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.
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."
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."
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.
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.
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."
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.
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.
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.
Lucinda Marshall, Feminist Peace Network AlterNet: PEEK. April 30, 2008. Whistleblowers report on the outrageous misuse of resources by contractors in Iraq.
Adam Doster, In These Times. April 30, 2008. For the Bush Administration, admitting that Iraq is in the throes of a humanitarian crisis disrupts the narrative that the war is winnable.
Terri Judd, Independent UK. April 30, 2008. In Basra alone, police acknowledge that 15 women a month are murdered for breaching Islamic dress codes. Others say the number is higher.
Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: PEEK. April 29, 2008. The Pentagon says it's halting its propaganda program, but the news media is still quite about its role in leading us to war.
Sam Dagher, Christian Science Monitor. April 29, 2008. Tensions are rising between Kurdish, Arab, and Turkmen factions over the heart of northern Iraq's oil industry.
