The worst environmental practices of the Saddam dictatorship (themselves a result of sanctions) are being revived under US occupation in Iraq’s oil industry. Thank goodness this report by James Glanz made the front page of the New York Times yesterday… Read moreNorthern Iraq oil waste dumping threatens Tigris River
The Think Progress blog notes this disturbing confluence of news stories: The New York Times reports [June 11] that the Bush administration is making plans to keep tens of thousands of U.S. troops in Iraq indefinitely: Mr. Bush on Friday… Read moreIraq: White House plans 50,000 troops for decades
Here is a pretty good indication that the US is losing control of the client state it has set up in Iraq—which, in turn, is afraid of losing control of Iraq. And, since Maliki and his gang are more loyal… Read moreMaliki challenges US on civilian killings
From the Mumbai Mirror, June 2 (link added): Baghdad: A pregnant woman was shot dead at a US checkpoint in Iraq while on her way to give birth, officials said on Thursday, sparking further controversy amid a furor over an… Read moreIraq: US kills more civilians
President of the Iraqi Freedom Congress by Bill Weinberg Samir Adil is president of the Iraqi Freedom Congress (IFC), a new initiative to build a democratic, secular and progressive alternative to both the US occupation and political Islam in Iraq…. Read moreINTERVIEW: SAMIR ADIL
Continue ReadingINTERVIEW: SAMIR ADILFrom the Iraqi Freedom Congress, May 14: During his visit to the United States to deliver workshops and seminars and meet with the leaders of the anti war movement, Samir Adil, president of the Iraqi Freedom Congress (IFC) met coincidently… Read moreIraqi civil resistance leader confronts Richard Perle
This sort of thing has become so common in Iraq that it rarely makes headlines any more. But this one inconveniently happened just as a break has been announced in the deadlock over forming a new government. This obvious escalation… Read moreIraq: bomb blast greets new government
Received by e-mail from UK Pledge of Resistance: SUPPORT MALCOLM KENDALL SMITH Yesterday, Malcolm Kendall-Smith, a Flight Lieutenant with the RAF was jailed for 8 months for refusing to go to Iraq on the grounds that the war was illegal…. Read moreRAF conscientious objector imprisoned
From the Jurist, April 11: A medical officer in the UK’s Royal Air Force has pleaded not guilty to charges that he failed to comply with a legal order for refusing to return to Iraq for a third tour of… Read moreUK: trial starts in Iraq conscientious objector case
From The Independent, April 3: WASHINGTON – The Pentagon has revealed that coalition forces are spending millions of dollars establishing at least six “enduring” bases in Iraq. Major Joseph Breasseale, a senior spokesman for the coalition forces’ headquarters in Iraq,… Read moreIraq: US prepares permanent bases
The Iraqi Freedom Congress and the Civil Resistance by Bill Weinberg Houzan Mahmoud is a co-founder of the Iraqi Freedom Congress (IFC), a new initiative to build a democratic, secular and progressive alternative to both the US occupation and political… Read moreHOUZAN MAHMOUD INTERVIEW
Continue ReadingHOUZAN MAHMOUD INTERVIEWFrom the London Times, March 27: US TROOPS were accused of killing up to 22 Iraqis yesterday after becoming embroiled in a fierce battle with a powerful Shia militia at a Baghdad mosque, The reported clash, the circumstances of which… Read moreIraq: US in bloody clash with Sadr militia
