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The Wedding Crashers
For TomDispatch, Tom Engelhardt examines "four wedding parties blown away by U.S. air power in Iraq and Afghanistan since the end of 2001," noting the mainstream media's quick dismissal of these tragedies. http://www.tru thout.org/article/the-wedd ing-crashers-a-short-till- death-do-us-part-history-b ushs-wars Suspect... ...
Time for Iraq War Oil Profits Taxes
Nick Mottern writes for Truthout, "The reality of US troops killing and dying for Iraq oil hit US public consciousness hard on June 19, 2008, when it was announced that the occupied government of Iraq... ...
Iraq toughens stance on U.S. troop withdrawal
"Our stance in the negotiations with the Americans will be strong. We will not sign any memorandum of understanding without specifying a date for the withdrawal of foreign troops from Iraq," al-Rubaie... ...
Admitting failure
The American Conservative by Kelley Beaucar Vlahos 06/02/08 Surge supporters say the strategy accomplished its goal of reducing violence. To what end is still unknown. Stateside, the surge provided the... ...
Purple Hearts for Psychic Scars?
Writing for Time Magazine, Mark Thompson says: "For every soldier killed or physically wounded in Iraq or Afghanistan, some 10 others come home psychically scarred. The Pentagon has diagnosed roughly 40,000... ...
DOD Contracts Out Contractor Oversight
Maya Schenwar, of Truthout: "The Department of Defense (DOD) now employs contractors to keep contractors in check in Iraq, under a new framework for war industry management solidified last month. In April,... ...
Pentagon fires Khadr judge
The U.S. Pentagon abruptly replaced the military judge in the Omar Khadr case yesterday after he chastised the prosecution at a recent Guantanamo Bay hearing. http://www.natio nalpost.com/news/story.htm l?id=549763 From... ...
Colonel Says Speaking Out Cost a Medal
Josh White reports for The Washington Post, "The former chief military prosecutor for terrorism trials at Guantanamo Bay thinks the Defense Department has punished him for testifying publicly that he faced... ...
House Aims at Pentagon "Propaganda" on Iraq War
James Rainey for The Los Angeles Times reports, "The House of Representatives moved Thursday to crack down on a Pentagon program that Democrats say planted false and overly optimistic news stories about... ...
Where Are Those Iranian Weapons in Iraq?
Gareth Porter, of Inter Press Service: "The US military command in Iraq continues to talk about an alleged pipeline of Iranian weapons to Iraqi Shiites opposing the US occupation, implying that they have... ...