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The War in Iraq Is Pure Murder

By Chris Hedges, Tomdispatch.com. Posted June 6, 2008.


We have embarked on an occupation that is as damaging to our souls as to our prestige and power and security.
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Chris Hedges is the former Middle East Bureau Chief of the New York Times, a Pulitzer Prize winner, and a Senior Fellow at the Nation Institute. He is the author of several books including War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning. This piece has been adapted from the introduction to the just-published, Collateral Damage: America's War Against Iraqi Civilians (Nation Books), which he has co-authored with Laila al-Arian.

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