A statement, apparently not yet posted elsewhere on the Web, from the UK branch of the Organization of Women’s Freedom in Iraq (OWFI) and allied groups: Civilised humanity must take a stand in defence of freedom of expression, against Islamists… Read moreUK: Iraqi feminists for free speech
A press release from Minority Rights Group International: New York, (Jan. 26, 2006) Iraqis head a new list of peoples most under threat from persecution, discrimination and mass killing according to a comprehensive new report released today by Minority Rights… Read moreReport: Iraq minorities face greatest threat
From Arab Monitor, Jan. 8: US occupation troops burst into the Umm al-Qura Mosque compound in western Baghdad and ransacked the offices of the headquarter of the Association of Muslim Scholars. The troops arrested a member of the Association, two… Read moreIraq: US troops raid Muslim Scholars Association
Part Three in a Troubling Series by Michael I. Niman Remember Fallujah? It’s the Iraqi city of 300,000 that we had to destroy in order to save back in April of 2004. Over 30 Americans died and over 400 American… Read moreYES, THE PENTAGON MURDERS JOURNALISTS
Continue ReadingYES, THE PENTAGON MURDERS JOURNALISTSAn Interview with Gilbert Achcar by Bill Weinberg Gilbert Achcar is the author of The Clash of Barbarisms: September 11 and the Making of the New World Disorder (Monthly Review Press, 2002) and Eastern Cauldron: Islam, Afghanistan, Palestine and Iraq… Read moreIRAQ: THE CASE FOR IMMEDIATE WITHDRAWAL
Continue ReadingIRAQ: THE CASE FOR IMMEDIATE WITHDRAWALNir Rosen has a piece in the December Atlantic Monthly entitled “If America Left Iraq: The case for cutting and running.” Rosen poses the following questions and answers them all himself: Would the withdrawal of U.S. troops ignite a civil… Read moreIraq: “the case for cutting and running”
A voice of unassailable moral credibility—we hope—is added to chorus demanding release of the four hostages from the Christian Peacemaker Teams in Iraq. LONDON (Reuters) – A former Guantanamo Bay detainee has pleaded for the release of peace worker Norman… Read moreEx-Gitmo detainee: free CPT hostages
Iraq’s armed guerillas are usually portrayed in vague and shadowy terms, allowing political commentators to cast them in whatever image is deemed convenient. Even the correct word to designate them says more about the commentator than the militants themselves. Those… Read moreAnatomy of Iraq’s insurgency
Recent reportage raises some disturbing questions about the abduction of the four activists from the Christian Peacemaker Teams now being held hostage in Iraq—Tom Fox, 54, of Virginia; Norman Kember, 74, of London; James Loney, 41, of Toronto; and Harmeet… Read moreIraq peace activist abductions: Pentagon “black op”?
Rather inconvenient news at a time when Bush is hailing a “clear strategy for victory” (Bloomberg, Dec. 1) and “real progress” (Guardian, Nov. 30) in Iraq. RAMADI, Iraq, Dec 1 (Reuters) – Iraqi militants attacked a U.S. base and a… Read moreIraq: al-Qaeda takes Ramadi?
Sen. Joseph Biden’s Nov. 21 speech before the Council on Foreign Relations calling for a phased withdrawal of US troops from Iraq over the next two years is clearly intended as a response to Dick Cheney’s bellicose tirade before the… Read moreCheney v. Biden: some choice!
All of a sudden, the right-wing blogs and pseudo-news sources (MichNews, PostChronicle) are rallying around bogus claims that WMD really were found in Iraq. One who has actually written a book arguing this transparently ridiculous case is Richard Miniter: WMDs… Read moreDittoheads grasp at WMD straws
