From the UK Guardian, Nov. 19: The right to rule ourselves Faced with US torture, killing and collective punishment of civilians, support for the Iraqi resistance is growing by Haifa Zangana The photograph of an elderly Iraqi carrying the burned… Read moreWhich Iraqi “resistance” do we support?
Perhaps it is a sign of the turning of the tide, evidenced by Congressional demands for a timetable on troop withdrawals this week. Or maybe it was just the magnitude of the death toll. But after weeks of burying the… Read moreIraq carnage newsworthy again
This is the definition of chutzpah. Even after Memogate and Plamegate (or Nigergate or whatever they are calling it), Cheney thinks he will be believed in these outraged accusations against his accusers. This really is a textbook case of the… Read moreDick Cheney and the “Big Lie”
Two Iraqi men arrested in Iraq in 2003 but never charged with any crimes now say US troops put them in a cage with lions, subjected them to a mock execution, and humiliated them during interrogations at various detention facilities…. Read moreIraq detainees: US troops threw us to lions
Well, the suicide minivan atttack on the Shi’ite town of Musayyib Nov. 2 that killed 20 and injured 60 (AP, Nov. 3) failed to rate even a mention on the front page of the next day’s NY Times. It was… Read moreAnother slow news day in Iraq
“Greater Kurdistan” Ambitions Could Spark Regional War by Sarkis Pogossian It is now the Sunni insurgency in central and western Iraq that is drawing blood and media attention in Iraq, but the situation in the northern region of Iraqi Kurdistan,… Read moreEASTERN ANATOLIA: IRAQ’S NEXT DOMINO
Continue ReadingEASTERN ANATOLIA: IRAQ’S NEXT DOMINO“Greater Kurdistan” Ambitions Could Spark Regional War by Sarkis Pogossian It is now the Sunni insurgency in central and western Iraq that is drawing blood and media attention in Iraq, but the situation in the northern region of Iraqi Kurdistan,… Read moreEASTERN ANATOLIA: IRAQ’S NEXT DOMINO
Continue ReadingEASTERN ANATOLIA: IRAQ’S NEXT DOMINOAt least random acts of mass murder still make headlines when they happen in Delhi. In Iraq, it’s just considered another slow news day at this point. Nothing about this currently appears on the front page of Google News. Will… Read moreMore mass murder in Iraq: who cares?
The number of US service members killed in Iraq reached 2,000 Oct. 25, making headlines around the world (e.g. CBS News). More than 90% of this death toll occurred after President Bush declared the end of “major combat operations” in… Read more2,000: the proverbial tip of the iceberg
The Iraqi Bar Association has officially urged lawyers to suspend cooperation with the special court hearing the case against Saddam Hussein until the murder of a member of the defense team is solved. The association also passed a resolution calling… Read moreIraqi bar urges suspension of Saddam trial
White House public relations chief Karen Hughes, already in hot water for numerous public-relations snafus on her recent tour of the Middle East, has done it again. Speaking before a group of students in Indonesia Oct. 21, just as Saddam… Read moreWhite House PR chief rewrites history of Kurdish genocide
Phyllis Bennis of the Institute for Policy Studies reaches conclusions similar to those of WW4 REPORT’s recent commentary on Iraq’s pending consitution. Bennis writes in “The Iraqi Constitution: A Referendum for Disaster” (online at TruthOut): “The constitutional process culminating in… Read moreIraq constitution: referendum for disaster
