Ma'ad Fayad, Asharq Al-Awsat. December 4, 2008. U.S. troops routinely confiscate the passports of non-Iraqis they arrest, making it impossible to prove they are in the country legally.
Gabriel Thompson, The Brooklyn Rail. December 2, 2008. For a month Wafaa Bilal lived in a cell with a paintball gun pointed at him, controlled by an internet audience who could shoot at him 24 hours a day.
Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Nation. December 1, 2008. The appointment of Robert Gates -- a vocal critic of Obama's Iraq withdrawal plan who will undoubtedly shape policy-- is alarming.
Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: PEEK. November 30, 2008. "I'd like to be a president [known] as somebody who liberated 50 million people and helped achieve peace."
Mohammed A. Salih, IPS News. November 29, 2008. Is the SOFA takes effect, Kurds could find themselves not only on the opposite side of the trench against the Iraqi army, but U.S. troops as well.
Middle East OnlineNovember 27, 2008. Iraq lawmakers approved the U.S. security pact Thursday, ending months of wrangling between Baghdad and Washington.
Gary Brecher, AlterNet. November 26, 2008. The failed defense secretary pens a historical cover-up on Iraq and reveals more wild stupidity with his advice on Afghanistan.
Benjamin Dangl, AlterNet. November 25, 2008. The diverse group of activists rallied in support of building a peace economy and movement beyond election day.
Iraq UpdatesNovember 24, 2008. Checkpoints and closed roads throughout Baghdad are meant to be safety measures, but they are severe obstacles to the flow of business.
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. November 24, 2008. And to think, some of us nervous nellies were concerned that the NSA might abuse its surveillance powers.
Voices of Iraq AlterNet: PEEKNovember 24, 2008. With the so-called Status of Forces Agreement facing a vote, VP Tareq al-Hashemi warns that the haste to pass it could lead to "undesirable results."
Lindsay Beyerstein, AlterNet. November 22, 2008. A new book by the award-winning photojournalist Nina Berman probes how the U.S. homeland security apparatus stokes fantasies about war.
Saadoun al-Jaberi, Azzaman AlterNet: War on Iraq. November 21, 2008. Iraq's oil exports are decreasing by nearly 100,000 barrels a day every month, according to the former oil minister.
Middle East OnlineNovember 21, 2008. Under the Status of Forces Agreement awaiting passage, private military contractors would be subject to Iraqi criminal and civil law.
Tom Engelhardt, Tomdispatch.com. November 21, 2008. Wherever we go, our "stuff" goes with us -- in such large quantities that removing it could prove more daunting than invading in the first place.
T.J. Buonomo, AlterNet. November 18, 2008. In the wake of Obama's victory, the antiwar movement must be ready to identify new pressure points or it risks losing credibility and relevance.
Robert Dreyfuss, The Nation. November 17, 2008. Obama's presidential victory softened Iran's opposition to the security deal -- an important sign that Tehran may be willing to work with the U.S.
Gary Brecher, eXiled Online. November 17, 2008. Only a fool like Bush could pick an anti-American Arab country, add an invading army, and expect a nice fluffy democracy souffle.
Anne Penketh, Independent UK. November 16, 2008. The pact, months in the making, dictates that the U.S. will pull out troops in 2011. The Iraqi parliament is expected to ratify it Monday.
Jennifer Utz, AlterNet. November 15, 2008. From 2007 to 2008, I spent five months in Syria with Mohamed, an Iraqi refugee. Now, we are roommates in New York City.
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