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Klare: Will Iraq Be a Global Gas Pump?
Znet Article, July, 15 2009
Michael t. Klare
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Is Iraq finally fated to become what it was going to be anyway, even before the chaos and catastrophe set in: a giant gas pump for an energy-starved planet?
Baroud: Forget the Headlines: Iraqi Freedom Deferred
Znet Article, July, 08 2009
Ramzy Baroud
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As US combat troops redeployed to the outskirts of Iraqi cities on June 30, well-staged celebrations commenced. The pro-US Iraqi government declared "independence day" as police vehicles roamed the streets of war-weary Iraq in an unpersuasive show...
Dimaggio: A Perilous Path?
Znet Article, July, 07 2009
Anthony Dimaggio
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The de-escalation of U.S. troops in Iraq has been accompanied by celebrations of American humanitarianism. This week’s withdrawal of troops from Iraq’s urban areas is part of the larger agreement made by the Bush administration to remove all ...
Schenwar: Iraq Vote Could Oust US Troops Early
Znet Article, July, 02 2009
Maya Schenwar
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As US combat troops retreated from Iraqi urban centers on Tuesday, signs of an incomplete withdrawal abounded. Some soldiers remained in cities, their labels changed from "combat troops" to "trainers" or "advisers," while others relocated to bases...
Rahnema: Electoral Coup in Iran: How Ahmadinejad won
Znet Article, June, 20 2009
Saeed Rahnema
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Shock, disbelief, despair, anger, street riots, tire burning and confrontations with police brutality have engulfed Iran, following the presidential elections that reinstalled Ahmadinejad through a claimed landslide victory.
Engelhardt: Missing Word, Missing World
Znet Article, June, 04 2009
Tom Engelhardt
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A non-delivered graduation speech
Chatterjee: Is Halliburton Forgiven and Forgotten?
Znet Article, June, 01 2009
Pratap Chatterjee
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How did Halliburton, once branded the ugly stepchild of Dick Cheney and a poster child of war profiteering, receive absolution from anti-war activists and the media?
Jamail: The Return of the Resistance
Znet Article, June, 01 2009
Dahr Jamail
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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.
Bacevich: Costs of Long War
Video, May, 26 2009
Andrew j. Bacevich
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During Congressional hearings before the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Ret. Col. Andrew Bacevich asked Congress if our country can afford to fight the "long war" in Iraq and Afghanistan, which is already the second most expensive war in U...
Jamail: Provoking the Inevitable
Znet Article, May, 25 2009
Dahr Jamail
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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...
Fertik: Lawrence Wilkerson Drops an Iraq-Torture Bombshell
Znet Article, May, 16 2009
Bob Fertik
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On April 21, McClatchy's Jonathan Landay first suggested the Bush Administration used torture to intentionally extract false confessions linking Al Qaeda (and 9/11) to Iraq, to give Bush a false "casus belli" to invade Iraq.
Fisk: A Historic Day For Iraq
Znet Article, May, 10 2009
Robert Fisk
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A Historic Day For Iraq But not in the way the British want to believe
Jamail: Laying the Groundwork for Violence
Znet Article, May, 10 2009
Dahr Jamail
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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...
Ireland: Iraqi Gays Face Gruesome Torture/Murder Technique
Znet Article, May, 05 2009
Doug Ireland
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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
Jamail: And So It Goes...
Znet Article, April, 29 2009
Dahr Jamail
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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 ...
Cohn: Torture Used to Try to Link Saddam with 9/11
Commentary, April, 25 2009
Marjorie Cohn
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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...
Jamail: "...The Horrible Truth"
Znet Article, April, 25 2009
Dahr Jamail
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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-...
Lucker: IVAW's Latest Winter Soldier Gets "general discharge under honorable conditions"
Znet Article, April, 22 2009
Andy Lucker
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Yesterday, Sgt. Mathis Chiroux proclaimed in court that he refused to deploy to Iraq, because of the Iraq War's illegality, grotesqueness, and dishonesty. In the end, he received a “general discharge under honorable conditionsâ€. This sets an...
Landau: Iraqi dead join us optimists to extol success of surge
Commentary, April, 21 2009
Saul Landau
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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.
Jamail: Attacks Commence
Znet Article, April, 21 2009
Dahr Jamail
Jamail's ZSpace page
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...
