I am planning to put a link to the Blog on the front page within the next few days. Please prepare for it going live by Monday of next week, and hopefully we will have at least a couple of entries a day. Please write me back at egarris2@antiwar.com with any...
Only the Smokers Shall Survive
If Al Qaeda executes this nefarious plot (according to D.C., anyway): "References to nicotine and solanine [found in potatoes] appear in numerous terrorist training manuals and documents seized in Afghanistan," the FBI said in its weekly bulletin to law enforcement...
Iraq – or Kosovo?
Chris Floyd of the Moscow Times had a column last week about the occupation forces' use of Saddam's secret police to govern the "new" Iraq. Floyd's style is so cutting edge, I would hardly be surprised if Imperial officials actually bled after reading this stuff....
This Week’s Hellraiser Award Goes to. . .
This fellow from North Carolina: Donald Sullivan of Hampstead, a 23-year-veteran of the Army and Air Force, sued the U.S. government, President Bush and several members of Congress to stop what he termed an "illegal war." The civil lawsuit, filed in March in U.S....
Money isn’t everything
From "turning-tables" -- a blog written by a US soldier in Baghdad:at the doors of the palace there are filipino guards in tan uniforms...i think they are part of a civilian security company...brought in by the u.s....i recognize the uniforms...they had them in...
Gancarski Draws Blood
Sad old droopy-eyed Michael Ledeen pitches a hissy fit over Anthony Gancarski's last article. These guys sure talk tough for a bunch of pansies.
Blasting statism in Serbia
In yesterday's issue of NIN weekly, Serbian political commentator Aleksandar Tijanic writes about the late PM Zoran Djindjic and his alleged nemesis, Colonel Milorad "Legija" Lukovic, deconstructing them both as the same type of character, the ambition-driven...
Should We Stay or Should We Go, Now?
Devil's advocate on "postwar" Iraq: Why withdraw? The Bush administration will be blamed for what happens in Iraq whether U.S. troops stay or leave. If they stay, every dead soldier and civilian, plus general unrest, will be blamed on the occupation. If they leave,...
The Story of O
My new article, now online. Try to find all the thought crimes I'll be charged with in my forthcoming PATRIOT Act indictment!
Uncle Sam Wants You to Join His Occupation
For some reason, foreigners are less than wild about the idea. The great Moja, U.S. Army sergeant in Iraq, thinks he knows why: i get the feeling these countries offering their support want to make a good impression...they want to be seen as professional world...


