by Sami Ramadani | Guardian UK | March 14, 2013 It has always been painful for me to write about Iraq and Baghdad, the land of my birth and the city of…
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Reflections on 10 Years of Illegitimate US War on Iraq
The Steering Committee of World Can’t Wait | March 12, 2013 Samatha Goldman:Ten years ago, I was a student in high school when the war in Iraq began. At 15, I threw…
A Low, Dishonest Decade: New Details for U.S War Crimes in Iraq
by Chris Floyd | March 7, 2013 The truth-telling of the imprisoned Bradley Manning continues to bear rich fruit, even as he faces a lifetime in prison for acting on principle to…
War on Iraq is Still Not in Our Name
by Debra Sweet | February 15, 2013 10 years ago today was the largest one-day mass outpouring of opposition to war in history, when as many as 15 million people worldwide came…
“After the Fire, the Fire Still Burns”: Horror Goes on for Victims of Iraq War Atrocities
by Chris Floyd Years ago, I wrote several pieces about the savage decimation of Fallujah by American forces in 2004. Some of those pieces [here and here, for example] pointed to the…
Video: Left Forum Panel on 9 Years of War on Iraq
Larry Everest: Continue watching: Michael Otterman: David Swanson: Audience Discussion: Despite Obama’s announcement that US combat troops are leaving Iraq, giving rise to the popular perception that the war is over, this…
Nine Years Later: More Shocked, Less Awed
Remarks at the Left Forum by David Swanson When I lived in New York 20 years ago, the United States was beginning a 20-year war on Iraq. We protested at the United…
Strange Fruit: The Poisonous Legacy of Iraq’s “Liberation”
by Chris Floyd In a remarkable piece of reportage, the Guardian’s Ghaith Abdul-Ahad details the glorious fruits of the "liberation" that America has so generously and selflessly gifted to the people of…
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By John Tirman As the United States officially ended the war in Iraq last month, President Obama spoke eloquently at Fort Bragg, N.C., lauding troops for “your patriotism, your commitment to fulfill…
The U.S. in Iraq – An Enduring Atrocity
by Chris Floyd Wise man William Blum has spent decades shredding the tired pieties of empire to reveal the rotten reality of the American war-and-domination machine, as it churns its way back…