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So Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the man, is dead. Maybe now we can finally kill off the myth too. The myth is that Zarqawi, a Jordanian jihadist who had moved his operations to Iraq in recent years, was one of the greatest threats to Western civilization, who had single-handedly been hampering progress in Iraq and spreading … Continue reading “Zarqawi: A Bogeyman Made by the US”

with Jeff Pflueger In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies. – Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister during World War II Propaganda is when the Western corporate media tries to influence public opinion in favor of the Iraq War by consistently tampering with truth and distorting … Continue reading “Propaganda and Haditha”

It was announced last week that Wen Ho Lee will receive $895,000 from the government for his legal fees in return for dropping a suit in which he accused unnamed officials in the Department of Energy and Department of Justice of violating his privacy rights back in 1999 by leaking certain information to the Associated … Continue reading “Protecting Leakers”

U.S. military might in South Korea is being called into question this week as villagers launched a hunger strike to protest a U.S. military base expansion that would force them from their lands. Korean authorities have arrested the head of a small village for protesting against the government’s plan to expand a giant U.S. military … Continue reading “Korean Farmers Protest U.S. Base Expansion”

An incredible quantity of ink and electronic data points have been lavished on the killing of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, supposedly the head of Al-Qaeda in Iraq – though that was almost certainly an alliance of convenience rather than a close working relationship. While his death will undoubtedly have some tactical implications for whatever is left … Continue reading “Another Dubious Turning Point”

With Alaa Hassan BAGHDAD – Iraqis seem divided over the killing of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the Jordanian-born leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq. U.S. and Iraqi officials said he was killed along with seven allies in an air raid overnight in Baquba, 50km northeast of Baghdad. The United States had put a $25 million bounty on … Continue reading “Iraqis: Zarqawi Killing Won’t End Violence”

When the mobs start gathering in the streets of a major city in some distant nation, U.S. officials usually start jabbering. When fighting erupts and local politicians begin wringing their hands, U.S. Marines usually start reporting. Yet another grand nation-building exercise is about to begin. Years later, when cold hatred has replaced bloody combat, American … Continue reading “For America, a Nation-Building Disaster Avoided”

Faced with mounting civilian carnage, both from war crimes committed by demoralized and broken U.S. troops and from the raging civil war unleashed by Bush’s ill-fated, illegal invasion of Iraq, the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee has decided to waste another $50 billion to continue the lost war for five more months. Our elected "representatives" are … Continue reading “War Criminal Nation”

In life, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi cast a giant shadow not only over Iraq, but across the entire Middle East – thanks, in large part, to the U.S. government’s propaganda apparatus, which kept up a constant barrage dedicated to identifying the Iraqi insurgency with the leader of the “Monotheism and Holy War” grouplet, often referred to … Continue reading “Zarqawi: The Man and the Myth”

In the span of less than a week the first group of U.S. National Guardsmen were dispatched to help patrol the Mexican border, and Canadian authorities arrested 17 Muslim men accused of plotting bombings in major Canadian cities and training militants. Both are reminders that a high priority for U.S. homeland security must be to … Continue reading “On the Border”