Center for Constitutional RightsJuly 1, 2008. Citing national security, a federal court rules that Maher Arar, who was kidnapped at JFK and sent to Syria by the U.S., had no due process rights.
Kim Sengupta, Independent UK. June 19, 2008. The world community, especially the West, is erecting fresh obstacles to prevent Iraqi refugees from settling across its borders.
Jim Lobe, Khody Akhavi, May 26, 2008. Engagement -- known as "appeasement" in the neo-conservative lexicon -- is bursting out all over the Middle East.
Adam Doster, In These Times. April 30, 2008. For the Bush Administration, admitting that Iraq is in the throes of a humanitarian crisis disrupts the narrative that the war is winnable.
Bob Fertik, Democrats.com. March 18, 2008. An estimated 50,000 prostitutes, some as young as 13, are among the 1.2 million Iraqis who fled to Syria after Bush invaded.
Dahr Jamail, Maki al-Nazzal, IPS News. March 3, 2008. More Iraqis continue to flee their country than the numbers returning, despite official claims to the contrary.
Ali Frick, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. November 28, 2007. Ali Frick: When Nancy Pelosi went to Syria, the media picked up the conservative talking points and ran with them.
Pam Spaulding, AlterNet: Video. October 18, 2007. Pam Spaulding: It might have something to do with the alleged blow and confirmed boozing that he was doing in back in the day.
Khody Akhavi, IPS News. July 14, 2007. Israel and Syria may be closer to establishing peace than at any time in recent years. If they fail, it could end in renewed bloodshed.
Robert Parry, Consortium News. December 26, 2006. Intelligence sources say President Bush -- along with Israel's Ehud Olmert and the UK's Tony Blair -- are weighing the possibility of Israeli-led attacks on Syria and Iran in early 2007, with the United States providing logistical back-up.
