The current Israeli campaign in Rafah, which has already killed at least 40 people, and which the U.N. Security Council has condemned in a 14-0 vote (with the United States abstaining), is merely the continuation of a decades-long program of ethnic cleansing that...
Outside the Gates of Abu Ghraib
With the recent court-martial trial of one of the soldiers complicit in the widespread torturing of Iraqis in Abu Ghraib prison having come and gone, Iraqis see the newest promise made by the U.S. to clean up their act regarding the treatment of detained Iraqis...
The Chalabi Follies
Ahmed Chalabi wrote his doctoral dissertation on the intricacies of Knot Theory and surely he has tied his neoconservative patrons in a knot of Gordian proportions as they take up the cudgels in his defense. "You can piss on Chalabi," said George W. Bush to...
Iraqi ‘Sovereignty’: Don’t Get Your Hopes Up
Amid more bad news from Iraq and increasing dissatisfaction among voters, President Bush will give the first of a series of six speeches today detailing his plans for the June 30 "transfer of power" in Iraq. The speeches are meant to acquaint the public with a joint...
Comment from Germany Thank you for this website. The current Bush administration is not only responsible for torturing and massacring thousands of innocent people, but also for destroying the reputation of the USA in the world. People here in Europe are beginning to...
Paul Craig Roberts Responds to Article Calling Him Pro-War
I was alerted by Antiwar.com on Sunday morning May 23 that I was seriously misquoted in an article in the Alameda Times-Star by Byron Williams, described as "an Oakland pastor and syndicated columnist." Mr. Williams attributed the following neo-Jacobin quote to me:...
The Picture Gets Worse
Two pictures put up in an internet café in Baghdad make for a vivid statement of how Iraqis have come to see U.S. occupiers. One shows a woman in the United States hugging her dog. A second shows a hooded Iraqi prisoner sitting on the ground, hands tied behind his...
Sworn Statements by Abu Ghraib Detainees
These documents, obtained by The Washington Post, are the offical English translations of previously secret sworn statements by detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. Some of the names have been withheld from these statements because they are alleged victims of...
Memos to White House on Geneva Convention by Yoo/Delahunty/Philbin
Memos from John Yoo (Deputy Assistant Attorney General), Robert J. Delahunty (Special Counsel), and Patrick F. Philbin (Deputy Assistant Attorney General) Here are the key memos written by Justice Department officials to President Bush and the US military did not have...


