When the United States, the United Kingdom, and the “coalition of the willing” attacked Iraq in March 2003, millions protested around the world. But the war of “shock and awe” was just the beginning. The subsequent occupation of Iraq by the...
Kerry Hypocritically Chides Iraq for Meddling in Syria’s Civil War
Secretary of State John Kerry went to Iraq this weekend to meet with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and tersely request that he stop allowing Iran to use Iraqi airspace to send weapons and support to the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad. They shouldn't be supporting...
Washington Post Censors Critique of Pre-Iraq Invasion Media Coverage
According to veteran journalist Greg Mitchell, The Washington Post yanked a story of his that he was commissioned to write about failures in the news media in the lead up to the Iraq War. His piece made the obviously true argument that the media not only failed to...
“NATO 3”: Constitutionality of Illinois Terrorism Statute to be Decided March 27
Judge Thaddeus Wilson will hand down a ruling on the constitutionality of the Illinois terrorism statute - signed into law in the weeks after the 9/11 attacks - on March 27 at 2:00 PM CST. That announcement was made at the first oral argument at Cook County Courthouse...
Antiwar.com Newsletter | March 22, 2013 | Special #NoDrones Edition
Action Item: #NoDronesTop News Opinion and analysis National Days of Action to Stop Drone War The Network for Stopping Drone Spying and Warfare plans April Days of Action 2013 to generate a public uprising across the United States to stop drone spying and drone...
John Glaser on CrossTalk Talking Iraq
Tomas Young’s ‘Last Letter’
Tomas Young quickly became one of the most prominent Iraq veterans to oppose the war after he was shot in the spine and paralyzed in 2004 outside Sadr City. With years of antiwar activism behind him, and a body that continues to deteriorate, Young has decided...
On Iraq, Americans Are To Blame Too
Over at the indispensable LobeLog, James A. Russell writes on this reflective tenth anniversary of the Iraq War that it isn't just the fault of the Bush administration and the obedient Congress. Americans are to blame too. While it is true that we got led down the...
1963: The year the Israel Lobby Transcended US Law
Fifty years ago this May, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee opened a series of unprecedented hearings investigating the clandestine activities of foreign agents active in the United States. The investigation focused most intensively on the operatives and...
