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Benjamin: The Iraq Legacy: Tell It Like It Is

Znet Article, August, 22 2010 Medea Benjamin
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With the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq, the administration, the military and the media are trying to put a positive spin on this grim chapter of U.S. history. It would certainly give some comfort to the grieving families of the over 4...

Fisk: Iraq: Torture. Corruption. Civil war. America has Certainly Left Its Mark

Znet Article, August, 22 2010 Robert Fisk
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When you invade someone else's country, there has to be a first soldier - just as there has to be a last.

Hayden: US Combat Ends in Iraq, But Will Iraq Invite US to Stay?

Commentary, August, 21 2010 Tom Hayden
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While the Obama administration struggles to keep its pledge to end the Iraq war, a behind-the-scenes plan is developing in which the Baghdad regime “invites” the American military to stay.

Schwartz: The Withdrawal That Isn't

Znet Article, August, 18 2010 Michael Schwartz
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Michael Schwartz, the author of War Without End: The Iraq War in Context and a commentator on U.S. wars and occupations for Web sites such as Huffington Post and TomDispatch, talked with Ashley Smith about the Obama administration's announcement t...

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?

Milne: The US Isn't Leaving Iraq, It's Rebranding The Occupation

Znet Article, August, 08 2010 Seumas Milne
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Obama says withdrawal is on schedule, but renaming or outsourcing combat troops won't give Iraqis back their country.

Hari: Oil, blood money, and Blair's last scandal

Znet Article, August, 07 2010 Johann Hari
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Is your life worth more to your government than a few pence added to BP's share price? At first, this will sound like a strange question. But sometimes there is a news story that lays out the priorities that drive our governments once the doors ar...

Cockburn: Toxic legacy of US assault on Fallujah 'worse than Hiroshima'

Znet Article, August, 05 2010 Patrick Cockburn
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The shocking rates of infant mortality and cancer in Iraqi city raise new questions about battle

Porter: Obama Drops 2009 Pledge to Withdraw Combat Troops from Iraq

Znet Article, August, 05 2010 Gareth Porter
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Seventeen months after president Barack Obama pledged to withdraw all combat brigades from Iraq by Sep. 1, 2010, he quietly abandoned that pledge Monday, admitting implicitly that such combat brigades would remain until the end of 2011.

Swanson: Blood on Our Hands

Znet Article, July, 22 2010 David Swanson
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The most massive and brutal crime committed on this planet during the past decade has been the invasion and occupation of Iraq.

Valentine: Blood On Our Hands

Zmag Article, July, 04 2010 Douglas Valentine
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Nicolas J.S. Davies's book on the U.S. invasion-occupation of Iraq

Chatterjee: Hearings Reveal Lapses in Private Security in War Zones

Znet Article, June, 24 2010 Pratap Chatterjee
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Jerry Torres, CEO of Torres Advanced Enterprise Solutions, has a motto: "For Torres, failure is not an option." A former member of the Green Berets, one of the elite U.S. Army Special Forces, he was awarded "Executive of the Year" at the seventh a...

Porter: McChrystal Faces "Iraq 2006 Moment" in Coming Months

Znet Article, June, 14 2010 Gareth Porter
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Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal confronts the spectre of a collapse of U.S. political support for the war in Afghanistan in coming months comparable to the one that occurred in the Iraq War in late 2006.