Even after the humbling of Judith Miller, the Times seems to be up to the same old tricks. The latest propaganda from Michael Gordon is deconstructed by Greg Mitchell of Editor & Publisher, May 5 (links added): NYT vs McClatchy… Read moreMichael Gordon the new Judith Miller?
At least eight people were killed and 13 injured May 6 as US aircraft bombed positions of the Mahdi Army militia in Baghdad’s Sadr City. (DPA, AP, May 7) Civilians are fleeing Sadr City, but the fighting is spreading beyond… Read moreUS battles Mahdi Army —PKK next?
Turkish warplanes launched bombing raids on PKK Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq’s Qandil Mountains late May 1. “There has been heavy bombing and many Turkish planes were involved. So far, we have no word of any casualties,” PKK spokesman… Read moreTurkey bombs Iraq —yet again!
Residents of western Baghdad’s al-Salam district say militant groups in the area are hunting down women and killing them, and have petitioned the Iraqi parliament for urgent action. “Over the past six months 15 women were killed in al-Salam neighborhood… Read moreSexual cleansing in Iraq
From the General Union of Port Workers in Iraq, via US Labor Against the War, April 29: May Day Message from the Port Workers in Iraq to West Coast dock workers in the US In solidarity with the ILWU, the… Read moreIraqi port workers to strike in support of ILWU
How the US is Reproducing Israel’s Flawed Occupation Strategies in Iraq by Steve Niva, Foreign Policy In Focus The new “surge” strategy in Iraq, led by General David Petreaus, has been heavily marketed as an example of the US military’s… Read moreTHE NEW WALLS OF BAGHDAD
Continue ReadingTHE NEW WALLS OF BAGHDADHaving been busily building separation walls between Shi’ite and Sunni districts of Baghdad for the past two years, the US is now building one around the southern quarter of the Shi’ite enclave of Sadr City—to keep out Mahdi Army militants,… Read moreIraq: US builds walls, reaps terror
An agreement on a draft oil law for Iraq may finally have been reached this week, bringing multinationals like BP and Royal Dutch Shell closer to long-sought contracts, Forbes reports. Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh told United Press International April… Read moreMajors eye Iraq fields as oil law advances
Well, it looks like a US oil major is going to be back in Iraq for the first time since the 1972 nationalization. Maybe if Ahmed Chalabi had taken power, Chevron wouldn’t have to share with the French Total. But… Read moreChevron seeks deal in Basra oil fields
Life imitates art: in this case, I, Robot—the appropriately technophobic movie version starring Will Smith, not the entirely too techno-utopian Isaac Asimov book. Now, if only the human soldiers would follow their example… (We’re joking, fed lurkers). From the irreverent… Read moreRobots mutiny in Iraq
From the Iraq Freedom Congress (IFC), April 9: On the Fifth Anniversary of the Occupation The 9th of April marks the fifth anniversary of the occupation. It is the anniversary of the genocide in which more than 1 million lives… Read moreIraq Freedom Congress statement on fifth anniversary of occupation
From Naftana (“Our Oil” in Arabic), an independent UK-based committee supporting democratic trade unionism in Iraq, March 28: In a series of telephone calls from Basra over the past 48 hours, Iraqi trade union activists appeal for solidarity and describe… Read moreBasra assault threatens trade unionists
