Iraqi war

The Myth of the Surge

Hoping to turn enemies into allies, U.S. forces are arming Iraqis who fought with the insurgents. But it's already starting to backfire. A report from the front lines of the new Iraq

NIR ROSEN
Rollingstone.com

Mar 06, 2008

After Reporting in Iraq, America Feels Like a Bizarre Disneyland
Dahr Jamail

By Dahr Jamail
Tomdispatch.com

July 20, 2007

"In violence we forget who we are" -- Mary McCarthy, novelist and critic

1. Statistically Speaking

Having spent a fair amount of time in occupied Iraq, I now find living in the United States nothing short of a schizophrenic experience. Life in Iraq was traumatizing. It was impossible to be there and not be affected by apocalyptic levels of violence and suffering, unimaginable in this country.

'Arrowhead' Becomes Fountainhead of Anger

Inter Press Service
By Ali al-Fadhily*

BAQUBA, Jul 10 (IPS) - Ongoing U.S. military operations in Diyala province have brought normal life to an end, and fuelled support for the national resistance.

Baquba, 50km northeast of Baghdad, and capital city of the volatile Diyala province, has born the brunt of violence during the U.S. military Operation 'Arrowhead Ripper'.

Conflicting reports are on offer on the number of houses destroyed and numbers of civilians killed, but everyone agrees that the destruction is vast and the casualties numerous.

Have the Tigris and Euphrates Run Dry?

Inter Press Service
By Ali al-Fadhily*
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

BAGHDAD, Jul 9 (IPS) - Two of the largest rivers of the region run through Iraq, so why are Iraqis desperate for lack of water?

The vast majority of Iraqis live by the Euphrates river, and the Tigris with its many tributaries. The two rivers join near Basra city in the south to form the Shat al-Arab river basin. Iraq is also gifted with high quality ground water resources; about a fifth of the territory is farmland.

George W. Bush's "Hands On" ApproachTwo Republican senators attack Bush's "surge" in Iraq

By Bill Van Auken
WSWS
27 June 2007

In a surprise political shift, one of the most senior Republican lawmakers warned from the floor of the US Senate Monday evening that the Bush administration’s military offensive in Iraq is doomed to failure and undermines Washington’s strategic interests in the region and internationally. A second Republican senator issued a similar declaration the following day.

WARNING a nightmare story from Iraqi. A story that must be told.
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"But nothing has been made public about what happened and, in fact, efforts were made to keep the entire incident secret.
Our attempt to cover the story was initially shut down from up high, but we were ultimately able to expose what had happened because of support from within the U.S. military." Lara Logan

Clinging To Life In A Baghdad Orphanage

BAGHDAD, June 18, 2007

Neil Young: Let's Impeach The President