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War Without End

I still feel haunted by children and their heartbroken mothers and fathers whom we met in Iraqi hospitals.

(PORTLAND, OR) - Ten years ago, in March of 2003, Iraqis braced themselves for the anticipated “Shock and Awe” attacks that the U.S. was planning to launch against them.

The media buildup for the attack assured Iraqis that barbarous assaults were looming.

Obama`s First Trip to Israel as President: Preventing War With Iran

Obama will address the Israeli people on Thursday (Mar. 21)

(TEL AVIV) - Barack Obama's first trip to Israel as president, this coming Wednesday and Thursday, is far more than an exercise in "optics."

Dan Raviv and Yossi Melman, -- say that there is a large public relations aspect, to be sure; as Obama tries to erase the impression that he does not really like the Jewish State.

Fish Caught off Fukushima Show Record Levels of Radioactive Cesium

Record cesium level detected in fish caught near Fukushima nuclear plant.

(KYODO Japan Times) - Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Friday it detected a record 740,000 becquerels per kilogram of radioactive cesium in a fish caught in waters near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.

That is equivalent to 7,400 times the state-set limit deemed safe for human consumption.

The Hives Are All Abuzz

With the successful nomination of John Brennan to head the CIA, drone killings could increase.

(MANAMA, Bahrain) - The drones have roused the hive; and Junior Republican Senator Rand Paul has the bees swarming. Excuse the analogy.

Until Paul decided to filibuster the Senate on the nomination of John Brennan as CIA director, both the polity and the mainstream media were paying little attention to the U.S. government's use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), better known as drones.

Major Storm Potential Palm Sunday Weekend

After bringing drenching rain and heavy mountain snow to the Northwest and part of the Rockies later this week, a storm from the Pacific will reorganize over the Central states this weekend.

(STATE COLLEGE, PA AccuWeather.com) - AccuWeather.com reports another major storm will cross the nation from coast to coast with heavy snow, flooding rain and severe thunderstorms.

The worst conditions with the storm may center over the Palm Sunday weekend.

Newport Researchers Working with Fishermen to Reduce Bycatch in Groundfish Trawling

(NEWPORT) - Researchers working with the groundfish fishing industry in the Pacific Northwest have tested a new “flexible sorting grid excluder”.

It is a type of bycatch reduction device that shows promise to significantly reduce the incidental bycatch of Pacific halibut from commercial bottom trawl fishermen.

Oregon Timber Industry Comments on Senate County Payments Hearing

Group outlines what they describe as real solutions.

(PORTLAND, OR) - The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee is holding a hearing in Washington, DC today entitled “Keeping the Commitment to Rural Communities”.

They're reviewing the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act and Payments in Lieu of Taxes county payment programs.

APN Welcomes President Obama`s Visit to Israel

Americans for Peace Now believes peace is still possible...

(WASHINGTON DC) - On behalf of Americans for Peace Now (APN) and on the eve of President Obama’s historic visit to Israel, APN President and CEO Debra DeLee issued a statement:

"It gives us great joy to see President Obama heading to the Middle East. We have long urged him to make this trip, in part because we know that one of the most important things President Obama can do to promote Israeli-Palestinian peace..."

Steubenville, `Innocence Lost or Par for the Course?`

It's a sad way for an Ohio community to become national news.

(CLEVELAND) - A judge found two Steubenville teenagers guilty of raping a 16-year-old girl at a series of parties in a case that drew major attention to teenage alcohol use and tawdry text messaging.

In fact the attorney general in Ohio now plans to continue seeking indictments in the case. Attorney General Mike DeWine says the girl's rape was an example of a cavalier attitude displayed toward sex...

Protected by Her Own...
Sayyeda Zeinab: the 7th Century Heroine of Karbala

The story of Zeinab at Karbala, and her subsequent life, like the passion play of Karbala itself, is history that one never tires of hearing.

(SAYYEDA ZEINAB SHRINE, Damascus) - It is well known in this region that powerful foreign and domestic forces are in nearly every country.

Iraq, Syria and Lebanon, are increasingly acting, for purely political purposes, to ignite a bloody internecine conflict within Islam.