The Plight of Iraqi Children
Of all the statistics that describe the devastation wreaked upon Iraq by the illegal war, I find the figures describing the plight of Iraqi children the most troubling and heart-wrenching.…
What Is Going on in the Middle East? A Pragmatic Point of View
What consequences may sociopolitical explosions in North Africa and the Middle East have in regional and global terms?…
The “War on Terror”: Profit for the Few. Death, Injury and Misery for the Many
Putting aside the immorality, the suffering, and sheer inhumanity of these wars, they have been a gigantic fraud on American and British taxpayers.…
The Agony of Iraq, Country of my Birth
It is time for the Iraqis to take charge of their destiny.…
9/11: The Terrorism Trump Card
The 9/11 issue has moved from conspiracy theories and street protests into the realm of laboratories and peer-reviewed science journals.…
Empires Then and Now
Just like the bombed and murdered Muslims, the American people are victims of the American empire.…
Dear Mr. President: Letters from Israel partisans that took America to war
Neconservatives lead the push for military intervention in Syria.…
Iraq. Began with big lies. Ending with big lies. Never forget.
Does Mr. Obama, the Peace Laureate, believe the words that come out of his mouth?…
Embellishing the Iraq War: Moral Victory, and Selective Body Counts
Someone ought to let mainstream news producers know that the nearly 4,500 US soldiers killed in the Iraq war were not the only victims. Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis have…
The U.S. and Iraq After the War
Obama’s interpretation of the war President Obama bid farewell to the Iraq war after nearly nine years of conflict in a Nov. 14 speech to troops of the 82nd Airborne…
Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal: Bush and Blair Guilty
In Kuala Lumpur, after two years of investigation by the Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Commission (KLWCC), a tribunal (Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal or KLWCT) consisting of five judges with…
Doing an Iraq to Iran
You may fool some people some of the time, counseled Abraham Lincoln, but not all the people all the time. The earthy wisdom of the US president credited with uniting…
Iraq War Declared Over, but War Party Persists
In a White House Statement on October 21, US President Barack Obama pledged that his country would finally withdraw forces from Iraq. “After nearly nine years, America’s war in Iraq…
Afghan War Remains Endless, While Obama’s Iraq Plan Fails
The 10th anniversary of Washington’s invasion, occupation, and seemingly endless war in Afghanistan was observed Oct. 7, but despite President Barack Obama’s pledge to terminate the U.S. “combat mission” by…
Drone Attacks: American Citizens and Foreign Civilians
The execution of Anwar al-Awlaki by drone attack in Yemen has generated a lively debate among liberally minded lawyers in the United States because al-Awlaki was an American citizen. The…
Partisan Pitfalls: The Importance of Pluralism for a Stable Iraq
ABSTRACT Since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, there has been a significant increase in inter-ethnic and inter-religious violence among Iraqis. This paper seeks to understand why this violence is…
The Brown Man’s Burden
During the 19th century “The White Man’s Burden,” a poem by Rudyard Kipling, was eagerly taken up by imperialists within the US and UK who misconstrued the title as a…
The Propaganda Narrative of U.S. Withdrawal from Iraq
The New York Times this week reports under the headline “Taking Lead, Iraqis Hope U.S. Special Operations Commandos Stay” that the security situation in Iraq “may be at risk now…
Libya: Unending American Hostility
If I could publicly ask our beloved president one question, it would be this: “Mr. President, in your short time in office you’ve waged war against six countries — Iraq,…
Obama’s Foreign Policy Objectives
You’ve seen the headlines in the last weeks and days: The Arab uprisings, the killing of Osama Bin Laden, Washington’s efforts to keep troops in Afghanistan and Iraq beyond pullout…
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