Here’s that rare thing; a Western reporter, New York Times‘ James Glanz, writing about working with Iraqis in the war-torn country and the ultimate price many have paid. A beautifully moving piece of work: On my last afternoon in Iraq, in December 2008, I drove to a graveyard in Baghdad to have a conversation with…
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Blair incapable of seeing Iraqi blood on his hands, feet and head
Before the nauseating amount of information about Tony Blair’s memoir hits the media – oooh Tony, you are so brave, so many wars to your name – here’s the New Statesman brilliantly debunking the book’s section on Iraq.
MSM can barely focus on Iraqis for too long
So America is “leaving” Iraq. Fat chance but for the briefest of moments in the mainstream media Iraqis are asked what they think of the development. Here, here and here. OK, that’s enough. Back to normal programming (aka American generals and embedded Western journalists in the Green Zone).
Obama hearts Bush over Iraq and group hugs all around
If it wasn’t clear enough how similar Barack Obama is to George W. Bush in terms of prosecuting the “war on terror”, Obama’s speech today about the “end” of the Iraq war takes the cake:
Who knew Iraq could be a bloodbath? Many people
Salon’s Glenn Greenwald on the mainstream media’s refusal to take responsibility for the carnage in Iraq.
Finding arms deals in the strangest of places
A fascinating and murky tale of alleged arms dealer Viktor Bout who clearly was the best friend of anybody who paid, not least the US: Accused of a 15-year run as one of the world’s biggest arms traffickers, Viktor Bout is thought to be a consummate deal maker. Now his future may hang on whether…
Daddy, how much money have we wasted in Iraq?
Seven years in Iraq. One million deaths. Mass destruction. US liberation: The shell of a prison that will never be used rises from the desert on the edge of this dusty town north of Baghdad, a hulking monument to the wasted promise of America’s massive, $53-billion reconstruction effort in Iraq. Construction began in May 2004…
More wars and Glenn Beck do not equal respect or honour
Because Fox News, Glenn Beck, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and God are what America needs to “restore honour“:
Yet another legacy of America’s war on Iraq
The Iraq war isn’t over; it’s resulted in a mass influx of young Iraqi women to Syria who become sex slaves or prostitutes.