Iraq
The sieges of Basra and Sadr City: another US war crime in Iraq
By Bill Van Auken, March 29, 2008
US fighter planes and helicopter gunships struck the southern Iraqi city of Basra and the teeming slums of Baghdad’s Sadr City with bombs and missiles Friday as the offensive launched by Iraqi p...
Iraqi government offensive in Basra threatens to trigger Shiite uprising
By Peter Symonds, March 28, 2008
Fighting between Iraqi security forces, backed by the US military, and militia loyal to Shiite leader Moqtada al-Sadr continued unabated yesterday following a government offensive launched in the sout...
Iraqi regime launches assault on Basra
By David Walsh, March 26, 2008
Fighting between Iraqi government forces and militias loyal to Shiite leader Moqtada al-Sadr erupted Tuesday in the southern port city of Basra, as well as other towns and certain districts of Baghdad...
White House signals continued Iraq escalation as US death toll tops 4,000
By Bill Van Auken, March 25, 2008
The White House delivered a strong signal Monday that President Bush is virtually certain to support a recommendation that the escalation of the US military intervention in Iraq continue indefinitely,...
US military deaths in Iraq reach 4,000
Eight US soldiers and dozens of Iraqis killed in weekend violence
By Joe Kay, March 24, 2008
At least eight US soldiers were killed in Iraq over the weekend, amid a resurgence of violence underscoring the instability of the US-led military occupation. The number of US soldiers who have died i...
Iraq: a humanitarian crisis of catastrophic dimensions
By Kate Randall, March 19, 2008
Five years of the US-led war and occupation of Iraq have created a humanitarian crisis affecting all aspects of Iraqi society. This catastrophe is illustrated by the millions of Iraqis either killed o...
Clashes and tensions in southern Iraq
By James Cogan, March 17, 2008
Fighting has broken out in major cities in southern Iraq amid rising tensions between the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI), the main Shiite party within the Iraqi government of Prime Minister No...
Five US soldiers killed in Baghdad
By David Walsh, March 11, 2008
In the deadliest attack on US forces in Iraq since late January, five American soldiers were killed and three more wounded by a suicide bomber while on patrol on foot in Baghdad Monday. Four of the so...
Iraq: Civilian casualties spike in February
By Naomi Spencer, March 6, 2008
In a sign of continuing instability in occupied Iraq, violent deaths rose again sharply in February and early March. New figures from the Iraqi government indicate that civilian casualties were 33 per...
Librarians and archivists demand US return of stolen Iraqi documents
By Sandy English, March 1, 2008
The removal of millions of pages of Interior Ministry documents from Iraq by the American military has prompted calls from organizations and individuals in the library and archives community for their...
Economist estimates cost of Iraq war to exceed $3 trillion
By Naomi Spencer, March 1, 2008
As the five-year anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq approaches, a leading economist is estimating that the overall cost of the war will be between $3 trillion and $5 trillion. This figure does not...
US military announces 10,000 more post-“surge” troops in Iraq
By Naomi Spencer, February 27, 2008
On Monday, the US military announced that the number of troops in Iraq following the “surge” begun last year will be some 10,000 more than pre-surge levels. What was originally presented a...
