Ever wonder where the term "anti-Iraqi forces" used to describe the Iraqi anti-occupation guerillas came from?

Those of you who are regular readers probably saw the story where the BBC crew was held hostage in Nablus by Israeli Troops. Now, finally, we get their story, fresh from the BBC Website. Apparently storming the homes of random civilians and using them to shoot...

Iraqi conference walkout protests Najaf bombings A NATIONAL conference, hailed as Iraq's first experiment in democracy for decades, got off to a rocky start today when more than 100 delegates walked out to protest against fighting in the holy city of Najaf. Dozens of...

I don't have much of a context for this because news from Fallujah has been scant except for the usual US bombardments.1st Marine Division plans to dissolve the controversial "Fallujah Brigade" and the Iraqi police department in that turbulent city next week, clearing...

FALLUJAH, Iraq, Aug 14 (AFP) - Eight Iraqis were killed and 10 others wounded, mostly women and children, on Saturday after US troops clashed with insurgents in the flashpoint city west of Baghdad and warplanes struck two homes, hospital sources told AFP.They don't...

Click the image for the 2004 American presidential election Ultimate Metaphor: From Tim at Doctor Recommended. Lawrence of Cyberia on Arna's Children:Arna's Children won the Best Film award at Prague's One World Film Festival in April 2004. Days later, it received the...

I was watching TV the other night and saw a new episode of the Verizon Wireless commercial, you know the one I mean, a guy with a cell phone at his ear repeatedly asks "Can you hear me now?" as he moves from spot to spot in the swamp, or desert, or city. And now, or...

Al Sadr is wounded or maybe he isn't. The US has stopped attacking the Mahdi Army and is reportedly engaged in truce talks. This has the warfloggers hopping mad, and if you read their comments you'll see that the neocons, Likudniks and Arab-haters are fragmenting from...

Forget the angle everyone else is taking. Who is Golan Cipel?

This chapter covers the end of the Clinton administration to the transition into the Bush administration. Clearly, the 9/11 plot was in full force, many of the hijackers already in the US learning to fly or preparing their missions. The commission continues to...