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The battle of Shah-i-Kot

by Michael Griffin

[ february 03 ]

Shah-i-Kot was widely spun as a vindication of the effectiveness of US troops on the ground. Not so: it showed them as unprepared when confronted by their Pashtun and Al Qa'ida enemy.

Do Palestinians have the right to defend themselves?

by Ramzy Baroud

[ february 03 ]

"This is not an attempt to promulgate the idea of violent resistance, but an attempt to reconstruct, even briefly, the argument that the Palestinian people's struggle, including armed struggle, are defended and protected under international law."

Antiwar in America - the liberal shakeout

by Daniel Lazare

[ february 03 ]

In politics, as in everything else, for each action there is an equal and opposite reaction. The American left is being galvanised by the current administration.

The economic consequences of a war with Iraq

by William D Nordhaus

[ january 03 ]

An attempt to fill the yawning gap in public analysis of the economics of attacking Iraq.

The road to Kandahar

by Michael Griffin

[ january 03 ]

"I think Tora Bora will prove to have been a strategic deception by Al Qa'ida," said Wesley K Clark, speaking of an operation which cost hundreds of millions of dollars and snared a total of 54 Al Qa'ida loyalists.

Bob Woodward and the 'Bush at War' hagiography

review by Robert Jensen

From Deep Throat to Shallow Thought, alas.

Mountains

by Beslan Makhauri

[ december 02 ]

Beslan Makhauri spent eight years as a cameraman at the independent TV station 'Dawn' in Grozny, but left when the studio was bombed and his camera confiscated by Russian troops. This is his interview with a fellow Chechen.

Evolving intelligence: President Clinton and the CIA

by James D Boys

[ november 02 ]

Critics of Clinton who lamented his inability to eliminate bin Laden are guilty of forgetting, or conveniently ignoring, that they lambasted his efforts to strike at Al Qaeda.

The storm of airplanes

by Michael Griffin

[ november 02 ]

"It was a total goat fuck," said one disgruntled member of Delta Force. The military campaign against Al Qa'ida and the Taliban was confusing and confused.

Israeli elections. So what?

by Ran HaCohen

[ november 02 ]

One mainstream Israeli commentator described Israel as "an army with an affiliated state". With elections coming up, Ran HaCohen analyses the ties that bind...