Newest Iraq
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- Thursday, Mar 11, 2010
ZNet Article Washington's Cult of Narcissism and Iraq -
- Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010
ZNet Article It's been a long winter for the peace movement. Waiting for Obama has proved fruitless. The Great Recession has strengthened Wall Street and diverted attention from the wars. The debate over healthcare still won't go away and has demoralized progr... ZNet Article The Misawa Base, the only Suppression of Enemy Air Defense (SEAD) unit of the US Pacific forces headquartered in Hawaii, is, so to speak, in the position of the first attacker of the entire force. -
- Thursday, Mar 04, 2010
ZNet Article Three Fixes for the American Way of War -
- Tuesday, Feb 23, 2010
ZNet Article The doctrinal assumption that “we” (the United States) are inherently benevolent, noble, well-intentioned, helpful, and democratic in our foreign policies is ubiquitous in U.S. dominant media and indeed across the spectrum of respectable opinion i... -
- Thursday, Dec 31, 2009
Commentary In Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell described a superstate called Oceania, whose language of war inverted lies that "passed into history and became truth. 'Who controls the past', ran the Party slogan, 'controls the future: who controls the pre... -
- Wednesday, Dec 23, 2009
ZNet Article Why War Will Take No Holiday in 2010 -
- Wednesday, Dec 02, 2009
ZNet Article On September 13, I got a call from FOX News asking me to go on the O'Reilly Factor program that night, two days after the tragic events of September 11, to debate O'Reilly on War v. Peace. It is pretty clear where I stood and where he stood. I had... -
- Thursday, Nov 12, 2009
Commentary In an interview last week, Jeremy Paxman - leading interviewer on BBC 2's flagship Newsnight programme - claimed that he had been "hoodwinked" by US government propaganda prior to the invasion of Iraq in 2003... -
- Wednesday, Oct 28, 2009
ZNet Article On June 7, 2006, a 28-year-old Army lieutenant named Ehren Watada released a video press statement announcing that he was refusing to deploy to Iraq because the Iraq War was illegal and his "participation would make me party to war crimes." After ... -
- Thursday, Oct 01, 2009
Commentary In 2001, the Observer in London published a series of reports that claimed an "Iraqi connection" to al-Qaeda, even describing the base in Iraq where the training of terrorists took place and a facility where anthrax was being manufactured as a wea... -
- Friday, Aug 21, 2009
ZNet Article Book review of Ministry of Defeat. The British War in Iraq 2003-2009 by Richard North -
- Friday, Aug 14, 2009
ZNet Article On Troops That Don't Depart, Experts Who Never Leave the Scene, an Air Force That Suddenly Wasn't There, and a War That No Longer Needs a Justification -
- Tuesday, Aug 04, 2009
ZNet Article Civilian casualties are frequently defined as little more than a massive public relations headache. Such casualties cause the US allies in Afghanistan and Pakistan to constantly complain, indicating the depth of popular resentment. In June, Kai Ei... -
- Thursday, Jun 04, 2009
ZNet Article A non-delivered graduation speech -
- Monday, Jun 01, 2009
ZNet Article At least 20 US soldiers have been killed in Iraq in May, the most since last September, along with more than 50 wounded. Iraqi casualties are, as usual - and in both categories - at least ten times that number. -
- Monday, May 25, 2009
ZNet Article On Monday, Iraqi government security forces arrested two prominent Sunni leaders in Iraq's volatile Diyala Province. One of them, Sheikh Riyadh al-Mujami, not coincidentally, is a prominent leader in the local Sahwa (Sons of Iraq), the 100,000-str... -
- Sunday, May 10, 2009
ZNet Article A Historic Day For Iraq But not in the way the British want to believe ZNet Article Throughout history, those who collaborate with the occupiers of their country tend to end up hung out to dry, or dead. The occupation of Iraq is no different - collaboration and the poison fruits that come of it are on full display for the history... -
- Tuesday, May 05, 2009
ZNet Article As the murder campaign targeting Iraqi gays intensifies, a leading Arabic television network last week revealed the use of a horrifying new form of lethal torture against Iraqi gay men -
- Wednesday, Apr 29, 2009
ZNet Article Last week found Iraq swimming in blood once again. Attacks last Thursday brought the worst violence Iraq has seen in over a year, with at least 96 Iraqis killed and 157 wounded in two massive suicide bombings. Over 35 bombings have rocked Baghdad ... -
- Saturday, Apr 25, 2009
Commentary When I testified last year before the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties about Bush interrogation policies, Congressman Trent Franks (R-Ariz) stated that former CIA Director Michael Hayd... ZNet Article On April 23, over 73 Iraqis were killed in two separate suicide attacks. One bomber detonated his explosives in central Baghdad as a group of policemen were distributing relief supplies to Iraqis who had been driven from their homes during the US-... -
- Tuesday, Apr 21, 2009
Commentary Instead of focusing attention on the devastation caused by an unjust, imperial war, the US media deliberate on the success of 'surge' and cheer for the troops. ZNet Article Everyone knows the analogy of the beehive. When it is goaded, countless bees emerge, attacking the tormentor. Right now in Iraq, the formerly US-backed al-Sahwa (Sons of Iraq) Sunni militia, ripe with broken promises from both the occupiers of the... -
- Saturday, Apr 18, 2009
ZNet Article As organized killings of Iraqi gays have escalated in recent months amid a homophobic campaign in that nation's media, openly gay Democratic Congressman Jared Polis of Colorado has asked the US State Department to investigate. -
- Thursday, Apr 16, 2009
ZNet Article On Wednesday, March 25, Major General David Perkins of the U.S. military, referring to how often the U.S. military was being attacked in Iraq, told reporters in Baghdad, "Attacks are at their lowest since August 2003." Perkins added, "There were 1... -
- Monday, Apr 13, 2009
ZNet Article Following George W. Bush’s example of keeping war funding off the books, President Barack Obama is seeking $83.4 billion in additional “emergency†funding for the American wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, which, if approved, would bring the 200... -
- Saturday, Apr 11, 2009
ZNet Article Killing 'Them' - Parts 1 & 2 -
- Saturday, Apr 04, 2009
ZNet Article Last weekend, the Iraqi government arrested an Awakening Group leader of a Baghdad neighborhood, then moved into the area. With the help of US occupation forces, they disarmed the militiamen under his control, but only after fighting broke out bet... - All Newest Iraq
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- Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010
ZNet Article It's been a long winter for the peace movement. Waiting for Obama has proved fruitless. The Great Recession has strengthened Wall Street and diverted attention from the wars. The debate over healthcare still won't go away and has demoralized progr... -
- Tuesday, Feb 23, 2010
ZNet Article The doctrinal assumption that “we” (the United States) are inherently benevolent, noble, well-intentioned, helpful, and democratic in our foreign policies is ubiquitous in U.S. dominant media and indeed across the spectrum of respectable opinion i... -
- Tuesday, Apr 21, 2009
ZNet Article Everyone knows the analogy of the beehive. When it is goaded, countless bees emerge, attacking the tormentor. Right now in Iraq, the formerly US-backed al-Sahwa (Sons of Iraq) Sunni militia, ripe with broken promises from both the occupiers of the... -
- Monday, Mar 16, 2009
ZNet Article It’s an inescapable truth on March 17th, inevitable as shamrocks and Guinness. Be you Irish or not, you are almost certain to hear the distinct lilt of the Emerald Isle’s music at one time or another this St. Patrick’s Day. -
- Sunday, Mar 15, 2009
ZNet Article For centuries, artists, writers, and intellectuals have been meeting in Baghdad's teahouses over tulip-shaped glasses of sweet lemon tea, cigarettes, and shisha pipes. -
- Saturday, Feb 21, 2009
ZNet Article Seventy percent of Iraq's doctors are reported to have fled the war-torn country in the face of death threats and kidnappings. Those who remain live in fear, often in conditions close to house arrest. -
- Friday, Feb 20, 2009
ZNet Article "We only want a normal life," says Um Qasim, sitting in a bombed out building in Baghdad. She and others around have been saying that for years. -
- Sunday, Feb 01, 2009
ZNet Article After strong polling for the provincial elections Saturday, Iraqis are looking out for new signposts of political recovery from the U.S.-led invasion and occupation. -
- Wednesday, Jan 07, 2009
ZNet Article On January 21, President Barack Obama will take personal responsibility for the wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan launched under President Bush. The Afghan- Pakistan war is uniquely Democratic in origin, however. Since John Kerry's 2004 campaign, h... -
- Wednesday, Oct 29, 2008
ZNet Article Whatever the U.S.-Iraqi "agreement" ends up looking like, it is unlikely to have much of an effect on the occupation. - All Featured ZNet
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- Tuesday, Jul 01, 2008
ZMag Article Juan Cole, a widely respected expert on the Middle East, teaches history at the University of Michigan. He is a guest on major news programs. He is the author of many books including Sacred Space and Holy War. His latest is "Napoleon’s Egypt." I t... -
- Thursday, May 01, 2008
ZMag Article Having brought up Iran [in Part I], we might as well turn briefly to the third member of the famous Axis of Evil, North Korea. The official story right now is that after having been forced to accept an agreement on dismantling its nuclear weapons ... -
- Wednesday, Apr 02, 2008
ZMag Article Iraq remains a significant concern for the population, but that is a matter of little moment in a modern democracy. -
- Saturday, Mar 01, 2008
ZMag Article ZMO ONLINE-ONLY ARTICLE: A primary stated justification for continuing the U.S.-led military occupation of Iraq is that a withdrawal of Western forces would result in a “bloodbath”.... [T]hese images make two basic assumptions: that the U.S. prese... - All Featured ZMag Articles
Iraq Blogs
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- Monday, Mar 08, 2010
Blog Post A look at the background to the recent elections held in Iraq and the challanges confronting Iraqi society in the future. The elections will determine the composition of the next government and is widely seen as a necessary step towards continuing... -
- Thursday, Mar 04, 2010
Blog Post The spread of the human terrain doctrine.... -
- Sunday, Feb 28, 2010
Blog Post At least 29 corporations have vested interests, through contracts gained, in supporting the U.S. Army’s Human Terrain System in particular, and the development of “human terrain” capabilities across various branches of the Army. Most of the newspa... -
- Wednesday, Feb 10, 2010
Blog Post Click to see the bibliography... -
- Tuesday, Feb 09, 2010
Blog Post More on the abduction of an employee with the U.S. Human Terrain System in Iraq... -
- Saturday, Mar 07, 2009
Blog Post Don't we owe the Iraqis money? Don't we owe it to them to restore their livelihoods first? Don't we owe it to them to demonstrate that this is a priority, and that we will pay back the untold billions we have plundered from them thus far? -
- Saturday, Dec 20, 2008
Blog Post Investigative journalist Gareth Porter reveals push back from military and Pentagon officials against the US-Iraq withdrawal agreement. -
- Saturday, Dec 06, 2008
Blog Post An open letter to the New School community regarding the war profiteer L-3 Communications, and its connection with the New School. -
- Wednesday, Sep 10, 2008
Blog Post On Saturday, September 20, United For Peace and Justice and a host of other major antiwar groups will stage the largest national mobilization of the year. This mobilization, different in kind from previous ones, steers the antiwar movement back t... -
- Wednesday, Jun 25, 2008
Blog Post Email to Bret Stephens on the Wall Street Journal about his article 'Why Iraqis back McCain' - All Iraq Blogs
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- Tuesday, Jun 17, 2008
Video Afshin Rattansi interviews Noam Chomsky June 2008... -
- Friday, May 23, 2008
Video Reviewing the testimonies... -
- Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Video When The New York Times published its explosive "Pentagon Pundits" story on April 20, the result was a wave of criticism directed at the Defense Department for manipulating TV news coverage of the Iraq war. Critics also faulted the networks for fa... -
- Tuesday, Mar 18, 2008
Video On loss of interest in the Iraq war... -
- Saturday, Feb 02, 2008
Video Media and contractors in Iraq... - All Featured Video
Iraq CommentsForum Post What you state is all very percept ive and true but all these ills will always be with us unless we adopt a different economic system.As Albert Einstein suggested change from capitalism=private ownership for profit to Socialism=people ownership fo... Forum Post This organizational description is one of the more thoughtful and hopeful things I've read.Here are six suggestions regarding how it might be improved: 1. Make explicit the abstract ethical perspective that unifies the various poi... Forum Post MUMIA, I CANNOT FIND WORDS TO ADDRESS YOU AND CAN ONLY SAY THAT IT IS TOTALLY FUCKED UP WITH WHAT IS GOING ON WITH YOUR CASE AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO YOUR LIFE. I HAVE BEEN READING BOOKS, LISTENING TO TALKS, WATCHING VIDEOS OF MANY INTELLECTU... Forum Post The comment command is not working.I thinkyou have misconstrued my post.Daly under his proposed no growth economy sees growth as being made up mostly of human intellectual growth since as he assumes growth under present capitalism is not possible.... Forum Post MOVEMENTS PROTESTING DOES NOT WORK. PROTESTING DID NOT END THE VIETNAM WAR. PROTESTING DID NOT STOP OR HAVE NOT STOPPED THE MIDDLE EAST WARS. BOYCOTTING DOES. ALL OF THE INTELLECTUALS' SPEECHES AND ANALYSIS AND INTERVIEWS WON'T END WHAT AILS THIS ... -
- Sunday, Mar 14, 2010
Forum Post I think Michael Albert's response to a previous comment also satisfies, or responds to, my reactions listed above."As such, of course I and others with similar views are interested not in the widest possible support or formulations, but in fi... Forum Post Carl,You don't like the word "transcend" so much that it moves you to ridicule? Wow. It means to go beyond, to do better by some standards - and of course the rest of the poll evidences what those standards are, and in what manner it goe... - All Iraq Comments
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