On AlterNet: iraq war

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Glenn Greenwald: The Heroic Bradley Manning Faces 30 Charges, Some Punishable By Death -- Why He Deserves a Medal Instead

Glenn Greenwald, The Guardian. December 15, 2011.

The real crimes exposed by this episode are those committed by the US government, not Manning.

The US Has Been Bombing Iraq Since 1991 Without Stopping--Until Now

Nick Turse, AlterNet. November 14, 2011.

A top general told AlterNet that the U.S. military is preparing to end the longest air war in history.

My Kingdom for a Toilet: Summing Up the American Debacle in Iraq

Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com. November 13, 2011.

Don’t let anyone say that the United States got nothing out of the invasion and occupation of Iraq. Americans take home a fitting prize: Saddam's toilet.

The Pentagon-Arab Spring Love Story

Pepe Escobar, Asia Times. November 1, 2011.

Revealed: The Pentagon's plans for the Persian Gulf

A Decade of Delusion

Robert Jensen, Al Jazeera English. September 9, 2011.

Ten years after the 9/11 attacks, US foreign policy remains aggressive and unrealistic.

Maliki Kicks Americans to the Curb in Iraq

AFPAugust 31, 2011.

No troops, no bases, Iraqi Prime Minister tells U.S. allies.

Undercover Activist Says U.S. Troops Paid for Sex With Underage Girls in Iraq

Rebecca Murray, IPS News. August 27, 2011.

Sex Trafficking Soars with American War in Iraq.

General Confirms U.S. Still Launching Airstrikes in Iraq

AFPAugust 16, 2011.

Last year, President Obama pronounced that the "combat mission in Iraq has ended," but the U.S. military continues launching air strikes.

Military Subcontracters Are Providing Shoddy Services to Troops In Iraq and Afghanistan

David Isenberg, CorpWatch. June 27, 2011.

Some of the private subcontractors that do the laundry and feed the troops are mired in scandal and legal troubles.

Blair Should Take a Journey to Jail

Jodie Evans, AlterNet. September 15, 2010.

How do we bring liars like Tony Blair to justice? Continue to disrupt their lies everywhere they go.

Will Obama Admit to Our Volunteer Soldiers That There Was No Real Mission in Iraq?

Patricia Foulkrod, AlterNet. September 1, 2010.

Until we can look our soldiers in the eye and acknowledge that there was no mission, how can we genuinely welcome them home or expect them to heal?

Why Water May Be More of a Commodity in Iraq Than Oil

Saleem al-Hasani, Basim al-Shara, Environment News Service. June 16, 2010.

The government estimates that nearly two million people face severe drinking water shortages and extremely limited electricity due to hydropower shortage.

We Must Force Obama to Stick to His Deadline to Withdraw From Iraq

Raed Jarrar, AlterNet. May 18, 2010.

Two key deadlines are approaching for U.S. troops to exit Iraq, deadlines that were won through the work of millions of Iraqis and Americans. We can't stop now.

My Life as an Insurgent, And Why I Quit

Anonymous, Institute for War and Peace Reporting. April 23, 2010.

A former Iraqi member of al-Qaeda in Anbar province discusses why he chose to fight the U.S. occupation and why he eventually left.

"When One Person Dies, The Whole Family Is Destroyed": Military Families Haven't Forgotten the War in Iraq

Aaron Glantz, IPS News. April 1, 2010.

As the Iraq war has receded from the front page to the back page of the newspaper, families who have lost loved ones in the war feel isolated as they cope with their grief.

Have Americans Traded Freedom For Security?

Paul Craig Roberts, CounterPunch. December 25, 2009.

According to polls, Americans support torture and don't mind that their government spies on them without obtaining warrants from a court.

Maddow Makes Tom Ridge Sweat Over Iraq

Beta Tester, AlterNet AlterNet: World. September 3, 2009.

"I don't think you guys get back your credibility on national security until you realize that [going to war] was a wrong decision."

Promise to Allow Iraqis to Vote on U.S. Withdrawal Date Is Broken

Maya Schenwar, TruthOut.org. August 5, 2009.

On July 30th, a public referendum was supposed to give Iraqis a chance to vote on a deadline for U.S. withdrawal. It never happened.

Hey Biden, Put Down the Pom-Poms: We Don't Want a Cheerleader for War

Jodie Evans, AlterNet. July 31, 2009.

Biden should quit his war talk and call for diplomacy, development, and accountability Afghanistan and Iraq that the US supports.

Fifteen Months After Bloodbath in Iraq, Young Veteran Commits Suicide

Cynthia Hubert, TruthOut.org. June 12, 2009.

"I saw things today that I think will mess me up for life," Army Spc. Trevor Hogue wrote to his mother from Baghdad in 2007.

In Baghdad, Many Iraqis Are Resigned to Indefinite Bouts of Sporadic Violence

Abeer Mohammed, Institute for War and Peace Reporting. June 4, 2009.

Few believe the capital is reverting to an earlier era of sectarian violence, but most accept that bloodshed will plague Iraq for years to come.

The 13 Bush Officials Who Made Torture Possible

Marcy Wheeler, Salon. May 22, 2009.

The Bush administration's Torture 13. They authorized it, they decided how to implement it, and they crafted the legal fig leaf to justify it.

Discussing Veterans' Issues with Tavis Smiley

Robert Greenwald, Brave New Foundation AlterNet: Video. April 16, 2009.

With over 33,000 troops injured in Iraq and Afghanistan, we must commit more resources and services to vets.

Nation's Major Newspapers Ignore Iraq War's Sixth Anniversary

Ben Armbruster, ThinkProgress AlterNet: Media and Technology. March 19, 2009.

Today marks six years since former President Bush launched the invasion of Iraq.

All Troops Out By 2011? Not So Fast; Why Obama's Iraq Speech Deserves a Second Look

Jeremy Scahill, AlterNet. February 28, 2009.

Obama's speech promising a full withdrawal from Iraq adopted the long-discredited narrative of the Bush administration.