Category Anti-war

US corruption in Iraq

From Craig Murray Senior US official in Iraq admits stealing $2 million of reconstruction aid and taking bribes in exchange for $8 million worth of contracts. (From BBC news) Meanwhile, a new documentary, “Shadow Company“, seeks to explore the secret…

Yikes

Beware the Ides of March Osama bin Laden’s latest message. Most observers, including the White House, seem to have missed its significance. In it, bin Laden offered us a truce (an offer we should have accepted, if only to attempt…

State of the Idiot(s) speech

This Forbes ‘Reaction to State of the Union Address‘ has quotes from Democrats as well as Republicans, and not one of them mentions the war in Iraq. Nor did Bush. Unbelievable. Cindy Sheehan was there, and got arrested protesting the…

Blowback

Via DJ Mitchell “It seemed to me then and even more so as I write two years later that we, Americans, have difficulty envisioning ourselves embroiled in a cycle of violence. The acts of 9/11 were viewed as unwarranted provocation…