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The Qana controversy
Monday, 31 July 2006 11:59 P GMT-05
The horrible news of a building that was destroyed in Qana today has been broadcast all over the world today. At the first glance, the picture appears fairly straightforward: the Israeli military fires a missile at the building, it collapses, scores
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Rethinking the Somme
Saturday, 1 July 2006 11:59 P GMT-05
The name Somme, as a result of 142 days of unrelenting combat, has a special place in British social and military history, as a common experience, shared by millions of Tommies, as well as soldiers from the Empire. It was as significant as Dunkirk or
Two US soldiers in Iraq found dead
Tuesday, 20 June 2006 11:59 P GMT-05
Two U.S. soldiers who went missing after an attack on their checkpoint were found dead on Monday night, and a senior Iraqi defense official said their bodies showed signs of "barbaric" torture.
From the Embassy, a Grim Report
Monday, 19 June 2006 10:07 A GMT-05
From the U.S. Embassy in Iraq, a stark compendium of its local employees' daily hardships and pressing fears.
Crying Stones
Sunday, 18 June 2006 2:58 P GMT-05
Uri Avnery on his trip to Sarajevo and the ethnic war in Bosnia.
Basra carnage escalates as one person killed every hour
Thursday, 18 May 2006 6:44 A GMT-05
One person is being assassinated in Basra every hour, as order in Iraq's second city disintegrates, according to an Iraqi Defence Ministry official.
Sex and money bought Iraq contracts
Thursday, 20 April 2006 9:55 A GMT-05
A CONTRACTOR in Iraq has pleaded guilty to providing money, sex and designer watches to US officials in exchange for more than $US8 million ($10.8 million) in reconstruction contracts.
The war on drugs: some frontline stories
Wednesday, 19 April 2006 1:12 P GMT-05
A 19-year old sentenced to 15 years in prison for her part in a drug conspiracy, while the kingpin only gets 7 years. Absurd? You bet - but not unusual in the war on drugs.
Robbery, not reconstruction, in Iraq
Tuesday, 18 April 2006 7:23 P GMT-05
The great liberator of Iraq was actually the hyena that cleaned out the nation.
The Ugly ‘D’ Word
Saturday, 15 April 2006 1:26 P GMT-05
There are a lot of nations in this world where people are kooky, but only America has the military outreach to project our kookiness onto the world. That is why more than any nation state, America desperately needs a military draft. Numb-skullism, wh
Coming home — disillusioned
Friday, 14 April 2006 8:58 A GMT-05
A Marine Corps captain who did two tours of duty in Iraq on his experiences and his disullisionment with the US policy.
Saddam’s pilots hunted down by death squads
Tuesday, 11 April 2006 11:03 A GMT-05
Iraqi pilots and other military men who fought againdt Iran in 1980-1988 targeted in an apparent reprisal campaign.
Suicide bombers kill 71 at Baghdad mosque
Friday, 7 April 2006 1:29 P GMT-05
Scores killed by terrorists in Baghdad; the news nothing but routine.
How Massacres Become the Norm
Friday, 7 April 2006 12:47 P GMT-05
Dahr Jamail on war crimes in Iraq.
The new definition of military valour - saying no to politicians
Wednesday, 5 April 2006 4:28 P GMT-05
Military officers must refuse to to carry out political leadership's irresponsible orders.
Sectarian Strife Fuels Gun Sales in Baghdad
Tuesday, 4 April 2006 9:32 P GMT-05
After the shrine bombing in Samarra, the weapon sales explode in Iraq.
Why are we in Afghanistan?
Tuesday, 4 April 2006 2:07 P GMT-05
Let me ask the obvious: What in hell are 2,500 Canadian soldiers doing in this very dangerous place anyway? Certainly not peace-keeping. What then?
Former Hostage Carroll En Route to Boston
Sunday, 2 April 2006 9:55 A GMT-05
Jill Carroll, a Christian Science Monitor reporter, travels back to the US after being freed from captivity in Iraq.
Veteran: War based on greed
Thursday, 30 March 2006 9:15 P GMT-05
Delta Force founder finds Bush deaf to Iraq criticism.
War without end
Thursday, 30 March 2006 11:03 A GMT-05
For double amputee Sgt. Brent Bretz, the medical complications of his injuries are only part of the challenge of becoming whole again.
There is also the difficulty of rediscovering humor and play, self-reliance and manhood.
A madness for war
Thursday, 30 March 2006 10:29 A GMT-05
On January 31, 2003, just days before Colin Powell's UN presentation, Bush and Blair already knew there were no signs of WMD's in Iraq.
Soldiers flee to Canada to avoid Iraq duty
Tuesday, 28 March 2006 2:42 P GMT-05
Hundreds of deserters from the US armed forces have crossed into Canada and are now seeking political refugee status there, arguing that violations of the rules of war in Iraq by the US entitle them to asylum.
Delta Force military expert has fighting words for Bush
Monday, 27 March 2006 1:26 P GMT-05
'Unit's' military expert has fighting words for Bush.
Iraqi Police Find 30 Bodies, Most Beheaded
Sunday, 26 March 2006 6:44 P GMT-05
Iraqi forces found 30 bodies, most beheaded, near a village north of Baghdad on Sunday.
The War On Drugs: Whom Are We Really Fighting?
Friday, 26 August 2005 11:59 P GMT-05
Who is the enemy in this "war on drugs"? What would the victory be? Why are we prosecuting it?
