The long-promised Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip seems set to begin at any time, some reports suggest it could be a mere matter of hours. And while in his weekly radio address tomorrow President Bush is going to claim the United States is "leading diplomatic...
Report: Israeli Invasion Could Begin Within Hours
Anticipated virtually since the war began, the long-promised ground invasion of the Gaza Strip may begin as soon as Saturday morning, according to The Times. Preparations have been ongoing for the invasion but appear to have been completed as the few hundred Gaza...
Civilians Take Brunt of 7th Day of Gaza Offensive
The Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip continue, but with few targets remaining the air strikes are causing fewer deaths, and more and more of them are civilians. Though earlier in the war the United Nations Relief and Works Agency reported that "a minimum of 25...
Egypt Bars Gaza Protest, Arrests Opposition Organizers
With its small, perpetually closed border with the Gaza Strip, it is unsurprising that Egyptians as much as the rest of the Muslim world are up in arms about the ongoing Israeli attacks. But with President Hosni Mubarak's government close with both the United States...
US Drone Kills Four in Attack on South Waziristan School
It's the second day of the new year and the United States has launched its second attack in South Waziristan. Tribal sources had been reporting two US drones hovering over the area of Ladha Tehsil, in South Waziristan Agency, before the attack. The two Hellfire...
Israeli Military’s Press Unit Promises ‘Incredible Footage’ of Gaza Invasion
With an almost impossible level of control over the media's access to information regarding its attacks on the Gaza Strip, the Israeli military is reportedly quite pleased with the "fair" coverage of the international media. But as it expands its own direct coverage...
Amid Court Hearing, Tel Aviv Police to Allow Antiwar Rally
As an Israeli High Court hearing got underway on the decision of police to ban an antiwar rally scheduled for late Saturday, police announced that they had reversed their decision, and would allow the rally to proceed as planned. Police initially has said they would...
Despite Court Order, Israel Won’t Let Journalists Into Gaza
Israel's long-standing ban on foreign journalists entering the Gaza Strip has made accurate and up-to-date reporting on the now week-long war among the most difficult propositions in the modern era. Most stories rely on official reports from Hamas, the United Nations,...
US Foils Draft UN Resolution to Stop Gaza Attacks
As was widely expected, the United States rejected an attempt by the Arab League to push a legally-binding resolution through the United Nations Security Council calling for Israel to immediately halt its attacks on the Gaza Strip. As a permanent member of the...
As Violence Spirals, US Poised to Pour 20,000 More Troops into Southern Afghanistan
2008 was the most violent year yet of the seven year war in Afghanistan, and nowhere was this more apparent then in the nation's south. Attacks were not only on the rise, but in many places the Taliban is setting up "shadow governments" to compete with the US-backed...