The Independent is reporting that the 36th battalion, composed of Iraqi Arab and Kurdish peshmerga militia , has mutinied. The battalion has been fighting alongside the Marines in the siege of Fallujah. The Independent reports that the Marines separated out those who...
From an interesting article by Charles Paul Freund on images of war dead:The struggle for war-image control began when a camera was first aimed at soldiers in Crimea, but that struggle is hardly founded on the absolutes implied by arguments like the one over the war...
International Blog Roundup I thought it might be interesting to some AntiWar readers if I put together a post of links to some good blogs written from interesting places that you might not have discovered yet. These are all active blogs that are worth checking daily....
"Son, all I’ve ever asked of my readers is for them to treat Bush’s ramblings as if they were the word of God." Whoa, it's getting a bit chilly up in Canada, eh?
Al Jazeera reports that the "Islamic resistance in Iraq" is offering a bounty for Rumsfeld, Sanchez and Kimmitt. This flyer is reported to have been distributed in Fallujah: It says 15 000 000 $ as a reward who bring one of these three heads. It doesn't say anything...
Guest Blog from Ken Wooley: The one indispensable element that people such as you and "Faux" require to work their mischief is compliant flesh. Bush and his crew need their sweat, in the form of taxes, to finance their global escapades. They also need their blood,...
Pocket of Resistance "Our military commanders will take whatever actions necessary to secure Falluja," Bush said as U.S. Marines launched a fresh air and ground assault in the city. Bush said there were "pockets of resistance" in the Iraqi city, but insisted that...
Ted Koppel intends to read aloud the list of 530 troops killed in action in Iraq, while showing a photo of each captioned with their hometown and age on Nightline. Koppel claims the inspiration for the program is the famous Life magazine June 1969 issue, which...
Atrios links the Washington Post story everyone's talking about today about the horrific injuries that the military hospitals in Iraq are dealing with and the trauma it is causing for the doctors and surgical teams. Atrios says: This stuff is just so horrible. I...
Will Fallujah and Najaf be the Americans' Jenin? The similarities are eery. This writer also uses the comparison: U.S. weighs tactics: NATO carrot or Israeli stick BAGHDAD -- The U.S. military, coping with powder kegs in two very different cities in Iraq, is reviewing...
