The narrative of the American Right about Iraq is that Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is finally in control, that the Iraqi armed forces are performing well, and that in short things are now going swimmingly. This narrative is a variation on the “Good News” story that the Bush administration has used all along to propagandize […]
BBC: $24 Bn Lost to War Profiteering; Security Agreement Faltering
A BBC investigation concludes that as much as $24 billion has gone missing in Iraq, and much of it may have been embezzled by private companies and corporations brought there by Bush: ‘ For the first time, the extent to which some private contractors have profited from the conflict and rebuilding has been researched by […]
Kucinich: Impeaching Bush
Kucinich on articles of impeachment of Bush:
Engelhardt: The World According to Tomdispatch
The following excerpt is mirrored from Tomdispatch.com in celebration of the publication of Engelhardt’s latest edited book, The World According to TomDispatch: America in the New Age of Empire. The book contains my essay, “Bush’s Napoleonic Folly,” which compares Bush in Iraq to Bonaparte in Egypt, based on my book on that subject. Engelhardt notes: […]
US Seeking 58 Bases; Khamenei Tells al-Maliki not to sign Security Pact
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki met Monday with Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. According to Farsnews writing in Persian, Khamenei told al-Maliki that the most important and fundamental problem for Iraq at present is the presence of Occupation forces. He affirmed, “We are certain that the people of Iraq, through their intrinsic unity and […]
Moyers, O’Reilly and Fox Gotcha "Journalism"
Fox Producer Porter Barry ambushes Bill Moyers at National Conference for Media Reform 2008, insisting that the NCMR is a partisan organization (it is not) and harassing him with silly questions about coming on Bill O’Reilly’s television show. Afterward, reporters at NCMR do to Barry Porter as he had done to Moyers. Moyers said he […]
Napoleon’s Egypt in Paperback
Some readers asked me to let them know when my recent book, Napoleon’s Egypt, was out in paperback. Well it is out and can be ordered at Amazon.com as well as being in fine bookstores everywhere. Of course, the hardback is still available and makes a more respectable Father’s Day gift. 🙂 A nice gallery […]
Moyers on the Crisis of US Media
Bill Moyers addresses the National Conference for Media Reform in Minneapolis, June 7, 2008: via Freepress.net See also 2012: the End of the Internet:
2 GIs Killed, 18 Wounded; Al-Maliki Tries to Reassure Tehran; Mudarrisi Denounces Security Accord
The guerrilla movement in Iraq struck with three strategic attacks and several lesser ones on Sunday. A suicide bomber targeted US troops at a patrol base in Rashad near the oil city of Kirkuk on Sunday, killing one US soldier and wounding 19 others. Two Iraqis were also wounded in the blast. On Saturday, guerrillas […]
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