Gareth Porter, IPS News. October 7, 2008. Mere weeks after 9/11, the Bush administration was too busy planning to invade Iraq to follow through on its mission in Afghanistan.
Robert Dreyfuss, The Nation. October 6, 2008. An interview with the commander of the Sunni-led Awakening movement reveals the possibility of a new anti-U.S. resistance.
Bernard Hibbitts, Jurist Legal News and Research AlterNet: PEEK. October 6, 2008. The company, called U.S. Protection and Investigation, is accused of getting paid "inflated" amounts for its work on behalf of USAID.
Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Democracy Now!. October 6, 2008. "We use phrases like 'victory.' We should be using phrases like 'justice for the people of the Middle East.'"
Fatih Abdulsalam, Azzaman. October 6, 2008. There are no "credible counts" for anything in Iraq. But as the recent change to the Constitution shows, only the powerless pay for it.
Allen McDuffee, AlterNet. October 3, 2008. A new documentary depicts the struggles of the abused, exploited, and invisible migrant workers employed by military contractors in Iraq.
Nick Turse, AlterNet. October 2, 2008. The U.S. government secretly facilitated dealings between Shell and the Iraqi Oil Ministry for no-bid contracts.
Middle East Online AlterNet: War on IraqSeptember 29, 2008. The Iraqi government is providing weapons permit to doctors and pledges not to detain them during security operations.
Nidhal al-Laithi, Azzaman. September 29, 2008. The parliament passed a law giving provincial elections the go ahead, but scrapped a clause guaranteeing seats for minority sects.
Arkin Hamed, Dahr Jamail, IPS News. September 26, 2008. In Iraq's hospitals, no-working elevators are just another reminder of a country that's not working.
Jon Soltz, Huffington Post. September 25, 2008. While McCain "suspends" his campaign to face the financial crisis, troops don't have the luxury of a "time out" from the wars he supports.
Blue Texan, Firedoglake AlterNet: War on Iraq. September 25, 2008. In an interview with Katie Couric that will air tonight Palin makes it clear why the campaign doesn't let her answer many questions.
Pratap Chatterjee, IPS News. September 23, 2008. A million illicit weapons have entered Iraq in the past five years. Now, "missing" guns are fueling conflicts in Iraq and elsewhere.
Iraqi Refugee Stories AlterNet: War on IraqSeptember 19, 2008. Watch "Hiba's Story," one in a powerful new series of video accounts by Iraqis who have had to flee their home.
AzzamanSeptember 18, 2008. No word on how U.S. authorities seized the items, who the traffickers were, or whether U.S. troops might be involved in the smuggling.
Kadhem Ali, Azzaman. September 15, 2008. Contaminated water is believed to be the main cause of the spread of the deadly disease, which is estimated to have killed up to 1,000 people.
John Nichols, The Nation. September 12, 2008. Palin has repeated the long discredited claim that the invasion of Iraq was a necessary response to the September 11th attacks.
Nick Schwellenbach, Right Web. September 12, 2008. A government agency tasked with managing private contracts is bending under the weight of its misplaced priorities.
