12/03/13 – Michael Kelly – The Scott Horton Show

Michael Kelly, a writer for Business Insider, discusses Hollywood producer Arnon Milchan's secret double life as an Israeli spy; how Milchan helped advance Israel's nuclear weapons program; and the damage done to Iran's uranium centrifuges by the Stuxnet virus.

12/01/13 – Patrick Cockburn – The Scott Horton Show

Patrick Cockburn, a journalist with The Independent, discusses Muqtada al-Sadr's warning of Iraq's dark near-future; Sadr's political coming-of-age under Saddam Hussein and the US occupation; the role of al-Qa'ida, Iran and Syria in Iraq; and why the sectarian divide between Sunni and Shia is as strong as ever.

Patrick Cockburn Interviews Muqtada al-Sadr

Patrick Cockburn, author of Muqtada!: Muqtada al-Sadr, the Shia Revival and the Future of Iraq, interviews the powerful Iraqi kingmaker for the Independent: The future of Iraq as a united and independent country is endangered by sectarian Shia-Sunni hostility says Muqtada al-Sadr, the Shia religious leader whose Mehdi Army militia fought the US and British armies and who remains a powerful figure in Iraqi politics. He warns of the danger that 'the Iraqi people will disintegrate, its government...

Happy Thanksgiving Everybody

No offense to my Red Indian friends, but I love Turkey Day with family and all that, and I hope all of yall have a good one too. And I guess you can consider this the rerererere-launch of Stress the blog, and the site altogether. We've got the last of the bugs out of the way, so coming soon will be a new front page, a bookstore, stickers, and all kinds of whoknowswhat. Check out the new article archive: http://scotthorton.org/articles/ That's all of 'em. Also the RSS for the whole show...

11/25/13 – Matthieu Aikins – The Scott Horton Show

Matthieu Aikins, a contributor to Rolling Stone, discusses the "A-Team killings" involving US special forces in Afghanistan; how withdrawing troops and foreign aid could collapse the Afghan government; and the lack of meaningful investigations of the routine abuse and murder of Afghan civilians.

11/24/13 – Nima Shirazi – The Scott Horton Show

Nima Shirazi, an editor for the online magazine Muftah, discusses the interim deal on Iran-P5+1 nuclear negotiations; the predictable hysterical reactions of Israeli lobbyists, Benjamin Netanyahu and Lindsey Graham; and why it isn't true that "the sanctions worked" to get Iran to the negotiating table.