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Jamail: Iraq Elections Could Be a Telling Signpost
Znet Article, February, 01 2009
Dahr Jamail
Jamail's ZSpace page
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.
Jamail: Tentative Hope Rises Ahead of Elections
Znet Article, January, 29 2009
Dahr Jamail
Jamail's ZSpace page
Uncertainty and tension are running high in Baghdad ahead of the provincial election due Jan. 31. But this time fears are also touched by a new hope.
Theodosis: Occupied Labor: A Brief History of Iraqi Unions under U.S. Rule
Znet Article, January, 08 2009
Nick Theodosis
A review of Iraqi labor unions under U.S. occupation.
Engelhardt: The Ponzi Scheme Presidency
Znet Article, January, 07 2009
Tom Engelhardt
Engelhardt's ZSpace page
Body counts and other schemes of the Bush presidency
Hayden: Afghan War: A Time of Great Discontent Looming
Znet Article, January, 07 2009
Tom Hayden
Hayden's ZSpace page
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...
Jacobs: The New Iraqi Sovereignty, Just Like The Palestinians Have In Gaza?
Znet Article, January, 02 2009
Ron Jacobs
Jacobs's ZSpace page
There's got to be some irony in the US transference of control to Iraqi security forces while the Israelis pound Gaza. Why? Because, despite the hoopla in the US press and its Iraqi clones, the nature of the control being "given back" to the Ira...
Porter: Us Military Planned To Subvert Agreement On Withdrawal
Znet Article, January, 01 2009
Gareth Porter
Porter's ZSpace page
Everyone wondered, when Obama won the election, if he would hold to his pledge to withdraw from Iraq. The Pentagon and its political allies had other plans, and were already seeking to reverse the United States' existing agreement with the Iraqi g...
Tatchell: Drop the charges against Iraqi shoe-thrower
Znet Article, December, 29 2008
Peter Tatchell
Tatchell's ZSpace page
The Green Party urges the release of the Baghdad shoe-thrower, and condemns his torture and prosecution
Cole: Top Ten Myths about Iraq, 2008
Znet Article, December, 28 2008
Juan Cole
Cole's ZSpace page
The top ten myths...
Tripathi: Obama's Foreign Crises
Znet Article, December, 28 2008
Deepak Tripathi
Tripathi's ZSpace page
Obama's plan for an 'Afghan surge', with historical comparisons between Afghanistan and Vietnam and Iraq and Afghanistan.
Baroud: Unscripted: Green Zone Theater and the Shoe Drama
Znet Article, December, 26 2008
Ramzy Baroud
Baroud's ZSpace page
The plot, so unexpectedly, thickened in Iraq on a Sunday like no other. The two main actors - US President George W. Bush, and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki - took to the stage to perform another well-rehearsed press conference. The scripts ...
Ali: George W vs Goody Two Shoes
Znet Article, December, 22 2008
Mahir Ali
Ali's ZSpace page
IT was shoes, not feet, that went a-flying at a press conference in Baghdad’s Green Zone last week, courtesy of a journalist who had decided it would make more sense to hurl answers rather than questions at George W. Bush. The US president is us...
Jamail: As Usual, the NYT Ignores Iraqi Opinion; Anecdotes trump polls on withdrawal
Znet Article, December, 19 2008
Dahr Jamail
Jamail's ZSpace page
The New York Times failed spectacularly in its coverage of Iraq’s alleged weapons of mass destruction, helping lead the country into war and only much later publishing a half-hearted mea culpa...
Ramadani: The shoes we longed for
Znet Article, December, 18 2008
Sami Ramadani
Ramadani's ZSpace page
The young journalist who took on Bush has become a unifying Iraqi symbol, a national hero
Raptis: A [Friendly] Suggestion to Ordinary Iraqis
Commentary, December, 18 2008
Nikos Raptis
Raptis's ZSpace page
It seems a bit arrogant to address an entire population and offer even a [friendly] suggestion. However, if that population, the Iraqis, are the ones that have suffered [together with the Palestinians] more than any other population in recent hist...
Bendib: Bush Get's Boot
Graphic, December, 18 2008
Khalil Bendib
Bendib's ZSpace page
Iraqi journalist throws shoe at Bush...
Cockburn: Keep Out... A Message for Foreign Leaders
Znet Article, December, 17 2008
Patrick Cockburn
Cockburn's ZSpace page
Official press conferences of any kind seldom produce real news, but the worst are usually those given by foreign leaders on trips abroad in which they and their local ally suggest that they are in control of events and all is going according to p...
Swanson: Bush Comparison Seen As Unfair to Dogs
Znet Article, December, 15 2008
David Swanson
Swanson's ZSpace page
This is the question now raised in Iraq: If they throw shoes at your face are you a combat troop or a noncombat troop? The answer may be important in helping to guide President Elect Obama's strategy of reducing but continuing the genocidal occupa...
Cockburn: It's All Spelled Out in Unpublicized Agreement
Znet Article, December, 12 2008
Patrick Cockburn
Cockburn's ZSpace page
On November 27 the Iraqi parliament voted by a large majority in favor of a security agreement with the US under which the 150,000 American troops in Iraq will withdraw from cities, towns and villages by June 30, 2009 and from all of Iraq by Decem...
Milne: Britain leaves Iraq in shame. The US won't go so quietly
Znet Article, December, 11 2008
Seumas Milne
Milne's ZSpace page
Obama was elected on the back of revulsion at Bush's war, but greater pressure will be needed to force a full withdrawal
