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Iraq War
The Phony “Bad Intel” Defense on Iraq
Jeb Bush's stumbling start to his presidential bid has refocused attention on Washington's favorite excuse for the illegal, aggressive and disastrous war in Iraq.
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Time for Americans to Accept Responsibility for Our Military Interventions
The United States must accept responsibility for the damage its military actions have caused and recognize there are alternatives for the future.
Military Contractors Belie Myth of US Leaving Afghanistan and Iraq
If the presence of private military contractors in Afghanistan and Iraq is obscured, how is the public supposed to know if we are truly “out?”
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Forty Years Later, Will the End Games in Iraq and Afghanistan Follow the Vietnam Playbook?
Toss out the historical background and you can recast any U.S. mission as a flawed but honorable, if not noble, effort by good-guy rescuers to save innocents from the …
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Gradual Injustice
How did the US government get from there to a “Homeland Security Department” that trains local police to consider protesters to be terrorists?
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Dahr Jamail | Report Shows US Invasion, Occupation of Iraq Left 1 Million Dead
The study estimates at least 1.3 million people have died as a result of US policy in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan since 2001.
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“The Rise of Islamic State” Offers Policy Lessons for US Hawks
In a new book, Patrick Cockburn looks at the legacy of recent wars in the Middle East.
Richard Falk on ISIS and Islamic “Essentialism“
Regarding ISIS as a cult is helpful in responding to right-wing contentions that ISIS is expressive of the essential Islamic message, international relations scholar Richard Falk tells Truthout.
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On March 21, Be in Washington, Be in the Street
A rally at the White House will protest ongoing US military intervention in the Middle East, which is expected to cause the deaths and displacement of millions.
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What Works, What Doesn’t to Counter Extremism: It’s Not More of the Same
It's time to get serious about addressing the root causes of violence.