Updated at 2:10 a.m. EDT, Apr. 3, 2007At least 84 Iraqis were killed or found dead today and another 280 Iraqis were wounded in violent attacks. Also, 10 people were abducted at a fake checkpoint. In the largest incident, about 200 were wounded and 13 killed,...
Updated at 1:50 a.m. EST, Apr. 2, 2007One British and seven American servicemembers were killed in three separate events today and yesterday, reported the U.S. military. On the other hand, civilian violence tapered off significantly over the weekend. Only 71 Iraqis...
MEMORANDUM FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) SUBJECT: Brinkmanship Unwise in Uncharted Waters The frenzy in America's corporate media over Iran's detainment of 15 British marines who may, or may not, have violated Iranian-claimed territorial...
According to Russian intelligence, U.S.-allied armed forces in and around the Persian Gulf are being readied for an attack on Iran in the very near future. However, the pretext for the attack may not be related to the increasingly frantic, but totally unsubstantiated,...
Far be it from me to defend elected Democrats in most circumstances. However, a certain amount of criticism of Democrats in Congress for not acting strongly enough to end President Bush’s misbegotten war in Iraq suggests an inordinate impatience that reflects a...
P> Updated at 12:48 a.m. EST, Apr. 1, 2007After several days of increased violence, the attacks have tapered off somewhat. However, 67 Iraqis were killed or found dead today and another 96 were injured. The Iraqi government release new figures on Tuesday’s Tal...
Updated at 12:45 a.m. EST, Mar. 31, 2008At least 78 Iraqis were reported killed or found dead today and another 58 Iraqis were injured. The numbers include updates of yesterday’s casualty tally from a Baghdad marketplace bombing and a large number of dumped...
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) may be committed to war – in Iraq, against North Korea, and most everywhere else. But he occasionally speaks the truth, if only inadvertently. Like when he announced his presidential candidacy on the David Letterman show, observing that...
"I joined the Army to go to war, and now I'm fighting to get out," says Pfc. Ryan Follan, laughing nervously. He quickly becomes serious. "Some of the causes are good, but I don't think the war is for the right reasons." Follan laughs again, and...
Americans opposed to war are a distinct minority. If the Iraq War were going well, most Americans would support it. Yet the Iraq venture has been such a disaster for America that peace groups have a chance to expose the pro-war interests in the nation and advance an...
