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Attack on Canadian Parliament Fuels “Anti-Terror” Laws, Ignoring Ties to Mental Illness, Drug Abuse
As Canada mourns the death of a soldier gunned down while standing guard at the National War Monument in Ottawa, Prime Minister Stephen Harper is pushing new anti-terrorism legislation.
Truthout Interviews William Rivers Pitt on Chemical Weapons in Iraq
US soldiers did find chemical weapons in Iraq, but they weren't the weapons we were told about.
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Jeremy Scahill: Blackwater Executives Remain Free as Guards Convicted for Killing 14 Iraqis in Massacre
A federal jury has returned guilty verdicts against four Blackwater operatives involved in the 2007 massacre at Baghdad's Nisoor Square.
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Stop the Killing
We in the US must give up our notions of exceptionalism, recognize the economic and societal misery our country caused in Iraq, recognize that we are a perpetually war-crazed …
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William Rivers Pitt | George W. Bush: The Gift That Keeps on Giving
If US troops found thousands of chemical shells, which they dealt with at their peril, why didn't the Bush administration bellow the fact to the heavens?
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The Missing Context: “Islamic State” Sectarianism Is Not Coincidental
Iraqis turned against one another, as US troops mostly watched the chaotic scene from behind the well-fortified Green Zone.
What Could Possibly Go Wrong? Seven Worst-Case Scenarios in the Battle With the Islamic State
Here are seven worst-case scenarios in a part of the world where the worst case has regularly been the best that's on offer.
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Dahr Jamail | Iraqi Doctors Call Depleted Uranium Use “Genocide“
Contamination from depleted uranium munitions is causing sharp rises in congenital birth defects, cancer cases and other illnesses throughout much of Iraq.
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Investing in Junk Armies: Why US Efforts to Create Foreign Armies Fail
The foreign armies that the US invests so much money, time, and effort in training and equipping don't act as if the US' enemies are their enemies.
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ISIS in Washington: The United States’ Soundtrack of Hysteria
“Amid the waves of fear and continual headlines about terror plots, we, the people, have now largely been relegated to the role of frightened spectators.”