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Guma: Allawi’s Mean Streak
Znet Article, April, 18 2010
Greg Guma
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Those in the US who consider the current president a dictator might want to consider how a real “strongman” operates. To do so, they need go no further than the “fragile” democracy installed in Iraq since the US invasion and take a good look at Ay...
Blum: "After Hiroshima And Nagasaki, There Was Fallujah."
Commentary, April, 17 2010
William Blum
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When did it begin, all this "We take your [call/problem/question] very seriously"? With answering-machine hell? As you wait endlessly, the company or government agency assures you that they take seriously whatever reason you're calling. What a kin...
Wallerstein: Ahmadinejad says Thanks to America
Commentary, April, 16 2010
Immanuel Wallerstein
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Relations between Iran and the United States have been turbulent for almost 60 years now. Before the Second World War, the Shah of Iran, Reza Shah Pahlavi, sought to maneuver between the outside demands and pressures of Great Britain, the U.S.S.R....
Engelhardt: Believe It or Not (2010 Imperial Edition)
Znet Article, April, 10 2010
Tom Engelhardt
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U.S. War-Fighting Numbers to Knock Your Socks Off
Soldz: US Military Covering Up Civilian Killings in Iraq and Afghanistan
Znet Article, April, 07 2010
Stephen Soldz
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The recent news brought news of two incidents in two countries where US troops killed civilians and then lied to cover up the evidence. These are but the latest of a steady stream of lies from military and Pentagon sources about the killing of civ...
Cole: Iraq: National Unity Government Or Return To Sectarianism?
Znet Article, March, 30 2010
Juan Cole
Cole's ZSpace page
Patrick Martin of the Toronto Globe and Mail gets the diction right when he says that Iyad Allawi's list won a thin plurality. The official results of the March 7 Iraqi parliamentary elections have been announced by the Independent High Electoral ...
Williams: Two books on U.S. Counterinsurgency and Anthropology
Zmag Article, March, 28 2010
Kristian Williams
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Reviews of two recent books on anthropology and "counterinsurgency"
Engelhardt: When Was the Last Time You Visited Iraq?
Znet Article, March, 27 2010
Tom Engelhardt
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Responding to the charge that antiwar critics have not been to Iraq
Kuzmarov: American Police Training and Political Violence
Znet Article, March, 22 2010
Jeremy Kuzmarov
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From the Philippines Conquest to the Killing Fields of Afghanistan and Iraq
Jamail: Operation Enduring Occupation
Znet Article, March, 21 2010
Dahr Jamail
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According to all variations of the SOFA the US uses to provide a legal mandate for it's nearly 1,000 bases across the planet, technically, no US base in any foreign country is "permanent." Thus, the US bases in Japan, South Korea and Germany that ...
Schechter: On The Seventh Anniversary of the War On Iraq: Spotty Coverage, A Few Protests, and A Desire to "Move On" To Make It All Disappear
Commentary, March, 21 2010
Danny Schechter
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American media loves anniversaries of major events. They become ideal "news pegs" to do follow-up stories. You would think that they would have pulled out the stops for the seventh anniversary of the US war on Iraq, a war that was described by the...
Lazare: Time for Rebirth: The U.S. Antiwar movement is Grieving, Dreaming, Growing
Znet Article, March, 19 2010
Sarah Lazare
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Think back seven years ago to this day. Where were you on March 19th, 2003, when the invasion began? Did you see “Shock and Awe” footage of the orange explosions in the clear Baghdad sky, piped in grainy TV shows, lit at night with the green glow ...
Susskind: Oh, Those "Disappointing" Iraqis
Znet Article, March, 17 2010
Yifat Susskind
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It may be months before we know the final tally of Iraq’s March 7 parliamentary elections. But one thing is already clear. As The New York Times editorial page put it today, “Beyond the closeness of the race, the new results—disappointingly—show I...
Engelhardt: Premature Withdrawal
Znet Article, March, 11 2010
Tom Engelhardt
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Washington's Cult of Narcissism and Iraq
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...
Saito: Mission Impossible?
Znet Article, March, 10 2010
Mitsumasa Saito
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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.
Engelhardt: How to Fight a Better War (Next Time)
Znet Article, March, 04 2010
Tom Engelhardt
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Three Fixes for the American Way of War
Cole: Major Iraqi Parties Anxious Over Possible Massive Ballot Fraud
Znet Article, March, 01 2010
Juan Cole
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Iraqis go to the voting booth on Sunday, March 7, to elect the second full-term parliament (4 years) since the fall of the one-party Baath regime in 2003. Given the turmoil surrounding last summer's elections in Iran and Afghanistan, with massive ...
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...
Mcneill: Secrets and Lies: Ampo, Japan's Role in the Iraq War and the Constitution
Znet Article, February, 23 2010
David Mcneill
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Japan marked the 50th anniversary of the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty on January 19 amid calls for an inquiry into the dispatch of Japanese Self-Defence Forces to Iraq, which critics say was illegal and in violation of Japan's no-war Constitution.
