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WSWS : News & Analysis : Middle East
 
Iraq

     

12 May 2008
Iraq: Agreement struck to end fighting in Sadr City

5 May 2008
Hospital struck as US military tightens siege of Baghdad's Sadr City

3 May 2008
Another political show trial in Baghdad: Tariq Aziz charged with genocide

2 May 2008
Five years after "mission accomplished," sharp rise in Iraqi and US casualties

30 April 2008
US escalates siege in Baghdad's Sadr City

26 April 2008
Siege continues in Iraq as US escalates threats against Iran

25 April 2008
US-backed crackdown in Basra paves way for opening up Iraq's oil and gas

24 April 2008
Middle Eastern regimes line up behind US military crackdown in Baghdad and Basra

21 April 2008
US military tightens siege of Sadr City as cleric warns of war

16 April 2008
US and Iraqi military continue push into Sadr City

11 April 2008
Bush orders Iraq escalation to continue

10 April 2008
Congressional hearings set stage for wider war--inside and outside of Iraq

9 April 2008
General Petraeus gives Senate a blueprint for an unending occupation of Iraq

8 April 2008
On eve of Petraeus testimony, US launches raids on Baghdad's Sadr City

4 April 2008
Iraqi prime minister pledges new offensives in Basra and Baghdad

1 April 2008
US-backed assault on Basra ends in humiliation for Maliki government

31 March 2008
Repeated US air strikes in Basra and Baghdad

29 March 2008
The sieges of Basra and Sadr City: another US war crime in Iraq

28 March 2008
Iraqi government offensive in Basra threatens to trigger Shiite uprising

26 March 2008
Iraqi regime launches assault on Basra

25 March 2008
White House signals continued Iraq escalation as US death toll tops 4,000

24 March 2008
US military deaths in Iraq reach 4,000
Eight US soldiers and dozens of Iraqis killed in weekend violence

21 March 2008
Cheney's "peace" trip to Middle East prepares new wars

19 March 2008
Five years after the invasion of Iraq: A debacle for US imperialism

Iraq: a humanitarian crisis of catastrophic dimensions

17 March 2008
Clashes and tensions in southern Iraq

11 March 2008
Five US soldiers killed in Baghdad

Iraqi president visits Ankara in wake of Turkish incursion

8 March 2008
The ramifications of Ahmadinejad's visit to Iraq

6 March 2008
Iraq: Civilian casualties spike in February

4 March 2008
Turkey hails Iraq incursion as success

1 March 2008
Economist estimates cost of Iraq war to exceed $3 trillion

Librarians and archivists demand US return of stolen Iraqi documents

29 February 2008
Turkey rejects timetable to end invasion of northern Iraq

27 February 2008
US military announces 10,000 more post-"surge" troops in Iraq

25 February 2008
Turkish forces push deeper into Kurdish northern Iraq

21 February 2008
Iraq: US occupation faces crisis of its own making

Risk of cholera multiplied by sewage collapse in Baghdad

14 February 2008
US Defense Secretary sides with military opposition to troop drawdown in Iraq

11 February 2008
Iraqi parliament in turmoil as sectarian rivalries flare

8 February 2008
British Army accused of "off the scale" abuses in southern Iraq

7 February 2008
Turkish military again strikes Kurdish areas in northern Iraq

6 February 2008
US military admits to a dozen civilian deaths in Iraq

1 February 2008
Bush rejects congressional ban on permanent bases in Iraq

British-Iraqi survey confirms one million deaths as a result of US invasion

30 January 2008
Iraq: US military extends its offensive into the northern city of Mosul

26 January 2008
Study documents nearly 1,000 lies from Iraq war propaganda campaign

25 January 2008
Desperate plight facing millions of Iraqi refugees

17 January 2008
"De-Baathification" laws modified by Iraq's parliament

14 January 2008
New study estimates more than 150,000 violent deaths in Iraq over three years

12 January 2008
US carries out massive bombing on outskirts of Baghdad

11 January 2008
Shiite powersharing deal exacerbates sectarian divisions in Iraq

10 January 2008
Death toll continues to rise as US military launches new offensive in Iraq

5 January 2008
Cutbacks to Iraqi food rations threaten malnutrition and starvation

2 January 2008
The state of Iraq as it enters 2008

29 December 2007
Turkey continues its incursions into northern Iraq

US occupation prepares Basra operation following British withdrawal

28 December 2007
The reality behind Britain's claims of military success in Iraq and Afghanistan

24 December 2007
What has the US "surge" in Iraq accomplished?

21 December 2007
Woman accuses US contractors in Iraq of rape as Justice Department shuns hearing

18 December 2007
Corporate oil giants scramble to plunder Iraq's energy reserves

5 December 2007
A prelude to confrontation with Iran: the US arms Sunni militia in Iraq

1 December 2007
Bush pressures Congressional Democrats on war funding

28 November 2007
US signs deal for long-term occupation of Iraq

17 November 2007
Iraqi archivist demands US return seized documents

13 November 2007
US, British and Australian forces build oil-protection base in Iraq

7 November 2007
US troop deaths in Iraq set yearly record

24 October 2007
As Turkey-Iraq crisis escalates, US plans military strikes on PKK bases

US government unable to account for $1.2 billion paid to Iraq contractor

22 October 2007
US raid on Baghdad's Sadr City leaves many dead and wounded

18 October 2007
Former UN Official: US blocked certification that Iraq had no WMDs in 1990s

15 October 2007
US air strikes kill 34 Iraqis

11 October 2007
Haditha massacre defendant pursues defamation suit against US congressman

10 October 2007
Private security contractors in Baghdad kill two Iraqi women

8 October 2007
Iraqi probe finds Blackwater mercenaries fired without provocation in Baghdad massacre

Officer recommends dropping last murder charges in Haditha massacre

1 October 2007
Blackwater mercenaries' record of murder in Iraq

28 September 2007
Trial exposes Pentagon "baiting" program in Iraq

24 September 2007
Blackwater mercenaries resume patrols in wake of Baghdad civilian killings

21 September 2007
Charges dismissed against another officer in Haditha war crimes case

19 September 2007
From the horse's mouth: Greenspan says Iraq war was for oil

18 September 2007
Iraq suspends license of Blackwater USA
US mercenary firm denounced after civilian killings in Baghdad

Baghdad residents protest US-erected dividing wall

17 September 2007
A deafening silence on report of one million Iraqis killed under US occupation

15 September 2007
British polling agency: More than one million Iraqi deaths since US invasion

Bush-linked Texas company signs oil deal with Iraqi Kurds

13 September 2007
Democrats prostrate as Bush, generals vow Iraq war will continue for years

US military pre-trial hearings end in Haditha civilian massacre case

12 September 2007
US congressional hearings reveal consensus that Iraq war will continue

US seeks legal expert to oversee plunder of Iraqi oil

8 September 2007
18 US troops killed in Iraq in first week of September

Bush, Bremer clash over decision to disband Iraq's army

5 September 2007
Cholera outbreak in northern Iraq

4 September 2007
Bush presses campaign for open-ended war in Iraq

Tensions with the US sharpen as Britain begins handover of Basra

27 August 2007
US occupation fuels ethnic cleansing and mass repression in Iraq

US intelligence report points to Iraqi government's removal

25 August 2007
US fears of British pullout from Basra raise transatlantic tensions to new pitch

24 August 2007
President Bush's history lesson

23 August 2007
Amid calls from Clinton and Levin, US moves to oust Iraqi prime minister

14 US soldiers killed in Iraq helicopter crash

16 August 2007
US military launches offensive against "Iranian-backed" militia in Iraq

15 August 2007
New York Times defends military escalation in Iraq

13 August 2007
Four British soldiers killed in Basra

11 August 2007
Iraqi government on brink of collapse following cabinet walkouts

9 August 2007
US generals insist on no troop withdrawal from Iraq

7 August 2007
Iraq: Kurdish leader threatens civil war over Kirkuk

6 August 2007
Washington discusses plans for covert action against Kurdish PKK in Iraq

3 August 2007
Sharp tensions between US military and Iraqi prime minister

1 August 2007
Adding fuel to the Mideast fire: US unveils huge arms package

31 July 2007
Humanitarian disaster produced by US invasion
Oxfam reports one-third of Iraqis in need of emergency aid

Iraqi team wins Asian Cup, captain condemns US occupation

30 July 2007
International conference offers no solution to Iraqi refugee crisis

27 July 2007
Thousands held in horrific conditions in Iraqi prisons

24 July 2007
US pressure on Iraqi parliamentary factions to enact "benchmarks"

24 July 2007
Bush orders seizure of assets from those threatening Iraq "stabilization efforts"

Royal Dutch Shell and the struggle for Iraqi oil

19 July 2007
Iraq: Carnage in Kirkuk amid conflicts over city's future

17 July 2007
An unpalatable truth for Bush: most foreign insurgents in Iraq are Saudis

US forces kill Iraqi civilians every day

14 July 2007
Fighting rages across Iraq as Bush claims military "progress"

7 July 2007
Faced with the failure of Bush's "surge"
Congressional Republicans, Democrats prepare fallback Iraq war strategy

US troops charged with murders, cover-ups in Iraq

5 July 2007
Under sustained US pressure, Iraqi cabinet sends oil law to parliament

UN shuts down Iraq inspection program

3 July 2007
Iraq: European think-tank documents occupation failure in Basra

2 July 2007
Dozens killed in Shiite neighborhood
US military massacre in Baghdad's Sadr City

28 June 2007
Iraqi court hands down 22 death sentences in four weeks

27 June 2007
Iraqi general "Chemical Ali" condemned to death

25 June 2007
US military prepares Fallujah-style bloodbath in Iraqi city of Baqubah

22 June 2007
Fourteen US troops killed in two days of Iraq fighting

The Iraq orphanage story: US troops "rescue" 24 as thousands remain in the streets

20 June 2007
US military launches massive assault in Iraq

Death penalty on the rise in US-occupied Iraq

18 June 2007
US commander warns Iraq war will go on for a decade

US intensifies pressure on Iraqi government to meet "benchmarks"

15 June 2007
Pentagon admits US "surge" in Iraq has yielded only more carnage

14 June 2007
Iraq on edge following second bombing of Shiite Al-Askariya mosque

13 June 2007
Bush administration embarks on reckless new tactic in Iraq

9 June 2007
Iraqi oil workers strike in Basra

7 June 2007
Turkish military flexes its muscles in northern Iraq

Report challenges US claims of Iranian sponsorship of Iraq insurgency

6 June 2007
US talks of "reconciliation" with Sunni insurgents in Iraq

5 June 2007
First days of June claim 17 more US soldiers in Iraq

2 June 2007
As May death toll of US soldiers hits 124
Bush administration calls for permanent US military presence in Iraq

1 June 2007
The Bush administration's new "model" in Iraq's Anbar province

30 May 2007
May death toll spikes as 10 US soldiers die on Memorial Day

29 May 2007
Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr makes bid for greater role in US-occupied Iraq

28 May 2007
Bush administration failing to achieve its "benchmarks" in Iraq

24 May 2007
US officials guilty of "sociocide" in Iraq must be held accountable

23 May 2007
Iraq: British troops battle Shiite militia in Basra

22 May 2007
American military deaths soar as US extends its "surge" in Iraq
"Second Fallujah" plan for Baghdad’s Sadr City

The US war and occupation of Iraq--the murder of a society--Part three

21 May 2007
Former US President Jimmy Carter blasts Bush and Blair over Iraq

The US war and occupation of Iraq--the murder of a society--Part two

19 May 2007
The US war and occupation of Iraq--the murder of a society--Part one

17 May 2007
A response from Iraq Body Count

16 May 2007
US soldiers captured as "surge" provokes greater Iraqi resistance

11 May 2007
US Vice President attempts to strongarm Iraqi political leaders

9 May 2007
Iraq: clashes mount between US forces and Sadrist militia

Pentagon survey exposes deep demoralization of US occupation troops
Support for torture, routine abuse of Iraqi civilians

Iraqi infant mortality soars by 150 percent--a damning revelation of US war crimes

8 May 2007
Iraq war "surge" claims lives of 12 more US soldiers

7 May 2007
International conference on Iraq: bitter antagonisms on display

5 May 2007
Report warns of civil war spreading to Kurdish north of Iraq

4 May 2007
Iraq's "stable" south descends into political chaos

2 May 2007
Pressure mounts on Iraqi government as Sunni bloc threatens to pull out

1 May 2007
More than 100 US soldiers in Iraq killed in April

30 April 2007
US analyst derides ineffective US-created Iraqi military

26 April 2007
UN warns of growing humanitarian crisis in occupied Iraq
Iraqi government withholds civilian death count

25 April 2007
Iraq: Nine US troops dead, 20 wounded in Baqubah

Iraqis oppose US plan to divide Baghdad into ghettos

24 April 2007
Torture exposed in new US-Iraqi "security stations"

Haditha massacre report: US commanders see killing Iraqi civilians as "cost of doing business"

23 April 2007
International conference highlights plight of Iraqi refugees

20 April 2007
Anger erupts in Iraq over Baghdad bombings

19 April 2007
Four years since the looting of the National Museum
The plunder of Iraqi antiquities continues

18 April 2007
Under pressure from below, Sadrist ministers withdraw from Iraqi cabinet

17 April 2007
Iraqi parliament bombing: a sign of deepening crisis

What are Britain's special-forces doing in northern Iraq?

14 April 2007
Civilian compensation claims: a glimpse into US crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan

13 April 2007
John McCain at VMI: A blunt statement of US imperialism's stake in Iraq

12 April 2007
US raid on mosque leads to massacre in Baghdad

11 April 2007
After mass protest in Iraq: US forces press attack on Sadrist movement

10 April 2007
Hundreds of thousands march in Iraq to demand end of US occupation

7 April 2007
As US, British death toll rises: Pentagon orders 14,000 National Guard troops to Iraq

6 April 2007
Exchange of letters with Iraq Body Count on Johns Hopkins study estimating 650,000 Iraqi war dead

4 April 2007
US demands bring Iraqi government to brink of collapse

30 March 2007
Iraq: US occupation sets off sectarian atrocities in Tal Afar

28 March 2007
British government scientists vouched for validity of study estimating 655,000 war deaths in Iraq

21 March 2007
Iraq: Protests against US operations in Sadr City

20 March 2007
The human costs of four years of war
The US invasion has caused nearly three-quarter million Iraqi deaths

16 March 2007
The Bush administration manoeuvres to unseat Iraqi government

10 March 2007
US military begins operations in Baghdad's Sadr City

6 March 2007
Wall Street drools over prospect of capturing Iraq oil wealth

1 March 2007
US soldiers detain prominent Iraqi ally: a warning to governing parties to toe the line

20 February 2007
US troops terrorize Baghdad in "Operation Law and Order"

15 February 2007
The implications in Iraq of Bush's military "surge"

10 February 2007
Blaming the Iraqis: A new cover-up for American militarism

9 February 2007
Iraq and Darfur: the politics of war crimes

8 February 2007
Iranian diplomat kidnapped in Baghdad: another US provocation?

6 February 2007
Unanswered questions about the Karbala raid

Huge bomb blast in Baghdad inflames sectarian tensions

2 February 2007
Iraq: Who did the US military massacre near Najaf?

31 January 2007
Violence escalates against students and teachers in Iraq

30 January 2007
Hundreds die as US military steps up operations in Iraq

Iraq's colonial occupier, the US, denounces "foreign meddling"

29 January 2007
Troop surge paves way for wider war
Bush authorizes shoot-to-kill policy against Iranians in Iraq

23 January 2007
US occupation turns 3.7 million Iraqis into refugees

22 January 2007
For an international mobilization of workers and youth against the war in Iraq
Statement of the World Socialist Web Site and the International Committee of the Fourth International

19 January 2007
Rice's Middle East tour: Arab regimes back US war drive in Iraq and Iran

18 January 2007
UN report: More than 34,000 Iraqi civilian deaths in 2006

17 January 2007
Two more barbaric state executions in Iraq

Civilian contractors in Iraq placed under US military law

15 January 2007
Bush administration threatens Iraqi prime minister as Baghdad bloodbath is prepared

12 January 2007
US offensive in Baghdad begins surge of killing and repression

US forces carry out provocative raid on Iran's consulate in northern Iraq

11 January 2007
In speech on Iraq escalation, Bush promises more bloodshed, wider war

Iraqi regime set to hand over oil reserves to US energy giants

6 January 2007
Bush purges Iraq command to prepare military escalation

5 January 2007
White House, US military respond to outrage over Hussein's execution

4 January 2007
Letters on the execution of Saddam Hussein

3 January 2007
Saddam Hussein execution: A sectarian lynching

US death toll reaches 3,000 in Iraq, with no let-up in sight

Iraq: Violence against journalists at record high last year

30 December 2006
The execution of Saddam Hussein

More US troops to Kuwait, as Bush moves to escalate the war in Iraq

27 December 2006
A legal farce: Iraqi court confirms Saddam Hussein's death sentence

23 December 2006
US Marines charged in Haditha massacre of Iraqi civilians

21 December 2006
Year-end press conference
Bush sets stage for major escalation in Iraq

20 December 2006
Pentagon report paints grim picture for US in Iraq

18 December 2006
Bush administration elaborates plans for bloodbath in Iraq

16 December 2006
Washington pushes ahead with plans for Iraq "regime change"

15 December 2006
Bush administration preparing to boost US troop strength in Iraq

14 December 2006
Bush administration conspires to replace Iraqi government

13 December 2006
Opposition in Baghdad among Kurdish, Shiite parties to Iraq Study Group

8 December 2006
Bush rejects Iraq Study Group report

7 December 2006
Iraq Study Group report highlights crisis of US imperialism in Iraq and at home

6 December 2006
Death toll continues to rise as Iraq war grinds on

4 December 2006
US seeks Shiite collaboration in attack on Moqtada al-Sadr

1 December 2006
Bush-Maliki summit: White House rejects any withdrawal from Iraq

30 November 2006
Bush to deliver ultimatum to Iraqi prime minister at Jordan summit

29 November 2006
Bush visits Middle East to intensify Iraq war

28 November 2006
What the New York Times has learned from Iraq

25 November 2006
More than 200 dead in Baghdad's deadliest day of bombings

24 November 2006
UN report documents huge October death toll in Iraq

22 November 2006
Sectarian rifts in Iraqi government intensify

17 November 2006
US hearings on Iraq set course for intensified conflict

16 November 2006
After the US elections: Renewed pro-war consensus emerges in Washington

US soldier pleads guilty to rape and murder in Iraq

14 November 2006
Washington debate sets stage for escalation of violence in Iraq

11 November 2006
Iraqi prime minister calls for Saddam Hussein to be hanged before year's end

8 November 2006
As Hussein sentenced to death, US pushes to rehabilitate his functionaries

7 November 2006
Saddam Hussein verdict: US politicians, media applaud the gallows and the noose

6 November 2006
Saddam Hussein's death sentence: a travesty of justice

2 November 2006
Relations between US and Iraq government at breaking point

31 October 2006
Amidst reports of US coup preparations in Iraq
Prime Minister Maliki vents grievances against Washington

The bitter price of militarism: US casualties mount in Iraq and Afghanistan

26 October 2006
New York Times calls for more troops in Iraq

25 October 2006
Baghdad press conference outlines plans for intensified US war

24 October 2006
New York Times "military analysis" foreshadows US bloodbath in Baghdad

23 October 2006
Demands for Iraq "course change" grow louder in Washington

19 October 2006
US military and Iraqi deaths soar amidst preparations for major offensive

17 October 2006
The Iraq Study Group: a bipartisan conspiracy against the American and Iraqi people

14 October 2006
Head of British Army calls for Iraq withdrawal

Behind the Foley scandal: A bitter struggle within the US ruling elite

Mounting social crisis in Kurdish Iraq

13 October 2006
Why is the American press silent on the report of 655,000 Iraqi deaths?

12 October 2006
New study says US war has killed 655,000 Iraqis

11 October 2006
Provocative US attack on Shiite militia in Iraq

6 October 2006
US casualties soar as military intensifies violence in Baghdad

5 October 2006
Will a coup in Iraq follow the US elections?

23 September 2006
Torture and civilian deaths reach record levels in Iraq

21 September 2006
Bush wants a bloodbath in Baghdad

14 September 2006
Pentagon concludes US defeated in key Iraqi province

13 September 2006
Shiite faction pushes for control over southern Iraq and its oil

7 September 2006
Pentagon report on Iraq reveals a deepening catastrophe

31 August 2006
US military escalates confrontation with Shiite militia in Iraq

25 August 2006
US-installed regime begins second Saddam Hussein show trial

23 August 2006
Bush press conference on Iraq: "We're not leaving so long as I'm the president."

22 August 2006
Is the US planning a coup in Iraq?

8 August 2006
Huge protest in Baghdad against US-Israeli war in Lebanon

5 August 2006
Iraq faces civil war and sectarian partition

31 July 2006
Bush administration deploys thousands more troops in Baghdad

24 July 2006
Japanese government withdraws its troops from Iraq

19 July 2006
Sectarian violence escalates in Iraq

17 July 2006
Letter on US atrocities in Iraq

10 July 2006
Five more US soldiers charged in rape-murder atrocity in Iraq

6 July 2006
New York Times report from Ramadi: evidence of US war crimes in Iraq

4 July 2006
Former US soldier charged in rape and murder of Iraqi girl

Australian government escalates its military involvement in Iraq

24 June 2006
The killing of US soldiers in Yusufiya: who's responsible?

22 June 2006
As violence spirals in Iraq
Prosecutor demands death penalty in Hussein show trial

21 June 2006
Washington escalates slaughter in Iraq

17 June 2006
A grim milestone in the Iraq war: 2,500th US military death

14 June 2006
Bush in Baghdad

Unanswered questions in the killing of Zarqawi

10 June 2006
On the official US response to the killing of Zarqawi

9 June 2006
The Bush administration and the killing of Zarqawi

6 June 2006
US Army clears troops in Ishaqi massacre

3 June 2006
Another US atrocity in Iraq: Eleven civilians massacred in Ishaqi

2 June 2006
George Bush and the Haditha massacre

1 June 2006
CBS journalists wounded, killed in Iraq: Where the responsibility lies

27 May 2006
Blair joins Bush to defend Iraq occupation and back preemptive action vs. Iran

24 May 2006
Fractured new Iraqi regime: a prelude to deepening sectarian violence

20 May 2006
Witnesses, video document massacre in Haditha
US Marines killed Iraqi civilians "in cold blood"

19 May 2006
Slaughter and ethnic cleansing accelerates in Iraq

12 May 2006
Helicopter downing in Basra underscores hostility to British occupation

9 May 2006
US Democrat Biden advocates the communal break-up of Iraq

2 May 2006
Three years since Bush's "Mission Accomplished": Torture, corruption, growing resistance in Iraq

29 April 2006
Lies surround first death of an Australian soldier in Iraq

27 April 2006
Deal on US bases sought
Rumsfeld, Rice fly to Baghdad to back new prime minister

26 April 2006
Behind the installation of Jawad al-Maliki as Iraqi prime minister

21 April 2006
Shiite leader bows to US demands as Iraq slides further into civil war

More revelations of US profiteering and corruption in Iraq

15 April 2006
Rumsfeld and the generals: Splits, recriminations over Iraq debacle

14 April 2006
The Iraq war and the eruption of American imperialism
Part Two

13 April 2006
The Iraq war and the eruption of American imperialism
Part One

11 April 2006
Daniel Pipes and the unfolding civil war in Iraq

10 April 2006
New charges of genocide against Hussein over Kurdish "Anfal" campaign

7 April 2006
Three years after looting of Iraqi National Museum: an official whitewash of US crime

6 April 2006
Discontent grows against Kurdish nationalist regime in northern Iraq

4 April 2006
US-British diktat makes mockery of "democracy" in Iraq

1 April 2006
British companies draw huge profits from occupied Iraq

29 March 2006
Australian parliament embraces Blair's lies and hypocrisy

28 March 2006
Iraq: US mosque massacre deepens occupation's crisis

24 March 2006
Iraq's "National Security Council": a move toward open dictatorship

22 March 2006
Bush says US troops to remain in Iraq indefinitely

20 March 2006
North American protests mark third anniversary of Iraq war

Europe: antiwar protests draw largest numbers in London and Rome

Thousands march in antiwar rallies in Australia and Asia

18 March 2006
As Iraq war enters fourth year
For the immediate withdrawal of all US troops

Amid mounting sectarian violence, political stalemate continues in Iraq

17 March 2006
Saddam Hussein turns the tables at US-run show trial

11 March 2006
Washington's "democracy" in Iraq hangs 13 political prisoners

Abu Ghraib to close, abuse to continue

7 March 2006
US holding thousands without trial
Torture in Iraq worse since Abu Ghraib

6 March 2006
Hundreds of Iraqi academics and professionals assassinated by death squads

3 March 2006
WSWS International Editorial Board meeting
The consequences of the US-led war against Iraq

US tries to use Saddam Hussein trial to justify its own crimes

Iraq: violence continues and sectarian divide widens

2 March 2006
New York Times raises new charges against German intelligence

1 March 2006
Bush administration drags Iraq towards the abyss of civil war

Pentagon whitewash for Halliburton corruption in Iraq

28 February 2006
Iraq occupation makes possible record profits for British private military contractor

24 February 2006
Sectarian violence engulfs Iraq following mosque bombing

21 February 2006
US media drops Abu Ghraib torture issue

IMF measures wreak havoc on Iraqi people

17 February 2006
The Abu Ghraib photos and the anti-Muslim "free speech" fraud

Intrigues continue to stall new Iraqi government

16 February 2006
Australian TV airs more photos of US torture at Abu Ghraib

14 February 2006
Video shows British Army brutality in Iraq

7 February 2006
An American tragedy-the plight of the US war wounded

3 February 2006
One hundredth British military death in Iraq

2 February 2006
US machinations in Iraq delay formation of government

31 January 2006
Hussein trial descends into a legal farce

30 January 2006
Army court marshal conceals CIA involvement in death of former Iraqi general

20 January 2006
American freelance journalist kidnapped in Iraq

11 January 2006
British journalist seized by US troops while investigating corruption in Iraq

9 January 2006
Iraqi oil minister resigns amid protests and economic chaos

6 January 2006
Another war crime: US air raid kills Iraqi family

29 December 2005
US, UN dismiss claims of electoral fraud in Iraq

28 December 2005
Latin American mercenaries guarding Baghdad's Green Zone

21 December 2005
After the Iraq election: Washington steps in to shape the next government

16 December 2005
US ambassador "will remain the critical behind-the-scenes power," says New York Times
Iraqi election to rubber-stamp continued US occupation

14 December 2005
Iraq elections: a democratic façade for a US puppet state

An interview with Sigfrido Ranucci, director of The Hidden Massacre

10 December 2005
Saddam Hussein hearings: a show trial orchestrated in Washington

8 December 2005
Report outlines plans for corporate plunder of Iraqi oil

5 December 2005
Ten Marines killed in Fallujah blast: more carnage in a criminal war

Document puts lie to oil executives' testimony
Did Big Oil participate in planning invasion of Iraq?

3 December 2005
Britain: Two charged under Secrets Act for leaking Bush threat to bomb Al Jazeera

2 December 2005
Made in the USA "free press" in Iraq
US military covertly pays to plant stories in Iraqi media

1 December 2005
Bush, Democrats back protracted war in Iraq

30 November 2005
Saddam Hussein trial resumes: a grotesque display of imperial justice

US-backed government in Iraq: "The same as Saddam's time and worse"

26 November 2005
Violence against occupation opponents continues in lead-up to Iraq election

24 November 2005
British government threatens prosecution to suppress claim that Bush sought to bomb Al Jazeera

21 November 2005
New revelations of US military use of white phosphorus in Iraq

19 November 2005
Iraq fraud arrests expose criminality of US occupation

18 November 2005
More evidence of US dirty war in Iraq
Torture centre discovered in Baghdad

15 November 2005
The terrorist bombings in Jordan
A byproduct of US aggression

A soldier's story
Fugitive GI speaks to WSWS on Iraq war

11 November 2005
Burying the lies on Iraq war
Judith Miller and the New York Times make a deal

Film documents American use of chemical weapons in Iraq

10 November 2005
Second defence lawyer assassinated
More accusations of US-backed death squads in Iraq

9 November 2005
Britain: Iraq murder court-martial collapses

8 November 2005
"Steel curtain" in Iraq-another US war crime

2 November 2005
US military massacres Iraqi civilians near Syrian border

Iraq election to exacerbate slide toward civil war

27 October 2005
Thomas Friedman and Iraq: A bad case of amnesia

Iraq referendum produces a divisive and illegitimate result

25 October 2005
Friedman on Iraq--the "thinking" behind the New York Times's debacle

Iraqi interior ministry accused of assassinating defence lawyer in Hussein trial

US military suppresses information on death of contractors in Iraq

24 October 2005
Rigging accusations surround Iraq referendum result

21 October 2005
British military investigator found hung in Basra

19 October 2005
Legal lynching of Saddam Hussein begins in Iraq

18 October 2005
US military massacres dozens in wake of Iraq referendum

17 October 2005
Washington, predictably, hails Iraq constitution vote

15 October 2005
Iraqis to vote on neo-colonial constitution

13 October 2005
Moqtada al-Sadr refuses to call for a no vote on Iraqi constitution

12 October 2005
Iraqi regime orders arrest of ex-officials in $1 billion theft

11 October 2005
American Enterprise Institute conference Demoralization grips Iraq war's ideological architects

Robert Fisk addresses Sydney audience on history, journalism and Iraq

6 October 2005
Iraq's constitutional referendum makes a mockery of democracy

1 October 2005
New York Times' Friedman proposes "endgame" bloodbath in Iraq

30 September 2005
Pentagon dismisses new report on US military torture in Iraq

28 September 2005
What was the British SAS doing in Basra?

US military intensifies campaign of intimidation prior to Iraqi referendum

26 September 2005
Iraq: a reactionary call for "war" on Shiites

21 September 2005
British troops in pitched battle in Basra

17 September 2005
Iraq's libraries: what recovery from "a national disaster beyond imagination"?

13 September 2005
Iraq: US military lays waste to Tal Afar

8 September 2005
Is the US military preparing another massacre in Tal Afar?

2 September 2005
Close to 1,000 dead in Baghdad tragedy

US military sniper kills Reuters soundman in Baghdad

30 August 2005
Iraq's draft constitution: a recipe for neo-colonial rule

26 August 2005
Shiite factions clash as opposition mounts to the draft Iraqi constitution

24 August 2005
Bush's campaign on Iraq: more lies in defense of war

23 August 2005
Iraqi constitution delayed again amid deep differences

20 August 2005
Further into the Iraqi quagmire:
US intensifies repression

16 August 2005
Despite US pressure, no agreement reached on Iraqi constitution

Where Frank Rich goes wrong: the war in Iraq and the stakes for American imperialism

Growing support for Cindy Sheehan protest against Iraq war

13 August 2005
Protest at Bush's ranch gathers momentum--mother of fallen soldier continues to demand meeting with president

5 August 2005
US deaths in Iraq underscore need to revive the antiwar movement

US lies and murder in Iraq: the killing of Maj. Gen. Mowhoush

US journalist who exposed Shiite death squads murdered in Basra

30 July 2005
Amid "civil war" warnings, Rumsfeld flies to Iraq

28 July 2005
British soldiers face war crimes charges for killing Iraqi civilians

26 July 2005
Study documents US-inflicted carnage on Iraqi people

Iran-Contra redux: Bush White House ran "off-the-books" covert operation for Iraq elections

22 July 2005
The formation of Iraq's interim government and the missing billions

20 July 2005
A legal sham: first charges laid against Saddam Hussein

14 July 2005
More killings of civilians by US-led forces in Iraq

6 July 2005
US "democracy" in Iraq: death squads, torture and terror

1 July 2005
Journalist killed after investigating US-backed death squads in Iraq

28 June 2005
Washington in crisis over opposition to Iraq war

US military sinks further into the Iraqi quagmire

24 June 2005
Questions surround rescue of kidnapped Australian in Iraq

22 June 2005
The Washington Post and the Downing Street memo

18 June 2005
Bush faces growing opposition to Iraq war

17 June 2005
Detention of US security contractors highlights "culture of impunity" in Iraq

16 June 2005
State Department cable details ethnic cleansing by US-backed forces in Iraq

10 June 2005
Animosity toward military service produces desperate US recruiting measures

8 June 2005
A show trial in the making: Iraqi officials outline charges vs. Saddam Hussein

3 June 2005
Further details released of British Army abuses in Iraq

2 June 2005
US and Iraqi government troops begin lockdown of Baghdad

1 June 2005
US military recruitment crisis deepens

31 May 2005
Three trials, three whitewashes: US military ratifies murder of Iraq prisoners

27 May 2005
US puppet government announces state of siege in Baghdad

Sunni elite moves toward an accommodation with US occupation of Iraq

25 May 2005
Wall Street Journal alibis for Nazi-style crimes in Iraq

21 May 2005
Bush unveils plans for US colonial office

20 May 2005
US issues more demands on Iraqi government to include former Baathists

18 May 2005
UN report finds
US war in Iraq yields a social "tragedy"

14 May 2005
The Iraq occupation and the kidnapping of Douglas Wood

12 May 2005
Iraq: US Congress approves $82 billion as colonial war grinds on

10 May 2005
Soaring birth deformities and child cancer rates in Iraq

7 May 2005
US imprisons Iraqi journalists without charges

6 May 2005
One year since the torture revelations at Abu Ghraib
Mistrial in reservist's court martial

5 May 2005
As Congress approves $82 billion more Wholesale corruption exposed in Iraqi contracts

4 May 2005
US demands Iraq's new government repudiate "de-Baathification"

30 April 2005
Britain: Blair forced to publish legal advice on Iraq war

29 April 2005
Iraqi cabinet announced under US pressure

27 April 2005
US rights group calls for criminal probe of Rumsfeld

26 April 2005
More evidence of US military's culture of torture in Iraq

22 April 2005
Iraqi legislators denounce US assault on assembly member

20 April 2005
Washington Post glorifies US military "ruthlessness" in Iraq

18 April 2005
Who is Iraq's new prime minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari?

13 April 2005
Rumsfeld's mission to Baghdad: keeping Saddam's secret police in power

11 April 2005
Baghdad protest demands an end to US occupation of Iraq

9 April 2005
Attacks on Abu Ghraib highlight continuing Iraqi armed resistance

8 April 2005
New puppet government takes shape in Iraq

1 April 2005
Bush-appointed intelligence commission whitewashes war based on lies

31 March 2005
Iraqi puppet parliament adjourns in disarray

30 March 2005
New documents confirm widespread US abuse of Iraqi prisoners, implicate top general

29 March 2005
Canada denies asylum to US soldier who refused to serve in Iraq

21 March 2005
Iraq's national assembly shows its subservience to Washington

19 March 2005
Washington's criminal war against Iraq enters its third year

12 March 2005
International health experts demand inquiry into number of Iraqi war casualties

10 March 2005
"I feel that there has been an enormous betrayal of truth and principle"
An interview with the mother and widow of a former Iraqi contractor

7 March 2005
Did the US military target Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena in Iraq?

4 March 2005
Iraq suicide bombing campaign: a reactionary diversion from the political struggle against imperialism

23 February 2005
Australian government commits more troops to Iraq

22 February 2005
Britain: radio programme exposes corruption and theft in Iraq

16 February 2005
Iraq election results reflect broad hostility to US occupation

8 February 2005
Letters on the Iraq elections

7 February 2005
General who led US Marines in Iraq says "It's fun to shoot some people"

5 February 2005
Iraq election sets stage for escalating political turmoil

Vietnam 1967 & Iraq 2005: using elections to justify criminal wars

4 February 2005
WSWS replies to letters on Iraq's election and the US occupation

3 February 2005
British military plane downed in suspected Iraqi insurgent attack

2 February 2005
The American media and the Iraq election

31 January 2005
Iraq elections set stage for deeper crisis of US occupation regime

29 January 2005
Congressional Democrats line up behind Bush request for $80 billion in war spending

Rumsfeld charged with war crimes in Germany
May skip Munich conference

Report documents torture by US-backed Iraqi police

27 January 2005
The Iraq election: a travesty of democracy

Iraq crisis dominates Bush press conference

26 January 2005
US occupation damages ancient sites at Babylon
Imperialism and cultural vandalism in Iraq

20 January 2005
New Yorker journalist corroborates murder allegations against Iraq's prime minister

Fallujah two months after the US military assault
The "City of Mosques" has become the "City of Rubble"

19 January 2005
Bush tells Washington Post he is not accountable for Iraq war lies

Abu Ghraib abuse trial shields Pentagon, White House war criminals

18 January 2005
US officially ends hunt for Iraqi WMD

14 January 2005
Growing anxiety in US ruling circles over Iraq debacle
New York Times calls for postponing January 30 election

12 January 2005
US military "mistake" claims 14 lives in occupied Iraq

8 January 2005
Iraq elections loom as debacle for US occupation

30 December 2004
Fallujah residents return to a destroyed city

23 December 2004
US military begins retaliation for Mosul bombing

The New York Times manufactures support for the Iraq war in aftermath of Mosul bombing

22 December 2004
Mosul resistance attack reveals US disarray in Iraq

21 December 2004
Closed-door court proceedings in Iraq against Hussein's associates

20 December 2004
More casualties of war: US soldiers charged in deaths of Iraqi civilians and fellow servicemen

13 December 2004
Razing of Fallujah fails to break Iraqi resistance

9 December 2004
US troops confront Defense Secretary Rumsfeld

6 December 2004
Bush rules out any delay in bogus Iraqi election

3 December 2004
After Fallujah's destruction: US occupation force to reach 150,000

27 November 2004
Egyptian ministerial conference: Middle East leaders rubberstamp US occupation of Iraq

Iraq: Reporters Without Borders condemns US report on killing of journalists

26 November 2004
Two opponents of the US occupation assassinated in Iraq

Iraq: child malnutrition almost doubles after US invasion

25 November 2004
New York Times calls for more troops and more Fallujahs

24 November 2004
Fallujah and the laws of war

22 November 2004
Iraqi elections announced amid mass repression

20 November 2004
US soldiers in Iraq suffer horrific brain and mental injuries

18 November 2004
The siege of Fallujah
America on a killing spree

Leading journalist Robert Fisk asks: Who killed Margaret Hassan?

Horrific scenes from the ashes of Fallujah

16 November 2004
Fallujah in US hands as uprising sweeps Sunni regions of Iraq

15 November 2004
Bush and Blair pledge to continue Middle East aggression

13 November 2004
Iraq aflame over mass killings in Fallujah

The German media and Fallujah: accomplices to a war crime

Britain: growing opposition to occupation of Iraq as more Black Watch troops die

12 November 2004
Australian soldiers fire on unarmed Iraqi civilians

11 November 2004
US assault leaves Fallujah in ruins and unknown numbers dead

Letters to US newspapers reflect widespread revulsion over Fallujah attack

Iraq veteran Jimmy Massey speaks to the WSWS
"We're committing genocide in Iraq"

10 November 2004
US massacres civilians in Fallujah

9 November 2004
US media and liberal establishment: accomplices in the assault on Fallujah

New York Times calls for more troops in Iraq

US troops begin slaughter in Fallujah

8 November 2004
Mike Hoffman of Iraq Veterans Against War speaks to the WSWS
"We're fighting average Iraqis who don't want the US there"

5 November 2004
Massacre looms in Fallujah following the US election

3 November 2004
CIA involved in illegal deportation of Iraqi prisoners

30 October 2004
As US prepares mass killings in Fallujah
Study estimates 100,000 additional Iraqi deaths since the invasion

Expanding Halliburton probe confirms Bush administration is most corrupt in US history

28 October 2004
Missing explosives at Al Qaqaa: Bush caught in another Iraq war lie

27 October 2004
Guerilla attacks increase as US forces continue air raids against Fallujah

23 October 2004
Britain agrees to troop redeployment to back Fallujah offensive

21 October 2004
The New York Times and the reservists in Iraq who said "No"

Iraq: US assault underway on Fallujah

20 October 2004
Iraqi social crisis continues unabated as US slashes funding

19 October 2004
Iraq's nuclear-related equipment goes missing under the US occupation

18 October 2004