Iran: Next Target of US Military Aggression

Iran: Next Target of US Military Aggression Selected articles and essays Michel Chossudovsky, Editor Global Research E-Monograph and Reports Series, No. 3, February 2005 PREFACE The Bush administration has officially identified Iran and Syria as the next stage of "the...

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Ali Fadhil: The Right Iraqi

Ali, disgruntled former IraqtheModel blogger, now of the Free Iraqi blog decided to comment on the Michael Totten post in which he tells of how he and Christopher Hitchens manage to piss some Iraqis off so badly, they nearly came to blows in a restaurant. Shorter Ali:...

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Wheels coming off Election Wagon

AFP reports:Hundreds of Arab and Turkmen protestors took to the streets of Iraq's disputed northern oil city of Kirkuk Friday, charging that last month's election had been riddled with fraud and demanding a re-run. "No, no to federalism! No, no to fraud!", chanted the...

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A Culture of Secrecy

The Center for Public Integrity "Over the years, those unhappy with my investigations have tried just about everything to discourage our work. They have issued subpoenas, stalked my hotel room, escorted me off military bases, threatened physical arrest, suggested I...

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The New Shi’a Army of Iraq

Bronwen Maddox in The Times reports:It is also encouraging — up to a point — that the recruiting drive to the security forces has seen such interest from Shias. Some Iraqi security officers have told The Times that Shia recruitments make up as much as three quarters...

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Another New Feature

Want news and viewpoints by country but don't want to find it on our new Regional News page? We have a new way to find links for any country in the world. Say that you want news on Afghanistan. Simply type the following url into your web browser...

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Security-Industrial Complex

No Place to Hide: Award-Winning Journalist Robert O'Harrow Goes Behind the Scenes of Our Emerging Surveillance Society No Place to Hide Center for Investigative Reporting In Age of Security, Firm Mines Wealth of Personal Data -- by Robert O'Harrow Robert O'Harrow...

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Recruiting SHENANIGANS

St. Petersburg Times Mom ferrets out truth on Guard duty By HOWARD TROXLER, Times Columnist troxler@sptimes.com Published February 10, 2005 Laramie Misner was surprised when her daughter Kelsie, a 17-year-old senior at Dunedin High School, came home on the evening of...

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