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Despite Danger, Iraqis Unite to Protest Religious Persecution by IS
Iraqis are taking to the streets and to social media to protest the persecution of Christians by the Islamic State, the fringe extremist group formerly known as ISIS.
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Transgender Activists Speak Out Against Campaign to End Trans Military Ban
A campaign to end the ban on transgender people in the military is gaining steam, but trans and gender-nonconforming people are opposing it in favor of getting rid of …
Dahr Jamail | A Nation on the Brink: How US Policies Sealed Iraq’s Fate
In a searing analysis covering the ongoing disaster in Iraq, Dahr Jamail provides this current perspective on how the legacy of the US invasion and occupation of Iraq continues …
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Cheney’s Campaign for Iraq War 3: Shaping the Narrative
With his latest media blitz, Dick Cheney hopes to preserve and solidify the “war on terror” as the dominant narrative presented to Americans as an explanation of US foreign …
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William Rivers Pitt | Iraq, Two Bullets and the Long Arc of History
Two bullets in Sarajevo unleashed one hundred years of carnage. Some facile lies from a few American politicians may well have unleashed another hundred years of the same.
Dahr Jamail: What’s Happening in Iraq Is the Legacy of the US Invasion and Occupation
For this week's episode of “Unauthorized Discloure,” Kevin Gosztola and Rania Khalek spoke with Truthout staff reporter Dahr Jamail about Iraq's continued descent into chaos.
What They Died For
In some years of the Iraq War, more soldiers died by their own hand than in combat. They died of the war, but not in the war. What for?
Dick Cheney Should Be Rotting in The Hague, Not Writing Editorials
Dick Cheney should be rotting in a prison cell at The Hague, not writing editorials for the Wall Street Journal.
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The Real Villains of the Bergdahl Tale
The right-wing media is denouncing Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl as a “deserter” who wasn't worth ransoming from the Taliban, but the real villains are the architects of the disastrous Iraq …
“War Criminals Shouldn’t Be Honored”: Rutgers Students Nix Condoleezza Rice From Commencement Speech
Former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has withdrawn as commencement speaker at Rutgers University following protests by faculty and students over her role in the 2003 US-led invasion …