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Schwartz: War Logs Now and in the Future
Znet Article, November, 04 2010
Michael Schwartz
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Chris Spannos interviews with Michael Schwartz about the War Logs—what they mean now and might mean in the future.
Rosen: What America Left Behind in Iraq
Znet Article, September, 13 2010
Nir Rosen
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Hundreds of cars waiting in the heat to slowly pass through one of the dozens of checkpoints and searches they must endure every day. The constant roar of generators. The smell of fuel, of sewage, of kabobs.
Street: Our Sacrifice for Iraq: The Memory Hole and Obama’s Iraq Address
Znet Article, September, 02 2010
Paul Street
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The Iraqi people – reduced to the moral status of insects by the Pentagon in the spring of 2003 – have experienced what has amounted to a U.S.-imposed Holocaust.
Engelhardt: Whose Hands? Whose Blood?
Znet Article, August, 09 2010
Tom Engelhardt
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Killing Civilians in Afghanistan and Iraq
Naiman: How Many Iraqis Did We "Liberate" From Life on Earth?
Znet Article, August, 08 2010
Robert Naiman
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Is there a man or woman in America today who is willing to stand at noon in the public square and claim that demands to bomb, invade, and occupy other people's countries have anything to do with human liberation?
Hayden: Exit Strategies for Afghanistan and Iraq
Znet Article, March, 10 2010
Tom Hayden
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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...
Street: The Murder of Iraq: It Never Happened
Znet Article, February, 23 2010
Paul Street
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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...
Jamail: Attacks Commence
Znet Article, April, 21 2009
Dahr Jamail
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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...
Billet: From Fallujah to County Antrim…
Znet Article, March, 16 2009
Alexander Billet
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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.
Jamail: The Ongoing Occupation of Iraqi Artists
Znet Article, March, 15 2009
Dahr Jamail
Jamail's ZSpace page
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.
Jamail: Iraqi Doctors in Hiding Treat as They Can
Znet Article, February, 21 2009
Dahr Jamail
Jamail's ZSpace page
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.
Jamail: Still Homeless in Baghdad
Znet Article, February, 20 2009
Dahr Jamail
Jamail's ZSpace page
"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.
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.
Hayden: Afghan War: A Time of Great Discontent Looming
Znet Article, January, 07 2009
Tom Hayden
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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...
Bennis: Getting to the Bottom of the Deceptive, Secretive and Artificial Iraq-U.S. Negotiations
Znet Article, October, 29 2008
Phyllis Bennis
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Whatever the U.S.-Iraqi "agreement" ends up looking like, it is unlikely to have much of an effect on the occupation.
Spannos: Iraqi Refugees & U.S. Responsibility
Znet Article, September, 18 2008
Chris Spannos
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One week ago today U.S. State Department officials announced successful achievement of their goal to admit 12,000 Iraqi refugees into the U.S. before the fiscal year end on September 30th...
Arnove: Let's Not and Say We Did
Znet Article, July, 31 2008
Anthony Arnove
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Every day, it's becoming clearer that the Bush administration, Iraqi prime minister Nuri al-Maliki, and presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain are reaching a new consensus, which can be summed up as "let's not and say we did."
Cohn: End the Occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan
Znet Article, July, 29 2008
Marjorie Cohn
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So far, Bush's plan to maintain a permanent U.S. military presence in Iraq has been stymied by resistance from the Iraqi government. Barack Obama's timetable for withdrawal of American troops has evidently been joined by Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri ...
Podur: On a quest for secular piety
Znet Article, June, 21 2008
Justin Podur
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Tarek personally asked me to review his book, Chasing a Mirage: the tragic illusion of an Islamic State (CM). With a book being favorably reviewed in the Canadian (and US and UK) media, including the Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star, the Huffing...
Young: The Achievements of War Propaganda: Selling Military Intervention to a Reluctant Public
Znet Article, June, 07 2008
Kevin Young
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Contrary to the conventional wisdom that Democratic politicians must support policies of war and militarism if they wish to maintain popularity, the people of the United States do not like war. Therefore extensive and systematic propaganda is nece...
