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Life Under Muqtada: Inside Baghdad's Shiite Slums

Nir Rosen, The National, Abu Dhabi. June 14, 2008.
As the U.S. tries to secure its "security agreement" in Iraq, the Mahdi Army remains the only genuine mass movement in Iraq.

Iraq: US Has No Claim to Oil Boom

Cliff Schecter, Cliff Schecter's Blog AlterNet: PEEK. May 1, 2008.
Iraqis are opposed to plans to use their oil to finance the US occupation.

12 Reasons Why Leaving Iraq Is the Only Sane Thing to Do

Tom Engelhardt, Tomdispatch.com. April 24, 2008.
Since the press doesn't bother to ask key questions, here's an attempt to unravel the situation in Iraq.

Surging Towards Gaza: How the U.S. is Reproducing Israel's Flawed Occupation Strategies in Iraq

Steve Niva, Foreign Policy in Focus. April 23, 2008.
Through its awful Iraq strategy, the U.S. is re-creating itself in the image of a country permanently at war with the Arab and Muslim world.

The Ever-Shifting Rationale for the Occupation of Iraq

Laurent Lozano, Middle East Online. April 17, 2008.
The point of the occupation is the occupation itself, and the justifications will always keep coming.

Five Years Later, Fallujah is Still in Tatters

Ali Al-Fadhily, Dahr Jamail, IPS News. April 16, 2008.
The city remains sealed. Many residents refer to it as a big jail.

Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan War Veterans Speak Out [Photo Essay]

Nina Berman, AlterNet. March 15, 2008.
Hundreds of veterans are testifying against war crimes this weekend in Washington, DC. Nina Berman shares their stories.

Dark Truths About the Israeli Occupation

Daniel Levy, Washington Monthly. January 29, 2008.
Can Israelis ever recover from the self-inflicted damage of becoming a brutal occupier?

2007: Top Ten Tales of War and Empire

AlterNet Staff, AlterNet. December 28, 2007.
Which ones did you miss?

The Kite Runner: A Stirring Tale of Redemption

Laura Flanders, AlterNet. December 15, 2007.
Khaled Hosseini's moving novel and film hits on all the right themes for a tale about the West and Afghanistan.

Sunni Leader: America is 'Main Irritant' in Iraq

Ahmed Janabi, Al Jazeera. December 14, 2007.
Sheikh Harith al-Dhari, head of the Association of Muslim Scholars, says Sunnis are disenfranchised.

Who Exactly Is the Enemy in Iraq?

Robert Dreyfuss, Tomdispatch.com. November 12, 2007.
Who, exactly, are we fighting in Iraq? Why are we there? Nearly five years later, there are still no answers to the most basic questions about the Iraq occupation.

Confessions from U.S. Soldiers in Iraq on the Brutal Treatment of Civilians

Chris Hedges, Laila Al-Arian, The Nation. July 13, 2007.
Interviews with 50 Iraq war veterans reveal disturbing patterns of behavior by US troops in Iraq against innocent civilians -- brutal acts that often go unreported and almost always go unpunished.

Is the United States Killing 10,000 Iraqis Every Month? Or Is It More?

Michael Schwartz, After Downing Street. July 6, 2007.
300 Iraqis killed by Americans each day sounds like an impossible figure, but a close look at the reported numbers of violent deaths and rate of armed patrols makes it all too likely.

Washington Doesn't Understand That America Is Unwelcome in Iraq

Patrick Cockburn, The Independent UK. December 11, 2006.
DC can't stop distorting the unpopularity of the occupation in Iraq: the Iraq Study Group revealed that on one day last July US officials reported 93 attacks or significant acts of violence. In reality, it added, "a careful review of the reports ... brought to light 1,100 acts of violence."

Iraq Study Group Offers No Real Plan for Withdrawal

Tom Engelhardt, Tomdispatch.com. December 5, 2006.
If we were to follow the recommendations of James Baker's Iraq Study Group, we'd be embedded in Iraq for at least another three to five years.