Our Suicide Bombers: Thoughts on Western Jihad
We have our suicide bombers -- we call them heroes. We have our culture of indoctrination -- we call it basic training. We kill civilians -- we call it collateral damage.
We have our suicide bombers -- we call them heroes. We have our culture of indoctrination -- we call it basic training. We kill civilians -- we call it collateral damage.
Jeremy Scahill | Posted 07.31.2009 | World
The puppet government in Iraq has named June 30th "National Sovereignty Day." This is U.S.-style Hallmark hype and will remain so until every last occupation soldier leaves Iraqi soil.
Huffington Post | Morgan Korn | Posted 07.16.2009 | World
On June 30, 2009, thousands of American troops will withdraw from Iraqi cities. The U.S. and Iraqi governments agreed last year to a security plan whi...
Jeremy Scahill | Posted 05.10.2009 | Politics
Independent journalists have tried to shine a spotlight on how groups like the Center for American Progress and MoveOn are now supporting the continuation of wars because their guy is now commander-in-chief.
AP | SALAH NASRAWI | Posted 05.08.2009 | World
CAIRO — A former top deputy of Saddam Hussein has said he wants good ties with the United States, but only after U.S. troops leave and the Shiit...
Jeremy Scahill | Posted 05.01.2009 | World
There is great reason to suspect that the timeline for withdrawal -- all troops out by 2011 -- announced in February by the Obama administration will prove to be a fallacy.
Jeremy Scahill | Posted 04.30.2009 | World
With last week's announced escalation of the war in Afghanistan, Obama blew the lid off of any lingering perceptions that he represents a significant change in how the U.S. conducts its foreign policy.
Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 04.30.2009 | Politics
For years, George W. Bush has been roundly criticized, even lampooned, for declaring "Mission Accomplished" in Iraq. But maybe declaring "Mission Accomplished" was not that crazy after all.
Jeremy Scahill | Posted 04.17.2009 | World
With the US economy in shambles and millions of Americans struggling to make ends meet and keep their homes, Obama needs to explain to US taxpayers how they justify mega-payments to Blackwater.
Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 04.16.2009 | Politics
We must not allow the Blue Dogs to slow down President Obama's momentum or water down the sweeping reforms the nation needs in these trying economic times.
Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 04.06.2009 | World
The Sundance Channel launched a new website today to make note of the anniversary of Iraq's six-year occupation. The site has webisodes of documentar...
Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 03.29.2009 | World
In today's New York Times, Michael O'Hanlon and Kenneth Pollack make their same tired argument for permanently occupying Iraq they've been making for the last five years.
Jeremy Scahill | Posted 01.05.2009 | Politics
Some people seem to just now be waking up to the fact that Obama never had a comprehensive plan to fully end the occupation. Obama never defined "ending the war" as removing all U.S. forces from Iraq.
Nick Turse | Posted 12.26.2008 | Politics
Lawrence B. Wilkerson has spent 31 years as a soldier in the US Army, including military service in Vietnam. He played a role in the death of a Vietnamese girl and came to disclose that.
Marjorie Cohn | Posted 08.06.2008 | Politics
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 ti...
Dave Winer | Posted 07.30.2008 | Politics
Remember when our troops marched into Baghdad, took the place over, drove Saddam into a hole and arrested or killed the government? Then we disbanded their army -- that's what victory looks like.
Mitchell Bard | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics
What the GAO report makes clear, above all else, is that contrary to what the mainstream media and the GOP would have you believe, the surge has not worked. It's time for the U.S. military to go home.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.13.2008 | Politics
In a letter to Congress, dovetailing with yesterday's testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Ri...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.12.2008 | Politics
Some extraordinary testimony is being offered today in hearings impaneled by Congressman Bill Delahunt - who chairs the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee o...
R.T. Eby | Posted 05.20.2008 | Home
The media have stopped covering the war. Bush has given up trying to accomplish his mission. Meantime, PFC George Delgado may very well have been the 4,000th American death in the war.
CBS | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
Tractor trailers, tank recovery vehicles, crates of machine guns and rocket propelled grenades are just a sampling of more than $1 billion in unaccoun...
TPM Muckraker | Spencer Ackerman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
So it begins. After years of obfuscation and denial on the length of the U.S.'s stay in Iraq, the White House and the Maliki government have released ...
John Feffer | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics