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Washington’s Secret War in Yemen Backfires
Gen. Mohammed al-Sumali sits in the passenger seat of his armored Toyota Land Cruiser as it whizzes down the deserted highway connecting the Yemeni port city of Aden to Abyan…
Iraq: The Mess American Intervention Left Behind
As Iraq proceeds with its grisly hangathon — since the beginning of 2012, Iraq has executed at least 65 prisoners – and 2007-type violence is threatening to bring the country…
Will Israel Attack Iran?
Will they or won’t they? Bomb Iran, that is. In Washington, Paris, London, Tel Aviv—and even in sleepy Ottawa—war talk tops the agenda. As the Islamic Republic of Iran celebrates…
Exaggerating Iran’s ‘Threat’, a Deja Vu
I am far from any kind of expert in nuclear weapons development, so I could be 180 degrees wrong. But I have a growing sense that the increasingly ominous reports…
War Talk: The Obama Administration and Iran
“Let there be no doubt,” President Obama declared in his 2012 State of the Union address. “America is determined to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, and I will…
Prism Video: March in Support of the Syrian Revolution in Ottawa
This rally took place in Ottawa, Canada on January 21, 2012 in support of the Syrian Revolution. The rally started in front of the Syrian Embassy where protesters chanted anti-Assad…
Lawfare and Targeted Killing
Over the last decade, the term lawfare, an amalgamation of “law” and “warfare,” has been adopted and popularized among people engaged in monitoring, judging and debating the legality of a…
Tahrir One Year Later: The Fight for Egypt’s Future
On November 19, Ahmed Harara, a 31-year-old activist who lost his right eye during the uprising against Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, lost his left eye while protesting the military junta…
Bashar al-Assad in State of Desperation
The signs are clear: Bashar al-Assad is in a state of desperation, and his latest speech in front of Syrian parliament proves it: having played most of the cards at…
Bahraini King and America’s Spin Doctors
It was going to be a real long-shot, with million-to-one odds. It was going to be the first time in living memory that the King of a country commissioned and…
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