Category Archives: Iraq

Boston, Baghdad & Birmingham

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Shakeel Syed

Instead of feasting their feat, innocent men and women of all ages were limping and crying. In a matter of seconds, Boston became Baghdad on the tax day. Bodies, blood and broken limbs were on the streets of Boston and … Continue reading →

Posted in Iraq, US Politics | 10 Comments

Reflecting on bombings in Boston and Iraq

Posted on April 16, 2013 by @WomanUnveiled

The takeaway: We see and hear of victims of terrorism in Syria, Libya, Iraq, Palestine, Pakistan, and Afghanistan every day. The death of an innocent, no matter where, is nothing short of horrifying.

Posted in Iraq, Middle East, syria, US Politics | 58 Comments

Returning to Iraq after war and exile

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Banen Al-Sheemary

Ten years ago today, Banen Al-Sheemary remembers sitting in front of the television watching the sky turn bright yellow from the massive blasts as the US invaded Iraq. She had left the country with her family during the 1991 U.S. invasion. She returned to Iraq in 2012.

Posted in Iraq, Media, Middle East, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics, War on Terror | 36 Comments

‘NPR’ airs Ken Pollack’s Iran war games and leaves out his last war

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Philip Weiss

You can’t be taken seriously in Washington unless you supported the Iraq disaster. The rule still holds: NPR lauds Ken Pollack

Posted in Iran, Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Middle East | 23 Comments

Iraq/Iran is ‘feverishly working to develop atomic weapons’ — Netanyahu 2012 echoes Netanyahu 2002

Posted on September 23, 2012 by Nima Shirazi

That was then, this is now, the Netanyahu edition: When it comes to trying to bully the United States into setting “red lines” or even perhaps initiating a war of aggression, Benjamin Netanyahu has stuck to the same script for a decade now.

Posted in Iran, Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Media, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | Tagged | 21 Comments

Netanyahu seeks war with Iran so he can ethnically cleanse the West Bank — Machover

Posted on July 23, 2012 by Philip Weiss
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Our fundraiser just ended (thank you!), but you can still get a copy of Moshe Machover’s exciting and challenging new book, “Israelis and Palestinians: Conflict and Resolution”, by donating $60 by the end of July. Phil interviews Machover on the book, reflections on his 40 years as a socialist intellectual and activist, and what he sees for the future of the Middle East.

Posted in Arab Spring, Iran, Iraq, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Middle East, Occupation, One state/Two states, Settlers/Colonists, US Politics | 104 Comments

The crisis of Jewish identity

Posted on July 17, 2012 by Philip Weiss

What will Jewish mean if there is no Jewish state?

Posted in American Jewish Community, Iran, Iraq, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, US Politics | 1,210 Comments

Not on the front page: NYT’s David Sanger ‘presumes’ we’re conducting covert hostilities against North Korea

Posted on June 26, 2012 by Philip Weiss

David Sanger’s vaguenesses. He says Stuxnet wiped out centrifuges, then admits we have no idea what damage it caused. Oh and we’re having a covert war with North Korea

Posted in Iran, Iraq, Israel Lobby, Media, Neocons, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | 5 Comments

C-SPAN is ravished by neocons

Posted on June 18, 2012 by Philip Weiss

To have a foreign-policy career in D.C., you have to be pro-war

Posted in Iraq, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Media, Neocons, US Politics | 17 Comments

Goldberg’s back pages: abusive statements about Palestinians, Saddam link to Al Qaeda, and Iraq war is ‘act of profound morality’

Posted on June 16, 2012 by Philip Weiss

Jeffrey Goldberg covered up for a prison beating when he was an Israeli prison guard and spoke of himself as an Israeli in subsequent writings

Posted in American Jewish Community, Iran, Iraq, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, US Politics | 11 Comments

38 and counting: Al Araqib asks Guinness for record of most demolitions carried out by Israel

Posted on June 14, 2012 by Today in Palestine

Palestinian villagers demand Guinness entry for demolition record  Residents of an Arab village in Israel demanded entry into Guinness World Records for breaking a record in the number of demolitions carried out by Israeli authorities.  The Bedouin village of al-Araqeeb, … Continue reading →

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Between 1967 and 1994, Israel revoked the residency rights of 250,000 Palestinians

Posted on June 13, 2012 by Today in Palestine

Ethnic Cleansing / Land and Resource Theft & Destruction / Refugees & Occupation Israel admits it revoked residency rights of quarter million Palestinians since 1967 Many of those prevented from returning were students or young professionals, working aboard to support … Continue reading →

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MSNBC squelched Donahue, Press and Buchanan to make way for Iraq war cheerleaders

Posted on June 12, 2012 by Philip Weiss

Cable networks were afraid that critics of the Iraq war would be “un-American,” so they fostered the interventionist mood

Posted in Iraq, Media, Neocons, US Politics | 50 Comments

11-year-old seized from playground by undercover officers is now ‘under investigation’

Posted on June 10, 2012 by Today in Palestine

What more do you need to understand about the situation in Palestine?

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Palestinian families forced to demolish their own homes

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Today in Palestine

WAFA: The Israeli authorities Tuesday forced four Palestinian families to demolish with their own hands their homes in Wadi al-Maleh area in the northern part of the occupied Jordan Valley as a prelude to evacuate the area from its Palestinian residents, according to a local activist.

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Weekend in Palestine: Gaza airstrikes and attacks on peaceful protesters in the West Bank

Posted on June 3, 2012 by Today in Palestine

Land Theft & Destruction / Restriction of Movement / Refugees Settlers burn down ancient tree in Hebron HEBRON (Ma’an) — Israeli settlers set fire to a 1,000-year-old olive tree in central Hebron overnight Friday, witnesses said. Local activist Issa Amro said … Continue reading →

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‘War should be the last resort’ –Donald Rumsfeld

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Philip Weiss

Wisecracking Rumsfeld tries to sound like a man of peace on Charlie Rose

Posted in Iraq, War on Terror | 13 Comments

9th grade Palestinian boy arrested at 3:45 am, soldier leans close and whispers ‘F*ck your mother’ as they haul him off

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Today in Palestine

A Silwan Story: Palestinian Child Arrested, Abused by Israeli Authorities and Barred From Finishing 9th Grade

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A flurry of attacks against Palestinian women, students and children

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Today in Palestine

Land / Property and Resource Theft / Ethnic Cleansing / Restriction of Movement Israeli gov’t funds new settlement project  Ramallah, May 29 (Petra) — Israel’s municipality of Jerusalem and the Ministry of Tourism will jointly earmark more than $4 million … Continue reading →

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The antiwar thinktank: West Point

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Philip Weiss

Why are no establishment liberal institutions taking strong antiwar positions, as they did during the Vietnam era?

Posted in Iran, Iraq, Israel Lobby, Media, Middle East, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | 54 Comments

UN Committee: Israeli system ‘tantamount to apartheid’

Posted on May 27, 2012 by Today in Palestine

Ethnic Cleansing / Land Theft & Destruction / Occupation & Apartheid / Exile & Restriction of Movement / Refugees Report: Israel issued 13,000 demolition orders against Palestinian real estate Haaretz newspaper said the Israeli civil administration issued 13,000 demolition warnings … Continue reading →

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Senate fight today over the number of Palestinian refugees

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Today in Palestine

Senate fight today over Palestinian ‘refugees’ Thirty U.S. senators will vote today over whether there really are 5 million Palestinian “refugees” or just around 30,000 — a hot-button issue that has already become the subject of a vigorous international debate involving … Continue reading →

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Passive-aggressive George Bush namechecks neocons for getting us into that mess

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Philip Weiss

George Bush brings up neocons in his memoir only to show how they gave bad advice on Iraq war

Posted in Iraq, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Neocons, US Politics | 83 Comments

Palestinian Authority and Israel on an arresting spree, children and activists detained

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Today in Palestine

Detainees and Other Prisoner News Palestinians arrest 10 Islamic Jihad members Palestinian security forces arrested 10 members of the Islamic Jihad in the Jenin refugee camp on Monday, a local leader of the radical movement said. link to news.yahoo.com Islamic … Continue reading →

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Bill Kristol celebrates Republican Party purge of ‘oldfashioned Arabists’ Scowcroft, Baker and Bush I

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Philip Weiss

Republican Party boss Bill Kristol is treated like royalty on the Upper West Side in a “communal” Jewish conversation

Posted in American Jewish Community, Gaza, Iran, Iraq, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Media, Neocons, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | 85 Comments