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Stories by Conn Hallinan

4 Deadly Delusions About Afghanistan Held by Obama's Top Advisors

It's almost as if there is something about that hard-edged Central Asian country that deranges its occupiers.
Posted on Sep 14, 2009, Source: Foreign Policy in Focus

Obama's Voters Clearly Have His Back If He Wants to Get Tougher with Israel

Israel faces growing international pressure to freeze its settlements -- will the U.S. join the chorus?
Posted on Jul 13, 2009, Source: CounterPunch

Who Are the Shadow Warriors? Countries Are Getting Hit by Major Military Attacks, and No One Is Taking Credit

In Syria, Sudan and elsewhere there have been violent attacks that no country has claimed responsibility for. A dark new trend in warfare.
Posted on May 28, 2009, Source: Foreign Policy in Focus

Disturbing Idea of Expelling Arabs from Israeli Territory Gains Ground

There is a growing consensus among Israelis that it would acceptable to expel its Arab citizens to either a Palestinian state or to Jordan and Egypt.
Posted on Mar 4, 2009, Source: AlterNet

Israel Treated Gaza Like Its Own Private Death Laboratory

Israel tested out a "focused lethality" weapon that minimizes explosive damage to structures while inflicting catastrophic wounds on its victims.
Posted on Feb 13, 2009, Source: Foreign Policy

Fighting the Greedy Defense Lobbyists: Our Schools vs. Their Worthless Weaponry

With less money to go around, why burn it on stupid projects for the defense industry?
Posted on Dec 22, 2008, Source: Foreign Policy in Focus

Latin America's New Consensus and the end of the Monroe Doctrine

Beset by economic crisis and bogged down in two unwinnable wars, the Colossus of the North no longer wields the clout it once had.
Posted on Nov 6, 2008, Source: Foreign Policy in Focus

Starting the Next Cold War

NATO is an organization without a mission -- will it create its own?
Posted on Jun 28, 2008, Source: Foreign Policy in Focus

Rumors of War: Is Bush Gearing Up to Attack Iran?

Something is afoot. Just what is not clear, but recent moves by the White House strongly suggest that Bush will attack Iran in the near future.
Posted on Jun 5, 2008, Source: Portside

Basra Battles Echo Vietnam's Tet Offensive -- Will We Ever Learn History's Lessons?

The Bush administration needs to be reminded that Iraq is not a war -- it's a country.
Posted on Apr 25, 2008, Source: Foreign Policy in Focus

Afghanistan: A River Runs Backward

Last year was the deadliest for Afghanistan since the 2001 invasion
Posted on Mar 24, 2008, Source: Foreign Policy in Focus

The End of the 'American Century' Is Here

The neocons' project to create a "benign" global empire is dead, a victim of their own hubris.
Posted on Jan 30, 2008, Source: Foreign Policy in Focus

Iraq's Bloody Toll: History Repeats Itself

In 1258, the Mongols took Baghdad, murdered its inhabitants, burned its libraries, and ravished its lands. The Bush administration has done the same, but hidden it behind a smoke screen of lies.
Posted on Oct 19, 2007, Source: Foreign Policy in Focus

U.S. Secret Air War Pulverizes Afghanistan and Iraq

The U.S. military is increasingly relying on deadly air strikes in Iraq and Afghanistan as the ground occupations fall apart, killing untold numbers of civilians.
Posted on Sep 14, 2007, Source: Foreign Policy in Focus

Bush Admin. Gives Vets the Shaft

A growing number of ill-prepared and under-funded clinics are tasked with caring for our nation's vets, and Bush is turning a blind eye.
Posted on Nov 14, 2006, Source: Foreign Policy in Focus

Time to Inspect Bush's Nuclear Program

The White House plan to develop nuclear "bunker-busters" is a violation of of at least three articles of the non-proliferation treaty.
Posted on Dec 6, 2002, Source: Foreign Policy in Focus

Silence Is Betrayal

For the past 11 years, the U.S. government has coordinated a war of terror and destruction on Iraqi civilians and infrastructure. The time to join the legions already opposed is now, or else your silence will be taken as consent.
Posted on Oct 21, 2002, Source: Foreign Policy in Focus