Bush to sell nukes to India, fighter planes to Pakistan

The U.S. continues to be the biggest arms dealer on the planet. Bush pushes India nuclear deal The agreement, announced July 18 after Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met President Bush at the White House, upends decades-old nonproliferation rules and…

Death of John Garang in Sudan

Angry supporters of John Garang riot and fragile peace is shaken after helicopter crash. Deep in the article is this tidbit Garang, who received undergraduate and doctoral degrees in Iowa, used his charisma to rally support from Washington and conservative…

Two-thirds believe London bombings are linked to Iraq war

Two-thirds of Britons believe there is a link between Tony Blair’s decision to invade Iraq and the London bombings despite government claims to the contrary, according to a Guardian/ICM poll published today. Now Blair is saying he never said there…

War and peace

If you keep doing what you’re doing, you keep getting what you’re getting Insurgency in Fallujah expected to worsen: US commander Insurgent attacks in the Iraqi city of Fallujah are expected to rise over the next few months, a US…

Iraq invasion lies redux. This time it’s Iran

Britain, France and Germany are to promise Iran that it will not face military attack if it abandons enriching uranium, the key to building a nuclear bomb, a senior Iranian official said yesterday. The EU and the United States suspect…