Category: War in Iraq

From The Hidden 2001 Plan to Carve-up Iraq by Greg Palast, who is working overtime with the Florida ‘caging list’ and this as well: Why were Iraqi elections delayed? Why was Jay Garner fired? Why are our troops still there? Investigative reporter Greg Palast uncovers new documents that answer these questions and more about the […]

CNN: Now tell me Tom, this sounds like a big deal. Is this a big deal? What an idiot. The New York times reports: 380 tons of powerful explosives were looted from a former military installation in Iraq shortly after the U.S. invasion. The explosives vanished at a time that the site was supposed to […]

Jesus freak Pat Robertson: I had deep misgivings about this war, deep misgivings. And I was trying to say, ‘Mr. President, you better prepare the American people for casualties.’ ‘Oh, no, we’re not going to have any casualties.’ ‘Well,’ I said, ‘it’s the way it’s going to be.’ And so, it was messy. The lord […]

This is sick. Iraq will pay $200m in war reparations to some of the richest countries and corporations in the world. Iraqis have never been awarded reparations for any of the crimes they suffered under Saddam, or the brutal sanctions regime that claimed the lives of at least half a million people, or the US-led […]

Quicktime here. Here’s a transcript. Why are people believing this big Internet hoax? It is the same people who told us that Saddam Hussein had something to do with 9/11; the same people who told us Saddam Hussein had something to do with weapons of mass destruction; the same people who told us we would […]

Riveting ad from soldier Robert Acosta Operation Truth I struggled to reach the grenade as we sped off, but I couldn’t get to it in time. My leg was severely injured and I lost my arm as a result of the explosion. I swore I was going to die, and even told my friend who […]

For journalists the significant turning point came with the wave of abduction and kidnappings. Only two weeks ago we felt safe around Baghdad because foreigners were being abducted on the roads and highways between towns. Then came a frantic phone call from a journalist female friend at 11 p.m. telling me two Italian women had […]

I’m totally mad at myself now for not going to hear Seymour Hersh tonight: So orders came down from the generals in Baghdad, we want to clear the village, like in Samarra. And as he told the story, another platoon from his company came and executed all the guards, as his people were screaming, stop. […]