AP reports: BAGHDAD (AP) - U.S. forces battled Iraqi police and gunmen Friday, killing six policemen, after an American raid captured a police lieutenant accused of leading an Iranian-backed militia cell, the military said. Seven gunmen also died in the fight, a rare...

The Cunning Realist commits an act of authentic journalism and exposes a propagandist. Conclusion: Short background on Bergner: He became head spokesman for the U.S. military in Iraq in early June. His official title? Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Effects. He...

This recent email exchange between Knight Ridder military affairs reporter Joe Galloway and Rumsfeld's spokeshack is not to be missed. Pat Lang has it in .pdf and .doc form here, but Larry Johnson has put it online in an easy to read format here. An excerpt: i can...

Saddam's Mercedes Federal agents seized a Mercedes-Benz from an Army reservist who said the armor-plated, bulletproof luxury car probably belonged to Saddam Hussein. First Sgt. William von Zehle said he bought the car while serving in Iraq. U.S. Immigration and...

Neil Young is streaming his new album, "Living with War", in it's entirety, for free. Listen here. Via Anthony Gregory and Daniel McAdams on the LewRockwell.com Blog.

See lenin at the Tomb on the British Foreign Office's Cheney-esque  tactics in the attempted silencing of  former  UK ambassador to Uzbekistan, Craig Murray.  Particularly revolting are the Yoo-like legal contortions of one Michael Wood as he...

Remember the mystery surrounding the crash of the British RAF Hercules on Purple Finger Day in Iraq? It was widely reported as a shootdown, but of course, we've had to wait for the "facts" to be determined by the state. Here, nearly a year later, is the official...

It seems I was right when I thought that the story put out by the military to account for the death of ten Marines and the wounding of eleven more was fishy. Still, the new account doesn't seem all that forthcoming, either. CNN reports:An insurgent homemade bomb that...

Fun link: A Short Play Starring Christopher Hitchens, by Jonathan Schwarz. Speaking of troublemakers... It all began with a recommendation to celebrate Veteran's Day with a donation to AntiWar.com. Well, at least that was the proximate cause of this round. Be sure and...

An astute AntiWar.com reader explains why Allawi would rather claim to have been the victim of gun-wielding assassins than an angry mob throwing tomatoes and shoes:In Arab culture its more acceptable to a man to be hit by a bullet rather than a shoe -or even worse!-by...