The US gas garrison

The Carter Doctrine, established 28 years ago, put the US military in service of assuring the nation’s regular supplies of imported oil. This has near-bankrupted the US and corrupted the military, yet left the US insecure in energy sources and globally loathed. The time has come to demote petroleum and stand down the troops.
By Michael [...]

The War on Terror: Why Do We Fight?

With recession in the wind neither Democratic nor Republican presidential candidates are talking much about the misbegotten war in Iraq. Even less, however, far less, do they talk about the root of that disaster—the “War on Terror.” Until the real but complex relationship between these two self-inflicted wars is understood, Americans, and the [...]

KILL EVERYBODY: American soldier exposes US policy in Iraq

Also…What-happened-at-haditha??!!

What happened at Haditha?

Battle For Haditha UK DVD Trailer

Eyewitness reportage about haditha massacre

What happened at Haditha?
Haditha is an agricultural community of about 90,000 people on the banks of the Euphrates north-west of Baghdad.
It lies in the huge western province of Anbar, which became the heartland of the insurgency after US-led troops invaded Iraq in 2003.
It was a dangerous [...]

Fahrenheit 9/11 - Halliburton Scene

Abu Ghraib photos & “the freedom cowboys”

Shocking pictures have come to light revealing the extent of prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib - and it’s much worse than anyone imaged.

Ref: journeymanpictures

Bearing witness + Irak today!

  Irreversible
‘Noble, necessary and just’ George W. Bush called it, this war that has entered its 6th year, this invasion that has destroyed a society and killed thousands of people. It’s been ‘worth fighting’ this war that has caused death, destruction and terror on an unprecedented level.
US Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker was less celebratory. ‘The [...]

We Are Way Past 4,000 Dead in Iraq

Whenever a terrible milestone is reach in Iraq for the number of American soldiers killed, such as 4,000 today, it is necessary to point out that the milestone being focused on was actually reached a long time ago. In addition to the 4,000 dead American soldiers, the following fatalities have also occurred in Iraq over [...]

THE REACH OF WAR; Civilian Claims On U.S. Suggest The Toll of War

In February 2006, nervous American soldiers in Tikrit killed an Iraqi fisherman on the Tigris River after he leaned over to switch off his engine. A year earlier, a civilian filling his car and an Iraqi Army officer directing traffic were shot by American soldiers in a passing convoy in Balad, for no apparent reason.
The [...]

Pattern Cited in Killings of Civilians by U.S.

Newly released documents regarding crimes committed by United States soldiers against civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan detail a pattern of troops failing to understand and follow the rules that govern interrogations and deadly actions.
The documents, released today by the American Civil Liberties Union ahead of a lawsuit, total nearly 10,000 pages of courts-martial summaries, transcripts [...]