By Umar A Farooq and Azad Essa From Middle East Eye | Original Article A Chinese-brokered landmark diplomatic deal between Saudi Arabia and Iran may have enhanced the prospect for an end…
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3/24/23 Reflections on the Climate and Biodiversity Crisis and the IPCC’s 6th Assessment Report
By Curtis Johnson From For the Planet and Humanity | Original Article I haven’t written in a while. Wondering frankly, what good will any of it do? I’ve been focused on restoration…
3/23/23 From Iraq into the Abyss?
By Dennis Kucinich From The Dennis Kucinich Report | Original Article Iraq Plus 20 Part II When the hijacked planes hit the twin towers of the World Trade Center, pierced the Pentagon…
3/23/23 Protesting Blinken at DC hearing
From Code Pink A few days after we marched with thousands of anti-war activists calling for diplomacy in Ukraine, we were arrested by Capitol police for telling Secretary of State Antony Blinken…
3/22/23 Iraq war: I was tortured at Abu Ghraib. After 20 years, I’m still seeking justice
By Salah Al-Ejaili From Middle East Eye | Original Article An Iraqi journalist who was detained by US forces in 2003 without ever being charged reflects on his experience at the notorious…
3/20/23 “Catastrophic”: Iraqi Writers Sinan Antoon & Feurat Alani Reflect on U.S. Invasion 20 Years Later
From Democracy Now | Original Article At around 5:30 a.m. local time in Baghdad on March 20, 2003, air raid sirens were heard in Baghdad as the U.S. invasion began. Within the…
3/20/23 For 20 Years, Team Bush Has Escaped Prosecution for Their War Crimes in Iraq
By Marjorie Cohn From Truthout | Original Article One year after Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, the International Criminal Court charged him with war crimes. President George W. Bush addresses military personnel…
3/19/23 Iraq 20 Years: The Uses and Abuses of National Intelligence Estimates
By Ray McGovern From ConsortiumNews |Original Article The case to invade Iraq on March 19, 2003 was based on an NIE that was prepared not to determine the truth, but rather to…
3/19/23 20 Years After Illegal US Invasion of Iraq, Its Architects Are Still Cashing In
By Derek Seidman From Truthout | Original Article Corporations and universities helped launder the reputation of war criminals who are still profiting from the invasion. U.S. soldiers from the Army’s 82nd Airborne…
3/17/23 Julian Assange’s Father & Brother Speak Out on His Jailing, Press Freedom & New Documentary “Ithaka”
From Democracy Now | Original Article We continue our coverage of the 20th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq by looking at the imprisonment of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has…
3/17/23 Blood and Treasure: Documenting the Costs of Iraq War from Civilian Casualties to Trillions Spent
From Democracy Now | Original Article With the 20th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq on March 20, we speak with Oxford University international relations professor Neta Crawford, who says the…
3/17/23 The Unlearned Lessons From the War in Iraq
By Spencer Ackerman From The Nation | Original Article Leave it to George W. Bush to misspeak his way to the truth about the Iraq War that he launched 20 years ago….
3/16/23 Death, Destruction & Resilience: Nadje Al-Ali on the 20th Anniversary of U.S. Invasion of Iraq
From Democracy Now | Original Article As the 20th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq approaches next week, Democracy Now! begins our look at the Iraq War’s lasting after-effects on Iraqi…
3/15/23 The Not-So-Winding Road from Iraq to Ukraine
By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas Davies From LA Progressive | Original Article The U.S. record easily matches, or arguably far outstrips, the illegality and brutality of Russia’s crimes in Ukraine. March 19th…