluded I had no interest in doing so. An anecdotal Internet browse made me suspect others feel differently. (Obviously, anyone on the Internet can find as much torture and death pornography as they wish, […]
Baghdad Curfew Lifted in Time For Bombers; 182 Killed across Iraq
The United States has deployed search and rescue aircraft to northern Iraq after the United Arab Emirates suspended their operations following the capture of a Jordanian pilot in Syria.
The ‘Great War’ of Sinai: How To Lose a ‘War on Terror’
The Sinai Peninsula has moved from the margins of Egyptian body politic to the uncontested center, as Egypt’s strong man – President Abdul Fatah al-Sisi – finds himself greatly undercut by the rise of an insurgency that seems to be growing stronger with time. Another series of deadly and coordinated attacks, on January 29, shattered […]
Enhanced Misinformation Techniques
When the Senate released its shocking report on CIA torture late last year, it renewed a debate from the Bush years about the merits of so-called “enhanced interrogation techniques.” Polls released afterward suggested that most Americans thought that torture was effective and, in some cases, justified. Yet the report was very clear: Torture produced virtually […]
Clerics Among 134 Killed in Iraq
The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child said on Wednesday that large numbers of children are being recruited by Islamic State militants for suicide missions or other dangerous jobs. Others are being sexually abused or used as human shields.
Reporting of the US-Israel Assassination of Imad Mughniyah
Two weeks ago, an Israeli helicopter crossed the Syrian border and killed five Hezbollah fighters and an Iranian general. Media accounts made much of the fact that among the dead Hezbollah fighters was Jihad Mughniyah. That particular killing was significant because Jihad Mughniyeh was the son of Imad Mughniyah. Imad Mugniyah was a senior Hezbollah […]
Sequester the Empire
The fake debate over the misnamed "defense" budget underscores everything that’s wrong with our foreign policy, our political system, and the crooks who rule the roost in Washington. This Washington Post piece on the politics surrounding the issue tells us everything we need to know about how the political class – and its journalistic camarilla […]
