Mar 30 2013
The Neocons Won By Gary Leupp, Weekend Edition March 29-31, 2013 Reading an assortment of commentaries (“retrospectives”) on the tenth anniversary of the U.S. war on Iraq, and onset of the horrific occupation, I find most center their discussion on the now almost universally conceded fact that the war was based on false pretexts. …
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Mar 24 2013
Iraq: ‘You didn’t fall… we pushed you’ By Alia Brahimi, 21 Mar 2013 11:06 “Are you here to work or… work?” a Basra airport security guard asked sympathetically. I was standing on a small wooden platform behind a flimsy curtain, as she waved her hand-held metal detector across my body. She had guessed my …
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Mar 24 2013
Iraq and the reinvention of reality By Sarah Kendzior, 24 Mar 2013 10:35 The worst thing about the Iraq war was not that people got away with lying. It was that they did not – and it did not matter. The 10th anniversary of the American invasion of Iraq was a week of media …
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Mar 23 2013
What America Learned in Iraq By John A. Nagl, March 19, 2013 The costs of the second Iraq war, which began 10 years ago this week, are staggering: nearly 4,500 Americans killed and more than 30,000 wounded, many grievously; tens of thousands of innocent Iraqis wounded or killed; more than $2 trillion in direct …
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Mar 23 2013
The Crucifixion of Tomas Young By Chris Hedges, Mar 10, 2013 I flew to Kansas City last week to see Tomas Young. Young was paralyzed in Iraq in 2004. He is now receiving hospice care at his home. I knew him by reputation and the movie documentary “Body of War.” He was one of …
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Mar 23 2013
What drives jihadism? Clue: it’s not what you think By Memphis Barker, Tuesday 19 March 2013 Did you hear the one about the jihadist cleric? According to a new Harvard study, the main reason Islamic imams start to talk up the wholesale murder of Western civilians has nothing to do with top-to-toe ideological hatred. …
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Mar 23 2013
The Iraq War Was My Fault By Wes Magruder, March 23, 2013 I remember what it felt like ten years ago this week. The dread had been building for months. The sabers had been rattling for some time. Though there were certainly plenty of folks who were ready to “finish off the job” that …
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