From the US Labor Against the War (USLAW) and Oil Change International, July 16: Iraqi Federation of Oil Unions Draws Line in the Sand Basra, Iraq – Today hundreds of Iraqis, led by the Iraqi Federation of Oil Unions (IFOU),… Read moreIraq: protests mount against oil law
At least 85 people were killed and more than 180 injured by a car bomb and coordinated truck bomb in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk July 16. One car bomb exploded in a crowded market near an office of… Read moreKirkuk terror pushes city closer to brink
Katha Pollitt writes for her blog in The Nation, July 13: 2,4,6,8! This Beheading is Really Great! Why is the anti-war movement so lacklustre when 70% of Americans want to bring the troops home by spring and George W. Bush… Read moreKatha Pollitt on Iraqi “resistance”: she almost gets it
Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari warned July 9 against a quick withdrawal of US troops. Zebari said Iraqis “understand the huge pressure that will increase more and more in the United States” ahead of the progress report by the US… Read moreIraq: foreign minister warns of civil war
Remember all the “not-about-Iraq” spewing after the July 2005 London bombings? Nobody’s saying that this time around. From the Washington Post, July 6: LONDON — Bilal Abdulla, one of the two doctors arrested after a blazing Jeep Cherokee rammed into… Read moreUK terror scare: no way around Iraq connection
From the Iraq Freedom Congress (IFC), July 6: Statement of Iraq Freedom Congress on the Assassination of Abdelhussein Saddam The terrorist US forces kidnapped Abdelhussein Saddam, head of the Safety Force of the Iraq Freedom Congress after opening fire at… Read moreIraq: civil resistance leader killed by US forces
From the Iraq Freedom Congress (IFC), July 4: The US Special Forces attack the head of Safety Force, Abd-alhussien Sadam; opened fire at him and his daughter A US special unit escorted by Iraqi national guards had attacked the house… Read moreIraq: details on US attack against civil resistance leader
Cindy Sheehan announced July 3 that she is asking people to join her in a 10-day walk from Atlanta to Washington DC, starting July 13 for a “people’s accountability movement.” On her blog, she said “the straw that broke my… Read moreCindy Sheehan back in the game
From the Nobel Women’s Initiative, June 19: While the Bush administration has repeatedly claimed that the war in Iraq is not about oil, U.S. oil corporations are poised to take control over the 115 billion barrels of known oil reserves… Read moreIraq: Nobel laureates oppose oil law
The Iraqi Journalists Union said in statement last month that 227 journalists and media staff have been killed since the invasion of Iraq in March 2003, with an additional 15 missing. The Union demanded that the Iraqi government and US… Read moreIraq: 227 journalists killed under occupation
An urgent alert from the Iraq Freedom Congress informs us that at 3:00 AM Baghdad time on July 4, US and Iraqi government forces attacked the home of the head of IFC Safety Force, Abd-alhussein Saddam, causing serious injuries to… Read moreIraq: US attacks civil resistance
Oil & Utility Union Leaders on the Struggle Against Privatization from Building Bridges, WBAI Radio On June 18, “Building Bridges: Your Community & Labor Report,” hosted by Mimi Rosenberg and Ken Nash on New York’s non-commercial WBAI Radio, ran an… Read moreVOICES OF IRAQI OIL WORKERS
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