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Remembering the First Gulf War | Kathy Kelly
Amid the ongoing horror, it’s important to find ways to atone for war crimes —including reparations
Read More »Biden: A War Cabinet? | CounterPunch.org
While Benghazi has been the focus of much criticism of Rice, she has received virtually no scrutiny for her backing of the invasion of Iraq and claiming that there were WMDs there.
Read More »‘Shadow wars have been accelerated and put on steroids by the Trump team’ | The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
As America's foreign engagements become messier and less accountable, TBIJ follows the threads and highlights the impact on civilians.
Read More »Words and Deeds | Mazin Qumsiyeh
The right of refugees to return to their homes and lands and be treated equally is not negotiable.
Read More »An eyewitness to the horrors of the US ‘forever wars’ speaks out | Kathy Kelly via VCNV
“Heavy-handed & Hopeless, The U.S. Military Doesn’t Know What It’s Doing” -- in Iraq, Afghanistan or any of its “forever wars.”
Read More »Casting Iran as the enemy serves to deflect attention | Jeff Halper
Casting Iran as the enemy serves to deflect attention from Israel's occupation, Saudi terrorism and global destabilization, the role of arms salesmen and the anti-colonial struggles of the region's peoples, including the Iranians.
Read More »George Bush, Barack Obama, and the CIA Torture Cover-Up | The Intercept
The right move is to deescalate, withdraw all U.S. troops from Iraq, and end U.S. military aid to the Iraqi government and its deadly sectarian militias.
Read More »Iraq Protests Escalating Against Foreign Interference and Sectarianism | IPA
What we’re witnessing tomorrow is another legacy of the 2003 U.S. military invasion. Iraqi protesters are revolting against a corrupt, sectarian regime backed by foreign powers ....
Read More »No War on Rojava and Idlib | Dan Fischer
If Syrians and Kurds have survived ... can’t we, from the relative comfort of the First World, not only support them but also build radical democracy here where we live?
Read More »Iraq War Lies Exposed by ‘Official Secrets’ Heroine Influenced by Author | Accuracy.Org
The movie “Official Secrets” has just opened nationally. The film is a remarkably accurate Hollywood account of how British spy Katharine Gun (played by Keira Knightley) attempted to stop the invasion of Iraq by exposing a top secret NSA document proving the U.S. and British governments were spying on other UN members to bully and blackmail their way to a ...
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