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Body of War
Body of War is an intimate and transformational feature documentary about the true face of war today.
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Apocalypse Now, Iraq Edition: Fighting in Iraq Until Hell Freezes Over
“I find it beyond belief that Washington has again plunged into the swamp of the Sunni-Shia mess in Iraq.”
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Violence Directed at Anbar University Students From All Sides
Students at Anbar University in Ramadi and Fallujah are caught between a Shiite government that treats them like traitors and ISIS fighters who consider their studies proof of their …
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Existential Zombie
The average American cannot begin to imagine what life is like for the average Iraqi. Imagine if instead of three thousand dead, there were several million dead.
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Convenient Genocide: Another Failed War to Re-Arrange the Middle East
The only real genocide is the one that serves the interests of the west.
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How Does This End?
Since 1980, we have militarily intervened at least 35 times in more than 27 countries. We keep bombing, we continue spending trillions of dollars, but we're no safer as …
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US Ground Troops Back in Iraq? General Hints Broader Military Effort May Be Needed to Fight ISIS
A week after Obama vowed not to send ground troops into Iraq to fight IS, Gen. Martin Dempsey, chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, admitted ground troops may …
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Lessons Learned in the Bucca Camp
The US war in Iraq is the longest in the country's history. The United States invasion that began in 2003 left over a million people dead.
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Nationalist Illusions
After thousands of years of bloody wars among contending tribes, regions, and nations, is it finally possible to dispense with the chauvinist ideas of the past?
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A Call for a New New Lincoln Brigade
It is the sign of a sick country when the people worship authority.