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  • Seven Questions: Covering Iraq
    6 July 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Seven Questions: Covering Iraq Foreign Policy - Web Exclusive July 5, 2006
    FOREIGN POLICY: Are Americans getting an accurate picture of what’s going on in Iraq?
    Rod Nordland: It’s a lot worse over here [in Iraq] than is reported. The administration does a great job of managing the news. Just an example: There was a press conference here about [Abu Musab al] Zarqawi’s death, and somebody asked what role [U.S.] Special Forces played in finding Zarqawi. [The official] either denied any role (…)

  • Failures Of Military Might
    6 July 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    Failures Of Military Might By Michael Harris June 30, 2006
    Kill the mike and pass the ammunition: Might is right, again.
    Israel’s invasion of the Palestinian territory, its warplane buzzing of the summer home of Syria’s president, and its bombing of the already decrepit infrastructure of Gaza, establish a new low in the brass-knuckle diplomacy invented by George W. Bush.
    It would be humanitarian tragedy enough at the best of times. But coming as it does at the moment when Hamas and (…)

  • Iraq Considers Arming Insurgents
    6 July 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    Iraq Considers Arming Insurgents By Rick Jervis, USA TODAY Updated 7/4/2006 11:52 PM ET
    BAGHDAD - Iraq’s government is studying a request from some local insurgent leaders to supply them with weapons so they can turn on the heavily armed foreign fighters who were once their allies, according to two Iraqi lawmakers. Leaders claiming to represent about 11 insurgent groups asked for weapons to fight foreign al-Qaeda elements in Iraq, said Haider al-Ibadi, a Shiite lawmaker and member of Prime (…)

  • Occupation: The Inconvenient Truth About Iraq
    5 July 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    Occupation: The Inconvenient Truth About Iraq By George Lakoff July 5, 2006
    It is time to tell an inconvenient truth about Iraq: it is an occupation, not a war. In wars, armies fight to dominate land. The US won the war three years ago when Bush said, “Mission Accomplished”. Then the occupation started, and our troops were not trained or equipped for an occupation under predictably hostile circumstances. Finally getting the courage to tell the truth that the US is an occupying force (…)

  • Criminal Charges Filed Against George H.W. Bush (Sr.) In Iceland
    5 July 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    Criminal Charges Filed Against George H.W. Bush (Sr.) In Iceland For Immediate Release, July 4th 2006, 16:25 local time Please disseminate
    Reykjavik, Iceland (3 July 2006) - A group of ten Icelandic citizens filed yesterday at the Office of the State’s Police Chief criminal charges against George H.W. Bush, former U.S. President, who is expected in Iceland this evening at the invitation of Icelands’s President Olafur R. Grimsson.
    The group accuses former President Bush for participation (…)

  • IT’S TIME TO END THE "LAST TABOO" AND HOLD ISRAEL ACCOUNTABLE FOR ITS ACTIONS
    5 July 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    It’s Time to End the "Last Taboo" and Hold Israel Accountable for Its Actions - by Stephen Lendman
    The "Last Taboo" was the title of eminent Palestinian-born writer, scholar and activist Edward Said’s essay written shortly before his death in September, 2003. It was also the title of distinguished author and documentary filmmaker John Pilger’s chapter about Palestine in his important new book Freedom Next Time that’s reviewed and can be read at sjlendman.blogspot.com. Said explained his (…)

  • Top US Law Professor condemns Israeli violation of International Law over Gaza
    5 July 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    According to top American academic lawyer Professor Marjorie Cohn, Israel’s disproportionate bombardment and invasion of Gaza in retaliation for the kidnapping of one Israeli soldier is illegal because it constitutes collective punishment of innocent civilians.
    Collective punishment of civilians is specifically prohibited by International Conventions including the Hague Regulations and the Geneva Convention. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Rights of the Child (…)

  • Ugly Americans In Iraq
    4 July 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    Ugly Americans In Iraq By Nir Rosen Posted on June 27, 2006 Editor’s note: The following is an oral history of a U.S. soldier who served with the Army’s Special Forces during the allied occupation of Iraq in 2003 and 2004, as told to journalist Nir Rosen.
    It is a companion piece to Rosen’s essay “The Occupation of Iraqi Hearts and Minds,” which describes his experiences as an American reporter who sometimes passed as a Middle Easterner during the occupation.
    The oral history is (…)

  • The Military’s Problem With The President’s Iran Policy
    3 July 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    The Military’s Problem With The President’s Iran Policy By Seymour M. Hersh Issue of 2006-07-10 Posted 2006-07-03
    On May 31st, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced what appeared to be a major change in U.S. foreign policy. The Bush Administration, she said, would be willing to join Russia, China, and its European allies in direct talks with Iran about its nuclear program. There was a condition, however: the negotiations would not begin until, as the President put it in a June 19th (…)

  • Former Vets With GOP Ties Boost War Effort In Blogs
    3 July 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Former Vets With GOP Ties Boost War Effort In Blogs By Jerry Zremski, News National Correspondent 6/25/2006 WASHINGTON - A former spokesman for President Bush recently offered to several newspapers supposedly objective freelance stories from Iraq by two combat veterans who lead a pro-war group with deep Republican ties. Several months after revelations that a Pentagon contractor was paying Iraqi news outlets for favorable war coverage, former White House spokesman Taylor Gross approached (…)