Adapted, with apologies to Alfred Lord Tennyson Half a mile, half a mile, Half a mile onward, All in the desert of Death Rode the 200 thousand. 'Forward, the Coalition Forces! Charge for the guns!' he said: Into the desert of Death Rode the 200 thousand. 'Forward, the...
In a rebuke to the U.S. Justice Department, a federal judge in Miami has thrown out a criminal case against environmental group Greenpeace, a prosecution that was watched closely by other progressive organizations that say they are under threat from the Bush...
Pentagon officials apparently lied to reporters last Friday when they said that the top US general in Iraq had not permitted the use of banned interrogation techniques such as stripping prisoners, sleep deprivation, un-muzzled military dogs, and "environmental...
Pictures of a dead Iraqi prisoner from Abu Ghraib, packed in ice and bound with duct tape have become infamous. Today, other photos came to light showing an additional victim of US Army interrogations at Abu Ghraib. The dead man has been tentatively identified. His...
Although it will take weeks, if not months, to sort out precisely who was responsible for what increasingly appears to have been the systemic abuse by U.S. soldiers of Iraqi detainees, it should be no surprise if Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Douglas Feith is...
As the Iraqi occupation continues, with a heavy toll in lives and sanity, so does the desperate search for a solution. One was offered Tuesday by Ivan Eland: "…what can the United States do to dampen the insurgency and avoid a potential civil war? Something that...
Rick Perlstein of the Village Voice acquired a damning memo ("you're not supposed to have that") demonstrating the hold the loony Christian far Right has on Bush Middle East policy. The gem in the article is the account of how Iran-Contra criminal mastermind and...
Over two years after being freed from torture in a prison in Laos, Kay Danes is still haunted by the physical and psychological pain she endured for 10 months. While this Australian mother of two recalls being regularly pistol whipped, threatened with death, mocked...
The Tel al-Sultan neighborhood of Rafah bore the brunt of the large-scale operation the Israeli army launched Tuesday after suffering severe losses last week. Streets leading into the neighborhood were blocked by tanks and sand hills, local residents said. The...
Casualties in Iraq I discovered your site through MichaelMoore.com. I must say that I am impressed. I was looking for more facts and figures on the "true cost" of this war and was even about to suggest to MoveOn.org to post the numbers on their home page. I feel it...
