Phyllis Bennis is a leading analyst and writer on the Middle East, the war in Iraq, the United Nations, and on U.S.…
Dear friends, as many of you already know, two Italian and two Iraqi humanitarian workers affiliated with A Bridge to Baghdad and…
While U.S. media attention has decreased significantly in the weeks since the June 28 so-called “hand-over of sovereignty,” the U.S. occupation remains…
* The new U.S.-UK draft resolution endorses Iraq’s interim government as “sovereign” and credentials the U.S.-dominated occupation forces as a UN-mandated “multinational…
Ā· Iraq remains an occupied country. Whether the new “interim government” stands or falls, whether or not the United Nations passes a…
The U.S. is losing the war in Iraq. The Bush administration has lost the battle for Iraqi hearts and minds; four out…
OCCUPIED ARAB JERUSALEM Ć¢€ā BushĆ¢€ā¢s embrace of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel SharonĆ¢€ā¢s unilateral plan to annex six major West Bank settlement blocs…
Almost one year from President Bush’s announcement of the end of ‘major combat operations’ in Iraq, the U.S. drive towards empire faces…
The assassination of Sheik Ahmed Yassin marks a serious escalation in Israeli occupation tactics. While Israel had (in earlier assassination attempts) already…
The signing of the interim Iraqi ‘constitution’ by the Governing Council represents a significant step in U.S. efforts to legitimize its invasion…
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