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On AlterNet: iraq

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "iraq"

Wages of Sin, We Keep Paying

Spencer Ackerman, Attackerman AlterNet: PEEK. May 16, 2008.
The Bush Administration is learning that we reap what we sow in Iraq.

Justice for Dead Journalists

Justice for Dead Journalists

Amy Goodman, King Features Syndicate. May 15, 2008.
A military whistle-blower has come forward with information that contradicts the government's official story about the deaths of two journalists.

The Bush Administration's Bogus Claims About Iran's Weapons Smuggling

The Bush Administration's Bogus Claims About Iran's Weapons Smuggling

Gareth Porter, IPS News. May 15, 2008.
A plotted sequence of events to build domestic U.S. support for a possible strike against Iran over its "meddling" in Iraq has hit some snags.

Food Crisis Hits Fallujah

Food Crisis Hits Fallujah

Dahr Jamail, Ali Al-Fadhily, IPS News. May 14, 2008.
Sharp increases in food prices have generated a new wave of anti-occupation and anti-U.S. sentiment in Fallujah.

Former Head of Iraqi Anti-Corruption Agency Now an Undocumented Immigrant

Former Head of Iraqi Anti-Corruption Agency Now an Undocumented Immigrant

Satyam Khanna, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. May 14, 2008.
Abandoned by the Bush Administration, a former ally is now destitute and living as an undocumented immigrant in Virginia

How the Pentagon Media Machine Operated

How the Pentagon Media Machine Operated

Steve Benen, The Carpetbagger Report AlterNet: War on Iraq. May 13, 2008.
New documents shed light on the Pentagon's war propaganda machine.

Rumsfeld Blames the Generals for Poor Pre-War Planning

Rumsfeld Blames the Generals for Poor Pre-War Planning

Satyam Khanna, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. May 9, 2008.
Shorter Rumsfeld: The buck does not stop here.

Our Media Have Been So Wrong for So Long

Our Media Have Been So Wrong for So Long

Jayne Lyn Stahl, AlterNet. May 9, 2008.
In his new book, E&P editor Greg Mitchell offers a stinging indictment of the media's complicity with Washington's war-marketing machine.

The Iraq Supplemental: A Three-Ring Circus

The Iraq Supplemental: A Three-Ring Circus

Erik Leaver, AlterNet. May 8, 2008.
Congress thinks it's being cute in dealing with all of the funding for Iraq this year in one fell swoop.

With House Poised to Spend $163 Billion, More Argue Iraq Should Use Oil Money to Pay for Reconstruction

With House Poised to Spend $163 Billion, More Argue Iraq Should Use Oil Money to Pay for Reconstruction

Jim Lobe, IPS News. May 8, 2008.
"The argument that Iraq should use its oil revenues to pay the U.S. sounds like the ultimate proof that we invaded Iraq for mercenary reasons."

King David (Petraeus)

King David (Petraeus)

Spencer Ackerman, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. May 7, 2008.
Spencer Ackerman profiles the "king" of counter-insurgency theory.

Both Decrease And Increase In Troop Deaths Prove The Surge Is Success

Both Decrease And Increase In Troop Deaths Prove The Surge Is Success

Ali Frick, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. May 6, 2008.
For supporters of the war, up is down, down is up, and 2+2=5.

International Crisis Group:

International Crisis Group: "There Is Reason to Fear This Is Only a Temporary Salve"

Ali Gharib, IPS News. May 6, 2008.
Two new ICG reports show that, at best, the "surge" was a temporary solution and that, in Iraq, "underlying issues will again come to the fore."

Endless War: Is the U.S. Trying to Set Whole World on Fire?

Endless War: Is the U.S. Trying to Set Whole World on Fire?

Tom Engelhardt, Tomdispatch.com. May 6, 2008.
The Iraq war won't end, but in the Pentagon they're already arguing about the next one.

Pentagon Backs Plan to Build

Pentagon Backs Plan to Build "Zone of Influence" in Iraq

Satyam Khanna, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. May 5, 2008.
The Pentagon wants to Disney-fy the Green Zone and create a lasting cultural footprint in Baghdad.

The Silencing of Tracy Barker

The Silencing of Tracy Barker

Lucinda Marshall, Feminist Peace Network AlterNet: PEEK. May 5, 2008.
Another case of rape by contractors in Iraq is being ignored.

What is Next for Muqtada al Sadr?

What is Next for Muqtada al Sadr?

Sami Moubayed, Asia Times. May 5, 2008.
While U.S. casualties continue to mount -- and many Iraqi troops lay down their arms -- the Mahdi Army is waging a war of survival.

Iraqi Army: Nowhere Near Ready

Iraqi Army: Nowhere Near Ready

Howard LaFranchi, Christian Science Monitor. May 3, 2008.
Reports of the Iraqi Army's performance range from good, with British military officers describing it as an "unmitigated disaster at every level."

Bloated in Baghdad

Bloated in Baghdad

Sarah Stillman, Truthdig. May 2, 2008.
With American fast food readily available to U.S. troops, their expanding waistlines make a good metaphor for the general engorgement of the war.

Iraq: US Has No Claim to Oil Boom

Iraq: US Has No Claim to Oil Boom

Cliff Schecter, Cliff Schecter's Blog AlterNet: PEEK. May 1, 2008.
Iraqis are opposed to plans to use their oil to finance the US occupation.

In Iraq 70 Percent of People Lack Clean Water

In Iraq 70 Percent of People Lack Clean Water

Abigail Brown, Water For The Ages AlterNet: PEEK. May 1, 2008.
The number of civilians in Iraq without water has risen from 50 percent to 70 percent during 2003 to 2007.

Straight Talk About Gas Prices

Straight Talk About Gas Prices

Brad, Sadly No! AlterNet: PEEK. May 1, 2008.
America's political leaders have no one to blame but themselves for skyrocketing gas prices.

The Most Important Questions to Ask About the Trial of Tariq Aziz

The Most Important Questions to Ask About the Trial of Tariq Aziz

Patrick Cockburn, Independent UK. May 1, 2008.
And the biggest question: Who is left from Saddam Hussein's regime?

Happy Anniversary,

Happy Anniversary, "Mission Accomplished"

Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: PEEK. May 1, 2008.
Five years ago today, Bush told us that "major combat operations" were over in Iraq.

McCain's Elitism and the New GI Bill

McCain's Elitism and the New GI Bill

Mike Connery, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. April 30, 2008.
John McCain is supporting a watered-down version of the new GI Bill that will primarily benefit career officers.