After the mid-March pogrom against Serbs in Kosovo, which clearly aimed at their physical destruction, Empire's propaganda machine went into full spin trying to cover up the extent of the occupiers' failure to prevent such aggression. Albanian partisans in the West...
A Call for an Exit Door from Iraq
I have watched with heavy heart and mounting dread as the ever-precarious battle to bring security to post-war Iraq has taken a desperate turn for the worse in recent days and hours. Along with so many Americans, I have been shaken by the hellish carnage in Fallujah...
Neocons Seek Islamic ‘Reformation’
One thing that can be said about U.S. neo-conservatives is they do not lack for ambition. "We need an Islamic reformation," Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz confided on the eve of the US invasion of Iraq last year, "and I think there is real hope for one."...
Fallujah Revenge and the War Disease
The recent bombing of a mosque in Fallujah meant fiery deaths for about forty Iraqis, but if the hawks get their way, it will be only the beginning of the deadly reprisals waged by the U.S. against that town in retaliation for the massacre of Americans there last...
Presstitutes' Darling Nebojsa Malic brought up an excellent point with regard to conflict of interest. The board of ICG is made up of George Soros who is trying to destroy regimes in eastern Europe so that he can economically exploit and loot them. Doesn't he have a...
Collateral Damage in Bush’s Wars
An interview conducted by "Philip Dru." Check out his other interviews with prominent libertarians and antiwar personalities. Recorded April 3rd, 2004 WMV format (requires Windows Media Player) MP3 format (download requires any MP3 player)Matthew Barganier writes the...
Collateral Damage in Bush’s Wars
An interview conducted by "Philip Dru." Check out his other interviews with prominent libertarians and antiwar personalities. Recorded April 3rd, 2004 WMV format (requires Windows Media Player) MP3 format (download requires any MP3 player)Matthew Barganier writes the...
Is Failure Now an Option?
"No one knows how America's occupation of Iraq will play out. Optimists say this will be like Germany and Japan after World War II. ... Pessimists point to Lebanon and Israel's invasion of 1982. "Put me down among the pessimists. I think Brer Rabbit just hit the tar...
US Ties Bolster Kazakhstan’s Soviet-Style Leader
Six months before scheduled parliamentary elections, the U.S.-backed government in Kazakhstan is harassing the political opposition, and undermining prospects for a free and fair choice, according to a new report released Tuesday by Human Rights Watch (HRW). The...
Pacification: Worth the Price?
Six years ago, in February 1998, I traveled to Iraq with a British Voices in the Wilderness team. The US was threatening another massive bombardment. We decided to go to Fallujah in hopes of better understanding the perspective of people whose marketplace had been...


