January 26, 2016 …that works out to about 28 dead every day. It is also an estimate, given that many areas of the country are … Freedom! 19,000 Iraqi Civilians Killed in Less Than Two YearsRead more
Iraq
The Iraq War’s Known Unknowns
There is a lot more than meets the eye in the newly revealed Joint Chiefs of Staff intelligence briefing of Sept. 5, 2002, which showed … The Iraq War’s Known UnknownsRead more
How democracy in the middle east ended
Pentagon Contractors in Iraq Increases Eightfold over Last Year
New government documents show that the number of private contractors hired by the Pentagon in Iraq has increased eightfold over the past year. There are … Pentagon Contractors in Iraq Increases Eightfold over Last YearRead more
Passing of an Age of Lies
Ahmad Chalabi (1944-2015) died of a heart attack in Iraq on Tuesday. Clarence Darrow, the great trial lawyer and orator, said, “I’ve never killed anyone, … Passing of an Age of LiesRead more
Who was Ahmed Chalabi?
Ahmed Chalabi, the convicted embezzler who played a leading role in providing the phony “intelligence” used to justify the US invasion of Iraq, died Tuesday … Who was Ahmed Chalabi?Read more
US Spending on the War Against ISIS
As the White House considers opening operating bases in Iraq and deploying troops to bolster support for Iraqi forces against ISIS, including one in ISIS-held … US Spending on the War Against ISISRead more
Unjustified invasion of Iraq
Viggo Mortensen talking: this book, Twilight of Empire: Responses to Occupation, is a book that was published at the moment that we were invading and … Unjustified invasion of IraqRead more