Marjorie Cohn, AlterNet. December 23, 2009. Some 30 percent of all U.S. deaths in Afghanistan have occurred during Obama's presidency. His escalation of that war is not what the Nobel committee envisioned.
Pepe Escobar, Asia Times. December 17, 2009. Cheney and Rumsfeld's script was never supposed to develop like this. Instead of US Big Oil getting the lion's share in Iraq, its top competitors turned out to be big winners.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: World. December 17, 2009. The Wall Street Journal calls it a "potentially serious vulnerability in Washington's growing network of unmanned drones."
Abeer Mohammed, Neil Arun, Institute for War and Peace Reporting. December 11, 2009. This week, five car bombs near killed more than 120 people in Baghdad, one day after Iraqi lawmakers finally finished a convoluted debate over upcoming elections.
John Byrne, Raw Story. December 9, 2009. News in the UK: Iraqi cab driver was source of an infamous claim made by Prime Minister Tony Blair that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction.
Agence France PresseDecember 8, 2009. Five massive vehicle-borne bombs rocked Baghdad on Tuesday, killing scores, iincluding women and students. It was the third coordinated massacre in the city since August.
Nora Eisenberg, AlterNet. November 25, 2009. Some of the most notorious massacres of the past 15 years have been committed by veterans whose brains have been severely damaged from trauma or exposure to toxic chemicals.
Nick Turse, Tomdispatch.com. November 23, 2009. The news is focused on a future U.S. withdrawal from Iraq -- but the withdrawal isn't to send the military presence home -- it's into bases across the Persian Gulf.
Antonia Juhasz, AlterNet. November 14, 2009. As U.S. and British oil companies sign contracts with the Iraqi government, is it time to declare Big Oil the "victor" in the bloody venture?
Aaron Glantz, New America Media. November 10, 2009. NAM Editor Aaron Glantz spoke to former Marine Corps Cpl. Dave Hassan, who served in Iraq. Hassan said that while he was there, racist language was so pervasive he used it himself.
Aaron Glantz, New America Media. November 6, 2009. Perhaps the most depressing aspect of Thursday's shoot-out at Fort Hood is that none of the people who died will be counted as casualties of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Rory O'Connor, MediaChannel.org. November 4, 2009. One NY Times reporter finally 'fesses up that the invasion of Iraq wasn't presented truthfully by the big media outlets. It's still not too late to tell the truth.
Ali Karim, Institute for War and Peace Reporting. November 3, 2009. Concerns that violence could deter voters in upcoming polls come amid widespread anger at government’s security failings.
Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. October 28, 2009. The bereaved parents of Chancellor Keesling, a US soldier who took his own life in Iraq, wonder why the death of their son is treated differently than other mortalities.
Kim Sengupta, Gaylan al-Ogaidy, Independent UK. October 22, 2009. Abu Yousif fled Iraq after his life was threatened over his work for a U.S.-employed firm. "Working for foreigners made you a target, but I needed the money to feed my family."
Helena Cobban, IPS News. October 19, 2009. For many years, U.S. diplomat Peter Galbraith had a secret financial interest in the political breakup of Iraq.
Gareth Porter, IPS News. October 16, 2009. In a 63-page paper reflecting conversations with others who have served in Afghanistan, Lt. Col. Daniel L. Davis argues that it's too late for the U.S. to defeat the insurgency.
Jeff Huber, Daily Kos AlterNet: PEEK. September 29, 2009. There has never been such thing as a triumphant counter-insurgency strategy. Why are we deluding ourselves?
