Iraq
Obama in Iraq underscores his commitment to US militarism
By James Cogan, July 23, 2008
The visit of US presidential candidate Barack Obama to Iraq on Monday underscores once again that the millions of American workers and youth who oppose militarism have been completely disenfranchised ...
Top US commander publicly criticizes Obama Iraq policy
By Patrick Martin, July 22, 2008
Admiral Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, intervened in the US presidential campaign Sunday. Mullen gave an interview to Fox News in which he rejected the shift in US policy in Ir...
Communalism dominates run up to Iraqi provincial elections
By James Cogan, July 19, 2008
The plan to hold provincial elections on October 1 is provoking intense conflicts and preparing the conditions for renewed warfare between rival Iraqi factions.
Negotiations continue over long-term US presence in Iraq
By James Cogan, July 14, 2008
Negotiations are continuing between the Bush administration and the Iraqi government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on the terms of a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) governing the ongoing presenc...
Bush administration encouraged oil deal in Kurdistan, undermining Iraqi “national unity”
By David Walsh, July 4, 2008
The Bush administration publicly criticized a deal made between Hunt Oil of Dallas, Texas and the Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq last September for supposedly undermining Iraqi “national ...
US advisers steered Iraqi oil contracts to Western firms
By Bill Van Auken, July 1, 2008
As the Iraqi regime formally opened the bidding for foreign oil companies to resume exploitation of the country’s oil wealth, it was revealed that US “advisers” played the leading ro...
Iraqi government claims Mahdi Army on verge of collapse
By James Cogan, July 1, 2008
An Iraqi intelligence assessment provides a chilling estimate of the slaughter of members of the Shiite Mahdi Army militia during the US military and Iraqi government offensives this year into Basra, ...
Washington’s new alibi for a criminal war: the “surge has worked”
By Bill Van Auken, June 26, 2008
A growing consensus has emerged within the US political establishment, extending to both major parties and the predominant sections of the mass media that the so-called “surge”—the B...
Report: Iraq social and refugee crisis is worsening
By Sandy English, June 24, 2008
According to a report issued last week by the human rights organization Amnesty International, the plight of nearly 5 million Iraqis displaced from their homes since the American invasion of 2003 is w...
Big oil cashes in on Iraq slaughter
By Bill Van Auken, June 20, 2008
Four major US, British and French oil companies are getting their hands on the petroleum reserves of Iraq for the first time in 36 years, based on no-bid contracts, the New York Times reported Thursda...
Iraq: New offensive targets Sadrist movement in Amarah
By James Cogan, June 18, 2008
Thousands of Iraqi government troops and interior ministry national police have deployed in force over the past four days into the southern city of Amarah, a stronghold of the Shiite movement loyal to...
US “confident” of Iraq bases agreement despite opposition
By James Cogan, June 13, 2008
Bush administration officials have appeared before the media to make clear that—as far as the White House is concerned—the Iraqi parliament will ratify two agreements that sanction long-te...
