Iraq, 15 years on: A toxic US legacy
March 22, 2018
Fifteen years ago this month, the United States spearheaded a fantastically bloody war on Iraq as part of its ongoing effort to ensure the Iraqi
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Yes, It Was Blood for Oil : CODEPINK Nails the Truth About George Bush’s Wars (Part: 2)
January 17, 2018
Early in December of 2016 CODEPINK conducted “The People’s Tribunal on the Iraq War.” Two days of testimony and documentation disclosed the indisputable truth: Afghanistan
Yes, It Was Blood for Oil: CODEPINK Nails the Truth About George Bush’s Wars (Part 1)
January 17, 2018
Events Defining the Nature of the Wars The following actions are fully documented in the narrative to follow: 1. The Bush Administration declared its formal
Moqtada al-Sadr urges Assad to quit
May 14, 2017
Shia Iraqi cleric condemns killing of 87 people in the suspected chemical attack in a rebel-held Syrian town Sadr meeting with advisers in Baghdad’s green
The ex-CIA agent who interrogated Saddam Hussein
January 5, 2017
By Adam Eley and Katie Alston When former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was captured in December 2003, the CIA required a specialist who could
Unleashing the untameable monster: Iraqi bill will only inflame sectarianism
December 8, 2016
By Sharif Nashashibi The bill, effectively creating a parallel army among Shia militias accused of abuses and already resistant to authority, risks turning Iraq into
Controversial Iraqi militias now part of army after parliament vote
November 28, 2016
By Alex MacDonald Sunni politicians have warned that the move could lead to the creation of a parallel security force for the prime minister
Why Shiites are divided over Iranian role in Iraq
May 13, 2016
Followers of Iraq’s Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr shout slogans at Grand Festivities Square within the Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq, May 1, 2016.
Has the US found a new friend in Iraq’s Shiite militias?
April 12, 2016
Iraqi Sunni Muslim fighters from the Popular Mobilization Units take part in a ceremony marking the Iraqi Police Day at Amiriyat al-Fallujah in
The countries where a majority of Muslims want to live under sharia law
December 17, 2015
Countries where Islam is already favoured in law, like Afghanistan and Iraq, show the strongest backing for having Sharia as the official law of the