Katrina Vanden Heuvel, The Nation AlterNet: War on Iraq. July 24, 2008. Obama is showing sound thinking on Iraq, so why does he continue to talk abou tescalating the U.S. military presence in Afghanistan?
Ahmad al-Taii, Azzaman. July 22, 2008. The provincial authorities in the relatively peaceful region have warned of "immediate measures" to avenge the killing.
Dahr Jamail, Ali Al-Fadhily, IPS News. July 21, 2008. The two sieges of Fallujah in 2004 destroyed 75 percent of the city. Now, amid crumbling security, the U.S. is poised to do it again.
Zia Mian, Foreign Policy in Focus. July 12, 2008. Al-Qaeda and the Taliban are on the rise. But many of the people of Pakistan see the U.S. as their biggest threat. What's a super-power to do?
Andy Worthington, AlterNet. April 24, 2008. Alleged al-Qaeda operative Abu Zubaydah has been held as a "high-value detainee" for over six years. His importance has been wildly exaggerated.
David Isenberg, CounterPunch. April 24, 2008. Further evidence that the al-Qaeda/Saddam link was bogus will do little to change the distorted opinions of those who support the Iraq occupation.
Laurent Lozano, Middle East Online. April 17, 2008. The point of the occupation is the occupation itself, and the justifications will always keep coming.
Steve Benen, The Carpetbagger Report AlterNet: War on Iraq. November 26, 2007. Steve Benen: US forces, in other words, are going to be expected to protect the Maliki government for the foreseeable future
