Christopher de Bellaigue in the New York Review of Books reminds us of the truth of the now ended invasion of Iraq:
The world has changed a great deal since the US … [Keep reading >>]

Surprise!

 
…American drilling companies stand to make tens of billions of dollars from the new petroleum activity in Iraq long before any of the oil producers start seeing any returns on … [Keep reading >>]

“After the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003, the George W. Bush administration flooded the conquered country with so much cash to pay for reconstruction and other projects in the first … [Keep reading >>]

From Zuhair Al-Jezairy’s “The Devil You Don’t Know: Going Back to Iraq,”  chapter 4: Iraq Breathes Again.

 
Official orders came down to us that we should open out address with some … [Keep reading >>]

The pro-democracy protests sweeping the Arab world arrived in the semiautonomous Kurdish region of Iraq nearly three months ago, inspired by the revolts in Tunisia and Egypt. But the protests here … [Keep reading >>]

Zuhair al-Jezairy is an Iraqi journalist who fled Saddam Hussein in 1979 and returned in the wake of the US occupation in 2003.  His book, The Devil You Don’ t … [Keep reading >>]

In the great scheme of tens of hundreds of thousands dead perhaps this is a little thing, but as a born again Christian former President Bush might be more troubled … [Keep reading >>]

I’m not often surprised by news stories of major international significance.  Typically such stories build over time.  The sinking of a South Korean ship by the North has its roots … [Keep reading >>]

The tension gripping the last inning of the SF Giants vs the Philly Phillies temporarily overcame the tension of reading the NY Times reporting based on the recent Wikileaks dump … [Keep reading >>]

I admit it. I didn’t listen. Could I feel anything more than the sorrow and pity I’ve been feeling for almost eight years? The sorrow and the pity, … [Keep reading >>]

The news from Afghanistan gets worse by the day.  The once-darling of the West, President Hamid Karzai, is playing a double game of such craftiness no one can … [Keep reading >>]

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<p style=”text-align: center;”>The <a href=”http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/03/21/magazine/20100321-soliders-bedrooms-slideshow.html?scp=2&amp;sq=shrine%20down%20the%20hall&amp;st=cse”>NY Times Sunday Magazine</a> has a moving piece</p>
<p style=”text-align: center;”>about the empty rooms where young soldiers will come no … [Keep reading >>]