Updated at 7:34 p.m. EST, Feb. 21, 2010
At least 10 Iraqis were killed and 20 more were wounded in various attacks across Iraq. Two U.S. helicopter pilots were killed during a hard landing at a base in northern Iraq. Meanwhile, analysts wonder what the withdrawal of a key Sunni group from March elections will mean for Iraq, and whether it will re-ignite the sectarian bloodshed..
read moreSaturday: 6 Iraqis Killed, 2 Wounded
Only three Iraqis were reported killed on a very quiet day. Iraqis are still concerned over the fallout of a candidate blacklist that could nullify the legitimacy of the elections. Some Iraqis face a long jail term if they choose to criticize the elections through vandalism.
read moreThe State That’s Still A Lie
High Court to Revisit Terrorism Support Law
Next week, the U.S. Supreme Court will consider one of the most consequential cases to arise from the "global war on terror." The nine justices will hear lawyers' arguments in a case known as Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project, which challenges a portion of...
‘Disgraced Soldier’ Fights Trauma With Documentary
LONDON - A new documentary, Diary of a Disgraced Soldier, follows the dismissal from the British army of an Iraq war veteran and his battle with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) linked to his videographing the brutalizing of Iraqi youth by fellow servicemen. For...
Friday: 2 Iraqis Killed, 1 Wounded
The first official boycott of March 7 elections was called when MP Mutlaq took himself and his party out of the running. The prayer day was otherwise fairly quiet with only two Iraqis having been reported killed while a third Iraqi was wounded. Also, Iraq has rejected international calls to end its death penalty.
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Confused about Tribunals? Ask a Military Lawyer
Jailed Taliban Leader Still a Pakistani Asset
Contrary to initial U.S. suggestions that it signals reduced Pakistani support for the Taliban, the detention of Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the operational leader of the Afghan Taliban, represents a shift by Pakistan to more open support for the Taliban in...
American Blitzkrieg: Loving the German War Machine to Death
Remember the 100 hours of combat that made up the first Gulf War, the mere weeks it took for Kabul to fall in the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan, or the "shock and awe" wave of air attacks that led off the 2003 invasion of Iraq, followed by the 20-day...
