When Iraqis Come to America..!

By Brian Bennett  ::  2008-02-12

There are moments when Faeza Jaber wants to pick up Khattab, her 7-year-old son, and flee back to Baghdad. Life in Phoenix is proving harder than she had expected. She needs a job that will pay her rent--not easy for a 48 year-old single mother with basic English and little local experience. Then there are a number of smaller challenges that  

HRW: Rights eroded in Iraq in 2007 with civilians targeted

AFP  ::  2008-02-01

Human rights in Iraq deteriorated for much of 2007 while sectarian violence targeting civilians swelled the number of displaced to around 4.4 million, half of them abroad, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday.  

Iraq death toll 'over one million'

aljazeera  ::  2008-02-01

More than one million Iraqis have died as a result of the conflict started by the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, according to a new survey by a UK polling group.  

Kidnap and torture: new claims of Army war crimes in Iraq

the independent  ::  2007-05-20

The British Army is facing new allegations that it was involved in "forced disappearances", hostage-taking and torture of Iraqi civilians after the fall of the regime of Saddam Hussein.  

A Conference in the Name of Iraq

m taqi::freelance writer  ::  2007-05-07

US Secretary of State, Ms Condoleezza Rice, asks: "How are you foreign minister?" and Iran Foreign Minister, Mr Manouchehr Mottaki, replies: "Fine, thank you". That was all to come out form the Iraq international conference which ended recently in Egypt’s Red Sea tourist resort of Sharam-El-Shaikh.  

The Crushing of Fallujah

james petras  ::  2007-05-06

Almost the entire population of Iraq is opposed to the US military and its puppet regime--yet the media refer to the patriots defending their country from the imperial invaders as--'insurgents' minimizing the significance of a nation-wide patriotic liberation movement.  

Row over Iraq oil law

aljazeera.net  ::  2007-05-06

A draft law being considered by the Iraqi parliament would enable US companies to take control of Iraq's oil industry, oil experts in the country say.  

US troops admit abusing Iraqis

aljazeera.net  ::  2007-05-05

Almost one in ten US combat troops deployed in Iraq have mistreated a civilian, according to a new survey conducted by an army mental health advisory team. The report, released on Friday, also found that less than half of the soldiers and marines surveyed would report a fellow serviceman for killing or injuring an innocent Iraqi.  

ex British Army Commander: Insurgents 'right to take on US'

bbc  ::  2007-05-05

Insurgents in Iraq are right to try to force US troops out of the country, a former British army commander has said. Gen Sir Michael Rose also told the BBC that the US and the UK must "admit defeat" and stop fighting "a hopeless war" in Iraq.   

Record of Iraq War Lies to Air April 25 on PBS

david swanson::zNet  ::  2007-04-16

Bill Moyers has put together an amazing 90-minute video documenting the lies that the Bush administration told to sell the Iraq War to the American public, with a special focus on how the media led the charge. Read the review!