A documentary film by John Pilger Sanctions enforced by the UN on Iraq since the Gulf War have killed more people than the two atomic bombs dropped on Japan in 1945, including over half a…
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The United States of America was built on a foundation of genocide against the Indigenous peoples of North America. In fact, all successful settler colonial societies are founded in genocide. The process…
In recent decades American political discourse has relied heavily on the very short memories of the American public for its effect. When George W. Bush initially pushed his disastrous war on Iraq he was met with large-scale resistance—the largest anti-war protests in history and widespread skepticism around his purported justifications for war. Mr. Bush made his push at a particular moment in history when the capitalist triumphalism of the (Bill) Clinton years was temporarily interrupted by the attacks on New York and Washington. Mr. Bush successfully co-opted America’s compliant press whose mission, to the extent there ever was one, had shifted from a vague tendency toward public service to maximizing shareholder value at a time when war was considered good for business.
WASHINGTON/BAGHDAD – Syrian President Bashar Assad warned that if there was a military strike by the United States on his country, there would be retaliation by those aligned with Syria. CBS reported Assad’s…
Generation Orange: Heartbreaking portraits of Vietnamese children suffering from devastating effects of toxic herbicide sprayed by US Army 40 years ago They were born decades after American forces had sprayed the herbicide dioxin Agent…
On Saturday, August 31, President Barack Obama—in the words of the New York Times—”stunned the world” by giving a speech in which he promised to give the U.S. Congress time to weigh in…
Death Squads in Iraq and Syria. The Historical Roots of US-NATO’s Covert War on Syria Image: El Salvador Death squads The recruitment of death squads is part of a well established US military-intelligence…
The U.S. knew Hussein was launching some of the worst chemical attacks in history — and still gave him a hand. The U.S. government may be considering military action in response to chemical strikes near Damascus. But…
Successful Counterinsurgency in the Kurdish Region of Syria and Iraqi Military Operations Foil planned “Kurdistan Crisis”. Western – Saudi – Backed Terror Wave in Syria and Iraq however, creates Havoc and aim at Civil War. The Syrian Arab Army conducts successful counterinsurgency operations throughout the country. Also, the Iraqi military has some success in limiting the effect of the primarily Saudi Arabia backed wave of terror that has been unleashed against the country, and Iraqi troops help securing the Syrian border. A renewed and intensified wave of violence was expected in August and September. Iran´s leadership warns against attempts to cast the entire region into civil wars.
I arrived in Baghdad believing that Iraqis were simple people in need of having civilization thrust upon them, and that we were the enlightened civil ones who would show them the right way to live….