The Collateral Damage Is Central
The collateral damage in Iraq is most of the damage, and intentionally producing it is most of the mission. This is one of the conclusions I take away from an important new book by Chris Hedges and Laila Al-Arian called 'Collateral Damage: America's War Against Iraqi Civilians.'
Book Review: No End In Sight
This is the book of the film that has won awards in the US for best documentary. Interviews with US top officials, generals and war reporters, interspersed with incisive summaries by author Charles H Ferguson, throw glaring light on the US disaster in Iraq.
Basra Battles: Barely Half the Story
The latest battles in Basra, Iraq's second largest city and a vital oil seaport, furnished ample instances of misleading and manipulative practice in corporate journalism today.
“Acute Shortages” in Violent Baghdad Suburbs
BAGHDAD, 10 April 2008 (IRIN) - A humanitarian crisis is looming in two sprawling Shia suburbs in Baghdad, as clashes continue between government forces (backed by US soldiers) and Shia militants, members of parliament and residents said on 10 April.
The Business of War
“War,” the progressive activist Randolph Bourne wrote during WWI, “is the health of the state.” It is also the “health” of military contractors, and the huge corporate side of the military industrial complex.
Peace Movement and the 2008 Elections: Interview with Judith LeBlanc
On almost any given night in this country, there are meetings organized by people who are committed to ending this war, by people who have become committed over these last five years to basically changing US foreign policy.
Change for Peace: an Interview with Rev. Osagyefo Sekou
In a recent essay on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s advocacy for peace, titled 'Vocation of Agony: A Personal Meditation on Dr. King's Legacy,' Rev. Osagyefo Sekou elaborated a stirring call for deep moral change in America.
Sen. Clinton and Sen. Obama: Use your Leadership to End the War in Iraq
On the campaign trail, Senator Obama and Senator Clinton both say that the war in Iraq needs to end. Military Families Speak Out has one question for them: what are they doing now as sitting United States Senators, to bring our loved ones home from Iraq?
Doctors Still Unable to Work Normally in Baghdad Suburb
BAGHDAD, 7 April 2008 (IRIN) - Despite the Iraqi premier’s order to relax security measures in two Baghdad suburbs which have seen fierce clashes since 25 March, doctors and medical staff in one of these suburbs are still unable to operate normally, according to the head of a local hospital.
Audio: Endless Occupation is No Strategy
As General Petraeus returns to Congress to deliver rosy pictures of the war in Iraq and to request more cash to fund it, we talk with Judith LeBlanc of United for Peace and Justice, whom you just heard in that clip and Rev. Osagyefo Sekou about the struggle for peace. We begin by examining a report by the Center for American Progress on the lack of progress in bringing the war to an end and the troops home.
