Month: May 2004

One year after “Mission Accomplished” was proclaimed by President Bush, America may have lost the war in Iraq. Insurgency, instability and social chaos, the familiar problems dogging the occupation, were exacerbated in April by mutiny, collapsing authority and military deadlock. Then came the devastating revelations of atrocity – first in the brutal siege of Fallujah, … Continue reading “Meltdown in Iraq”

As America’s civilian and military high command comes unglued, American actions in Iraq grow more inchoate. The Marines did what needed to be done in Fallujah, turning the place over to one of Saddam’s generals who might be able to run it, mainly because he comes from the tribe that has always run it. The … Continue reading “Iraq’s WMD Factory”

Instead of improving, the situation in Iraq continues to become more chaotic. American soldiers are dying at the rate of nearly five per day, up from about one per day last fall. With the photographs and reports of U.S. guards mistreating Iraqi prisoners, we have destroyed any possible rapport with the local people. The likelihood … Continue reading “Waist Deep in the Big Muddy; The Big Fool Says to Push On*”

President Bush says he’s been "shaken" by the reports of Iraqi prisoner abuse at the hands of U.S. soldiers. What did he expect? He’s the one who whipped them into an anti-Iraqi frenzy. He’s the one who called Iraq "evil." He’s the one who told them it was a "direct" threat to America. He’s the … Continue reading “Losing the Moral War”

The Abu Ghraib Prison Photos (warning: graphic images) We in the Antiwar crowd need to hit the warmongers and profiteers where it hurts – in the pocketbook. CACI International Inc. (NYSE: CAI) with a market capitalization of $1.2 billion and Titan Corporation (NYSE: TTN) market capitalization $1.57 billion, have both been implicated in participating in … Continue reading “”

QUESTION: Mr. President, thank you for agreeing to do this interview with us. Evidence of torture of Iraqi prisoners by U.S. personnel has left many Iraqis and people in the Middle East and the Arab world with the impression that the United States is no better than Saddam Hussein’s regime, especially when those alleged torture … Continue reading “Bush Interview With Al Hurra”

QUESTION: Mr. President, thank you for giving us this chance here in Al Arabiya. Regarding the alleged abuse of Iraqi prisoners, six U.S. soldiers are being reprimanded. Do you think that’s enough? BUSH: First, I want to tell the people of the Middle East that the practices that took place in that prison are abhorrent … Continue reading “Bush Interview With Al Arabiya”

HEARING ARTICLE 15-6 INVESTIGATION OF THE 800th MILITARY POLICE BRIGADE SECRET/NO FOREIGN DISSEMINATION TABLE OF CONTENTS References …………………….. 3 Background ……………………. 6 Assessment of DoD Counter-Terrorism Interrogation and Detention Operations In Iraq (MG Miller’s Assessment)……………… 8 IO Comments on MG Miller’s Assessment………….. 8 Report on Detention and Corrections In Iraq (MG Ryder’s Report)……………… 9 IO … Continue reading “US Army Report on Iraqi Prisoner Abuse”

Further embarrassment regarding torture at the US military prison at Abu Ghraib, Iraq emerged today, as high-level US civilian officials denied knowledge of torture in Iraq. US officials have stuck to the story that they had no prior knowledge of the torture going on at Abu Ghraib but that tale is starting to unravel, as … Continue reading “Rumsfeld ‘Unsure’ of Torture In Iraq”

George W. Bush and his media minions told us that we must battle “the terrorists” in Baghdad and Najaf so we won’t have to fight them in New York and Baltimore. But should the news that the Iraq war has been transformed into something resembling a gay S&M movie make us feel any safer? The … Continue reading “The Mystery of Abu Ghraib”