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Category Archives: Iraq
Boston, Baghdad & Birmingham
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
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Reflecting on bombings in Boston and Iraq
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
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Returning to Iraq after war and exile
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
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‘NPR’ airs Ken Pollack’s Iran war games and leaves out his last war
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
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Iraq/Iran is ‘feverishly working to develop atomic weapons’ — Netanyahu 2012 echoes Netanyahu 2002
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
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Netanyahu seeks war with Iran so he can ethnically cleanse the West Bank — Machover

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.
The crisis of Jewish identity
What will Jewish mean if there is no Jewish state?
Not on the front page: NYT’s David Sanger ‘presumes’ we’re conducting covert hostilities against North Korea
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
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C-SPAN is ravished by neocons
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
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Goldberg’s back pages: abusive statements about Palestinians, Saddam link to Al Qaeda, and Iraq war is ‘act of profound morality’
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
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38 and counting: Al Araqib asks Guinness for record of most demolitions carried out by Israel
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
Posted in Activism, American Jewish Community, Arab Spring, BDS, Egypt, Flotilla, Gaza, Iran, Iraq, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Media, Middle East, Neocons, Occupation, On the ground reports, One state/Two states, Settlers/Colonists, Today in Palestine, Turkey, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics
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Between 1967 and 1994, Israel revoked the residency rights of 250,000 Palestinians
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
Posted in Activism, American Jewish Community, Arab Spring, BDS, Egypt, Flotilla, Gaza, Iran, Iraq, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Media, Middle East, Neocons, Occupation, On the ground reports, One state/Two states, Settlers/Colonists, Today in Palestine, Turkey, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics
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MSNBC squelched Donahue, Press and Buchanan to make way for Iraq war cheerleaders
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
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11-year-old seized from playground by undercover officers is now ‘under investigation’
What more do you need to understand about the situation in Palestine?
Posted in Activism, American Jewish Community, Arab Spring, BDS, Egypt, Gaza, Iran, Iraq, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Media, Middle East, Neocons, Occupation, On the ground reports, One state/Two states, Settlers/Colonists, Today in Palestine, Turkey, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics
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Palestinian families forced to demolish their own homes
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.
Posted in Activism, Arab Spring, BDS, Egypt, Gaza, Iran, Iraq, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Media, Nakba, Neocons, Occupation, On the ground reports, One state/Two states, Settlers/Colonists, The Palestine Cables, Today in Palestine, Turkey, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics
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Weekend in Palestine: Gaza airstrikes and attacks on peaceful protesters in the West Bank
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
Posted in Activism, American Jewish Community, Arab Spring, BDS, Egypt, Flotilla, Gaza, Iran, Iraq, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Media, Middle East, Neocons, Occupation, On the ground reports, One state/Two states, Settlers/Colonists, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics
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‘War should be the last resort’ –Donald Rumsfeld
Wisecracking Rumsfeld tries to sound like a man of peace on Charlie Rose
Posted in Iraq, War on Terror
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9th grade Palestinian boy arrested at 3:45 am, soldier leans close and whispers ‘F*ck your mother’ as they haul him off
A Silwan Story: Palestinian Child Arrested, Abused by Israeli Authorities and Barred From Finishing 9th Grade
Posted in Activism, American Jewish Community, Arab Spring, BDS, Egypt, Flotilla, Gaza, Iran, Iraq, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Middle East, Neocons, Occupation, On the ground reports, One state/Two states, Settlers/Colonists, Today in Palestine, Turkey, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics
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A flurry of attacks against Palestinian women, students and children
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
Posted in Activism, American Jewish Community, Arab Spring, BDS, Egypt, Flotilla, Gaza, Iran, Iraq, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Middle East, Neocons, Occupation, On the ground reports, One state/Two states, Settlers/Colonists, Today in Palestine, Turkey, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics
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The antiwar thinktank: West Point
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’
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
Posted in Activism, American Jewish Community, Arab Spring, BDS, Egypt, Gaza, Iran, Iraq, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Middle East, Nakba, Neocons, Occupation, On the ground reports, One state/Two states, Settlers/Colonists, Today in Palestine, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics, War on Terror
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Senate fight today over the number of Palestinian refugees
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
Posted in Activism, American Jewish Community, Arab Spring, BDS, Egypt, Gaza, Iran, Iraq, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Media, Middle East, Nakba, Occupation, On the ground reports, Settlers/Colonists, Today in Palestine, Turkey, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics
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Passive-aggressive George Bush namechecks neocons for getting us into that mess
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
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Palestinian Authority and Israel on an arresting spree, children and activists detained
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
Posted in Activism, American Jewish Community, Arab Spring, BDS, Egypt, Gaza, Iran, Iraq, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Media, Nakba, Occupation, On the ground reports, One state/Two states, Settlers/Colonists, Today in Palestine, Turkey, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics
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Bill Kristol celebrates Republican Party purge of ‘oldfashioned Arabists’ Scowcroft, Baker and Bush I
Republican Party boss Bill Kristol is treated like royalty on the Upper West Side in a “communal” Jewish conversation

