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?
T. Christian Miller, Aram Roston, ProPublica. September 21, 2009. Newly released documents provide a glimpse into the messy business of creating a private army on the fly in the middle of a war zone.
Mutadhar al-Zaidi, AlterNet. September 18, 2009. The Iraqi who went to jail for shoe-tossing at Bush has been released from prison and speaks out. "Here I am, free. But my country is still a prisoner of war."
Jasmin Ramsey, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. September 16, 2009. In his late summer media blitz, former VP Dick Cheney reminded us just how callous, corrupt, and creepy he can be.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: World. September 15, 2009. Muntader al-Zaidi, who says he was given "electric shocks" and "beaten by electric cables and steel rods" in prison, says he will divulge the names of those who tortured him.
