Iraq
US carries out massive bombing on outskirts of Baghdad
By James Cogan, January 12, 2008
The US military unleashed a huge bombardment on the Arab Jubour district just 15 kilometres south-east of Baghdad on Thursday. In the space of 10 minutes, B-1 bombers and F-16 fighters pounded 47 targ...
Shiite powersharing deal exacerbates sectarian divisions in Iraq
By James Cogan, January 11, 2008
Under pressure from the US embassy and the military, Iraq’s two most powerful Shiite parties are seeking to reach a power-sharing arrangement to end, at least temporarily, the often bloody confl...
Death toll continues to rise as US military launches new offensive in Iraq
By James Cogan, January 10, 2008
Six American soldiers were killed in Iraq on Wednesday during the US military’s New Year offensive against anti-occupation insurgents in the province of Diyala, north of Baghdad. The operation, ...
Cutbacks to Iraqi food rations threaten malnutrition and starvation
By James Cogan, January 5, 2008
Under conditions of widespread malnutrition, run-away inflation and mass unemployment, the Iraqi Trade Ministry is preparing to slash the provision of subsidised food and basic hygiene necessities und...
The state of Iraq as it enters 2008
By James Cogan, January 2, 2008
Media reports about New Year parties in parts of Baghdad cannot disguise the fact that Iraqis have little to look forward to in 2008, and even less to celebrate about 2007. Last year was yet another o...
Turkey continues its incursions into northern Iraq
By Justus Leicht, December 29, 2007
Over the weekend and again on Tuesday and Wednesday, Turkey carried out new air raids against Kurdish areas in northern Iraq. According to a representative of the Kurdish Peschmerga, villages in the p...
US occupation prepares Basra operation following British withdrawal
By James Cogan, December 29, 2007
In the wake of the formal conclusion on December 17 of day-to-day policing by British troops in the Iraqi city of Basra, there are signs that the US military and the Iraqi government are preparing a n...
What has the US “surge” in Iraq accomplished?
By James Cogan, December 24, 2007
The fall in US military and civilian casualties over the past several months has seen supporters of the Iraq occupation claim that the Bush administration’s boost of troop numbers to over 160,00...
Corporate oil giants scramble to plunder Iraq’s energy reserves
By James Cogan, December 18, 2007
When Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki finally sent the so-called “oil law” to be passed by the parliament in July, George Bush phoned to congratulate him personally. Maliki’s fai...
Bush pressures Congressional Democrats on war funding
By Bill Van Auken, December 1, 2007
In a sharp escalation of the political rhetoric surrounding the dispute between the White House and the Democratic-led Congress over money for the Iraq war, President Bush delivered a speech at the Pe...
US signs deal for long-term occupation of Iraq
By Jerry White, November 28, 2007
President Bush and the Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki signed an agreement Monday paving the way for the long-term occupation of the Middle Eastern country and its transformation into a semi-colo...
Iraqi archivist demands US return seized documents
By Sandy English, November 17, 2007
Millions of historical documents seized by US occupation forces from Iraqi archives remain held in the United States by the CIA and the Pentagon and must, under international law, be returned to Iraq,...
