Alternative News and Information. en-us http://www.alternet.org/rss/button.gif http://www.alternet.org/ AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/ Copyright 2008 Independent Media Institute. All rights reserved. http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/97284/the_va_continues_to_abandon_returning_vets/ "Supporting the troops" only applies until they actually come home from war. Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:01 PDT Joshua Kors, The Nation http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/97511/spinning_iraq_for_a_gop_victory/ With an eye on the presidential election, the White House is working to create the impression that the war is ripe for U.S. victory. Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:00:01 PDT Patrick Cockburn, Independent UK http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/97342/how_the_bush_administration_underestimated_nouri_al-maliki/ Signs that the Iraqi PM's stance on U.S. withdrawal is hardening is undermining Bush's plan for indefinite occupation. Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:00:01 PDT Gareth Porter, IPS News http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/97115/in_the_shadow_of_the_rnc%2C_war_resisters_convene_to_stop_the_war/ At the Veterans for Peace conference, IVAW member Harvey Tharp discusses the war, the election, and why he resigned in protest over the war. Mon, 01 Sep 2008 07:00:01 PDT Sarah Lazare, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/96916/u.s._forces_to_hand_over_anbar_province_to_iraqis/ Citing stronger domestic security forces and a need for troops in Afghanistan, a U.S. general says control will be handed over in "just a few days." Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:00:01 PDT Middle East Online http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/96899/sadr_announces_suspension_of_mahdi_army_%22indefinitely%22/ The powerful Shiite cleric, who first announced a ceasefire last summer, says the Mahdi Army will carry out cultural activities instead. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:00:01 PDT Middle East Online http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/96959/the_dangerous_consequences_of_recruiting_nazis_to_serve_in_iraq/ The U.S. military appears to be teaching a skinhead with genocide on his mind how to become a tactical bomb maker. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:01 PDT David Holthouse, Hate Watch http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/96826/standoff_with_police_as_iraq_vets_demand_to_meet_with_obama_campaign/ With no reply from Obama to their letter asking him to endorse their goals, IVAW marched to the Pepsi Center to demand that their voices be heard. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:00:01 PDT Alex Kane, Jessica Lee, Indypendent http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/96740/democrats%3A_don%27t_make_afghanistan_your_war/ Biden, Obama, and the Dems are rallying to escalate the war in Afghanistan. But trading one war for another would be catastrophic. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:00:01 PDT Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Nation http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/96630/half_of_baghdad_lacks_drinking_water_/ Amid soaring temperatures, Baghdad's Water Authority says three million people in Baghdad have no access to running water. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:01 PDT Kareem Abed Zair, Azzaman http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/96578/sectarian_clashes_flaring_up_as_u.s.-backed_operations_target_sunnis/ A military operation that was said to target al-Qaeda has instead targeted Sunni Muslims, creating new sectarian tensions. Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:00:01 PDT Ahmed Ali, Dahr Jamail, IPS News http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/96504/maliki_the_nationalist_don%27t_buy_it./ In his demands for a U.S. troop withdrawal, the Iraqi PM is hardly the tough negotiator the media makes him out to be. Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:00:01 PDT Robert Dreyfuss, The Nation http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/96372/looking_back_at_five_years_of_bush%27s_wreckage_in_iraq/ Bush's supporters see the global war on terrorism as a "clash of civilizations" -- yet the civilization we are destroying in Iraq is part of our own. Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:01 PDT Chalmers Johnson, Tomdispatch.com http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/96318/iraqi_refugees_spurn_government_call_to_come_home/ "Iraq has turned into something like a no man's land," one refugee says. "It no longer belongs to its people." Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:00:01 PDT Azzaman http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/96325/war_resister_robin_long_sentenced_to_15_months_in_prison/ Long, an Iraq War resister deported from Canada last month, was sentenced to 15 months of prison and dishonorable discharge. Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:00:01 PDT Sarah Lazare, Courage to Resist http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/96203/the_three_dumbest_neocon_predictions_since_the_disaster_in_iraq/ Nothing seems to keep the Neocons from losing respectability. Here are three contenders for the dumbest Neocon predictions post-Iraq. Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:01 PDT John Dolan, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/96205/u.s._accused_of_killing_76_civilians_in_afghanistan_airstrike/ Most of the casualties were women and children; the deaths sparked demonstrations and a condemnation by Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Sun, 24 Aug 2008 15:00:01 PDT Jonathon Burch, Independent UK http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/96208/afghan_president_pardons_men_convicted_of_gang_rape/ President Hamid Karzai has pardoned three men who were found guilty of brutally raping a woman in the northern province of Samangan. Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:00:01 PDT Kate Clark, Independent UK http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/96178/joe_biden_is_a_key_fighter_in_dissolving_bush%27s_%27terror%27_myths/ Biden doesn't have clean hands when it comes to Iraq, but he's been a leader in re-establishing the rule-of-law in Bush's terror war. Sun, 24 Aug 2008 09:00:01 PDT Andy Worthington, AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/96180/biden%2C_iraq_and_obama%27s_betrayal/ The choice of Biden calls into question whether Obama's offering a "change we can believe in." Sun, 24 Aug 2008 09:00:01 PDT Stephen Zunes, Foreign Policy in Focus