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Organized Destruction in Baghdad
Cathy Breen shares the stories of doctors, children and friends as lives continued to be broken by the organized destruction of Baghdad.
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William Rivers Pitt | The Business Is Death, and Business Is Good
From Independence Day into Sunday, US forces launched 38 air attacks against Iraq in both Iraq and Syria.
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“Against All Odds”: Raising Iraqi Voices of Grassroots Resistance
Ali Issa's “Against All Odds: Voices of Popular Struggle in Iraq” is a needed corrective to the absence of Iraqi voices in Western media.
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The US and War: Poverty, Drugs, Terror or How to Make War on Everything
The biggest mistake in US policy is looking at everything as war.
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Five Things That Won’t Work in Iraq: When at First You Don’t Succeed, Fail, Fail Again
If ever there was an avoidable US crisis, Iraq War 3.0 is it.
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No Boots on the Ground and Other Fairy Tales
Relentless bombing and combat cannot end well and the effort is crumbling already, just as the US intelligence said it would.
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ISIS and the Shia Revival in Iraq
Any change in the status quo will likely depend on forces outside the city.
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Why the US Military Opposed New Combat Roles in Iraq
Discussions within the Obama administration reveal that the US military is firmly opposed to any ground combat role in the war against IS in Iraq.
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Obituary: Tariq Aziz
Twelve years of suffering in Iraqi jails have ended and he can finally rest in peace.
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Washington in Wonderland, Down the Iraqi Rabbit Hole (Again)
When it comes to Iraq, weu2019re already halfway back down Alice's rabbit hole.