If an attack does occur by November, it would clear that what drove Netanyahu was not any technical advancement in the Iranian nuclear program, but the American political calendar.

Syria has become the crucible for a number of separate wars, battles for power and influence, for regional resources and access, for strategic location and military expansion.

Netanyahu and Barak may be playing a dangerous game of bluff aimed at forcing America's hand. But, for now, those who believe Israel is heading towards war are speaking with louder voices.

"Throwing stones shows the Israeli soldiers that we are still here, that we exist. We want toys,not guns or rocks, but this will only happen when the occupation ends and we get our rights back."

The basic strategy is a global one in which the US will train, equip, and advise indigenous forces — generally from poor, underdeveloped nations — to do the fighting (and dying).

The toilets of dozens of senior New Labour MPs all over the country are being regularly infested by a poo with the face of Tony Blair that just won't flush away.

The high rate of civilian casualties stems from the fact that armed drones are not used in the battlefield, but in the vicinity of people the United States considers to be terrorists.

Manning's lawyer wants all charges dismissed on the grounds that he was subjected to illegal pre-trial treatment in violation of the constitutional prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment.

An Afghan man has started legal proceedings against the UK government demanding details of how a secret "kill list" was compiled that led to a missile attack that murdered five of his relatives.

It wasn't supposed to have been like this. Obama came in with a promise to close Guantanamo Bay and end the torture and other practices which the CIA had pursued in Bush's "War on Terror".