A list of must-reads compiled by Scott Horton for the anniversary of the start of the Iraq War
Google Doubles Down: Demands Review of All Antiwar.com Content
On Wednesday morning (3/18/15), Google AdSense suspended ad delivery to Antiwar.com demanding that we remove our 11-year-old pages that showed the abuse by US soldiers of Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib. We publicized this and got a bit of coverage. Yesterday (3/19/15)...
Google Disables All Ads on Antiwar.com (Updated)
– because we have a page showing the Abu Ghraib abuses.Update: After channels of communication were opened as a result of this article on Gawker, Google contacted us and said they would be restoring our ads.However, Friday morning I received another demand to remove...
CaliphateBook Probably Nonsense
Everyone needs a hobby. For most reporters, it seems to be freaking out about anything even vaguely ISIS-seeming. That's where CaliphateBook comes in, which is supposed Facebook, but for ISIS. Cute, right? The site itself started as an incomplete CMS site, then...
US Intel Vets Oppose Brennan’s CIA Plan
The original idea of the CIA was to have independent-minded experts assessing both short- and longer-term threats to U.S. national security. Mixing with operations and politics was always a danger, which is now highlighted by CIA Director Brennan’s reorganization,...
When Bibi Came to Town
When Benjamin Netanyahu looked out over the joint session of Congress that had assembled to hear him speak on March 3, the Israeli prime minister almost caught a glimpse of something unusual: empty seats.That would’ve been a rarity in Washington, where bipartisan...
Netanyahu’s Crime Isn’t Playing Politics – It’s Warmongering
After weeks of buildup, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu finally delivered his long-planned speech to a joint meeting of Congress, attacking President Obama’s deal with Iran over the latter’s nuclear program. Asserting that the agreement would only empower...
General Petraeus: Too Big to Jail
The leniency shown former CIA Director (and retired General) David Petraeus by the Justice Department in sparing him prison time for the serious crimes that he has committed puts him in the same preferential, immune-from-incarceration category as those running the...
In Ukraine War, Both ‘Russian’ and ‘Troops’ Need to Be in Quotes
Western media are constantly reporting a Russian invasion of eastern Ukraine as an undisputed fact. That no one ever sees these troops is just one of life's little mysteries, as seemingly ever article just shows a couple of pictures of single unidentified camouflage...
Watch, Laugh, then Cry – Netanyahu Choreographs a Humiliated Congress
This video should go viral. It is from the Israeli media. Watch, laugh – and cry. (It is preceded by a 15-second commercial in Hebrew.) Now let’s be serious. First, the Congress is completely humiliated, dancing to the tune of Netanyahu who is the representative of a...
