High Death Tolls Not Seen Since 2007 by Jason Ditz With the month of May coming to a close, the trend of worsening violence in Iraq became all the more apparent. After April being the highest death toll in years with several… Read More ›
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Syria Endgame Approaching Fast
by SHAMUS COOKE The Fate of the Middle East in the Balance The tempo of events in Syria has accelerated in recent weeks. The government forces have scored significant battlefield victories over the rebels, and this has provoked a mixture of war… Read More ›
Editorial: Why North Korea Needs Nuclear Weapons
By Stephen Gowans Is North Korea’s recent nuclear test, its third, to be welcomed, lamented or condemned? It depends on your perspective. If you believe that a people should be able to organize their affairs free from foreign domination and… Read More ›
An Interview with North Koreans
by Stansfield Smith I recently returned from a late March trip to North Korea [Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK)], along with 45 others, through Koryo Tours. On that tour I had the opportunity to discuss with the Korean tour guides… Read More ›
‘US-trained death squads’ organized torture sites across Iraq
After one year in Iraq the US government secretly enlisted retired Special Forces operatives to train Shia militia in the art of torture and other war crimes that fueled the Iraqi civil war, according to a new report. Just over… Read More ›
Iraq War Could Cost $6 Trillion
by John Glaser The current price tag is already at $2 trillion The US war in Iraq has cost $1.7 trillion with an additional $490 billion in benefits owed to war veterans. But the cost could grow to more than $6 trillion over the… Read More ›
Huge Drop in Workers at City-Sized US Embassy in Baghdad
Cost-Cutting to See 10,000 Withdraw This Year by Jason Ditz A Vatican-sized fortress along the Tigris River, the US Embassy to Iraq is the stuff of legends, a $730 million testament to the runaway overspending of the occupation era. Ten years after… Read More ›
Most Terrorist Plots in the US Aren’t Invented by Al Qaeda — They’re Manufactured by the FBI
Photo Credit: Shutterstock.com/Africa Studio In the ten years following 9/11, the FBI and the Justice Department convicted more than 150 people following sting operations, though few had any connection to real terrorists. The following is an excerpt from The Terror Factory:… Read More ›
Five killed, 23 wounded as Iraqi army opens fire on anti-govt protest
A wounded protester is carried during clashes with security forces in Fallujah, 50 km (31 miles) west of Baghdad, January 25, 2013 (Reuters / Mohanned Faisal) Iraqi soldiers killed five people after opening fire on an anti-government protest in… Read More ›
Bomber in Chief: 20,000 Airstrikes in the President’s First Term Cause Death and Destruction From Iraq to Somalia
Written by Nicolas J.S. Davies | AlterNet Day after day, U.S. air strikes have conclusively answered the familiar question of 9/11: “Why do they hate us?” Many people around the world are disturbed by U.S. drone attacks in Afghanistan, Pakistan,… Read More ›
The ‘war on terror’ – by design – can never end
As the Pentagon’s former top lawyer urges that the war be viewed as finite, the US moves in the opposite direction Last month, outgoing pentagon general counsel Jeh Johnson gave a speech at the Oxford Union and said that the War on… Read More ›
Exxon Deal Brings Iraq, Kurdistan to Brink of Civil War
Aide: Maliki Willing to Start War Over Oil Drilling War over oil in Iraq is a rather old issue, but as Iraq seems to be drawn ever near to an open civil war setting the central government against the Kurdistan… Read More ›
Dark Secret of the US Military — Neo-Nazis and Criminals Are Filling Its Ranks
How the armed services have become a sanctuary for racists and the mentally unfit. The following is an excerpt from “Irregular Army: How The US Military Recruited Neo-Nazis, Gang Members, And Criminals To Fight The War On Terror,” by Matt… Read More ›
The Red Phoenix 