What Happened in Andijan?
Human Rights Watch has released a report on the killings in Andijan. Registan.net has periodic reports on the region.
War, Peace, and Terrorism
“Iraq can move on. Saddam Hussein can move on….”
The lawyer for Saddam Hussein must have quite a sense of humor. He complained in an interview with CNN, “I ask everybody, please: Can this man be charged, so we…
“Iraq can move on. Saddam Hussein can move on….”
The lawyer for Saddam Hussein must have quite a sense of humor. He complained in an interview with CNN, “I ask everybody, please: Can this man be charged, so we…
“Iraq can move on. Saddam Hussein can move on….”
The lawyer for Saddam Hussein must have quite a sense of humor. He complained in an interview with CNN, “I ask everybody, please: Can this man be charged, so we…
“Iraq can move on. Saddam Hussein can move on….”
The lawyer for Saddam Hussein must have quite a sense of humor. He complained in an interview with CNN, “I ask everybody, please: Can this man be charged, so we…
Georgia On My Mind
It will be lamented by some extreme apologists for Russian imperialism, but the rest of us will consider it a bit of good news that the Russian government has just…
How Many Have Died in Iraq?
The wide range of numbers of deaths attributed to the war in Iraq (as also earlier to the sanctions) can lead one to wonder whether the numbers are being cooked…
What Do the Insurgents Want?
The New York Times (requires simple registration) has a good piece (“The Mystery of the Insurgency,” by James Bennett) on the nature and the motives of the terrorist campaign to…
Someone Will Be Watching
Bad or Benign? My friend and former colleague Julian Sanchez has an interesting critique (followed by commentary) over at Reason.com of Max Borders’ defense of public surveillance cameras over at…
What’s Wrong with this Chart?
The BBC story on “Suicide Bombs Cause Iraq Carnage” is remarkable, not merely for not identifying the bombers as “insurgents” or “terrorists,” but for the chart above, which aggregates into…