Civilians are still shot and killed in Iraq, despite a decline in overall violence, on a regular basis but this one will draw special attention: The U...
Greg Mitchell | Posted 07.12.2008 | Politics
I've written often here about my friend Cheryl Harris, whose son Ryan Maseth was electrocuted and died in Iraq. She finally testified before Democrats in Congress yesterday.
Greg Mitchell | Posted 07.04.2008 | Politics
On June 23, Sean Webster's body was found in an isolated part of his base. The Naval Criminal Investigate Service is probing the death as a "probable" suicide.
Greg Mitchell | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics
In 2003 when Bush made his "Bring 'em on" comment, 186 Americans had lost their lives in Irag. More than 4000 American military personnel, and tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians, have died since then.
Greg Mitchell | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics
The Pentagon has just ordered electrical inspections of all buildings in Iraq maintained by KBR, the major military contractor.
Greg Mitchell | Posted 06.21.2008 | Politics
A horrible truth has emerged: It turns out that Spc. Kamisha Block was actually murdered, and the killer, another soldier, Staff Sgt. Brandon Norris, then turned the gun on himself.
Greg Mitchell | Posted 06.15.2008 | Politics
As many of us celebrate Father's Day today, feel free to spend at least a moment to ponder the countless children left fatherless by our war in Iraq.
Greg Mitchell | Posted 06.01.2008 | Politics
Sgt. Jason Dene, in his mid-30s and married with children, is yet another in the growing list of "noncombat" fatalities in Iraq, and a victim of Bush's brutal stop-loss program.
Greg Mitchell | Posted 05.12.2008 | Politics
A V.A. spokeswoman says the department now has more than 17,000 mental health workers -- and needs to hire 3,700 more, making the VA the largest mental health provider in the nation.
Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 03.19.2008 | Media
It may be easier to endlessly replay the latest gaffe from a candidate than to take your camera outside the Green Zone. But news of the ongoing wars shouldn't fall by the wayside.
Max and the Marginalized | Posted 03.07.2008 | Politics
This week's song is about the mathematical problem with the war leading up to the election.
AP | BRADLEY BROOKS | Posted 12.30.2007 | Politics
The second half of 2007 saw violence drop dramatically in Iraq, but the progress came at a high price: The year was the deadliest for the U.S. militar...
Reuters | Posted 09.20.2007 | Politics
A Kansas military cemetery has run out of space after the burial of another casualty of the Iraq war, officials said on Thursday. "We are full," said...
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Greg Mitchell | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics