The children of north-west Pakistan are not like our children, they have no names, no pictures, no memorials of candles and flowers and teddy bears, they belong to the non-human world.

America is the only country in the world perpetually at war: in 2011-2012 alone, the United States was killing people in nine different countries, from Afghanistan to Yemen.

Patrick Cockburn says the situation in areas of Syria he has visited is wholly different from the picture given to the world both by foreign leaders and by the foreign media.

It is a sign of the times that Liberal Hollywood has produced the ultimate hagiography of the most secretive arm of America's National Security State and bestowed it with every accolade.

Most victims of America's foreign wars are bystanders, killed in their homes, their stores, their schools, their weddings, just like those killed at home in our schools and shopping malls.

US interrogators were supplied with "knowingly false information" by the UK security services, including the allegation that Shaker Aamer was paid directly by Bin Laden.

The intention of the British, US and French governments is clear: to use the fears about chemical weapons to move from secret intervention to no fly zones, air strikes and possible incursions.

Alarmism has always been the stock in trade of power. Rulers have a vested interest in heightening threats, however implausible, egged on by their armies and arms manufacturers.

The brutal truth is that Netanyahu is leading his country down the path to self-destruction and with his plans for settlement construction, all hopes of Middle East peace will die.

The medical recommendation of the gynaecologists to the women of Fallujah is simple: just stop. Stop falling pregnant because it is likely you will not give birth to a healthy baby.