Iraqi refugees in limbo, await resettlement
by Kymelya Sari JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — The contrast in demeanour between Abu Sufyan and his teenage son could not have been more different. The family of five will soon […]
Documentary Exposes US Role in Iraq Sectarian Conflict
PAUL JAY, SENIOR EDITOR, TRNN: Welcome to The Real News Network. I’m Paul Jay. Maggie O’Kane, Executive Producer, tells the story revealed by the Guardian documentary about the role of Col. James Steele in supporting torture, death squads and brutal sectarian conflict during the height of the Iraq war. Steel’s […]
PEW Research : Veterans of Post-9/11 Wars Ambivalent about Whether Iraq Was Worth It
This week marks the tenth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq — a war that started with solid public support, but ultimately became a politically-divisive issue. A survey of […]
Iraq Anniversary: 10 Lessons from America’s ‘Dumb War’
Source: Spiegel Polish special forces and US Navy Seals pose for pictures under a portrait of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein in the port of Umm-southern Iraq in March 23, 2003. A decade on, polls suggest that a majority of Americans view the 2003 invasion of Iraq as a mistake. Right […]
Iraq’s Model City: Kirkuk Thrives in Sea of Corruption and Violence
It promises to be a quiet day. Only one guard is posted on the front line in the clay hills 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of Kirkuk, in northern Iraq. […]
Dear George Bush and Dick Cheney, You Are Guilty of Murder: A Letter from a Dying Veteran
“I hope that before your time on earth ends, as mine is now ending, you will find the strength of character to beg for forgiveness.” March 19, 2013 | To: […]
10 years on, authors of Iraq invasion stand ‘discredited’
BY DAVE CLARK ARABNEWS WASHINGTON: They were the men who were to remake the Middle East, but 10 years on, the alliance of politicians and neoconservative thinkers who launched the […]
Tenth Anniversary of Iraq Invasion: Lessons & Warnings for an Illegal War on Iran
by Muhammad Sahimi, March 18, 2013 March 19 is the tenth anniversary of invasion of Iraq by the United States, Britain and their allies. George W. Bush declared that the goals of the invasion were “to disarm Iraq of weapons of mass destruction, to end Saddam Hussein’s support for terrorism, […]
Costly Iraq war left US no stronger in Middle East (but allowed Israel to continue its settlement construction)
AFP | Mar 17, 2013 | JORDAN TIMES WASHINGTON — The US-led invasion of Iraq overthrew a dictator, but 10 years on the war is seen to have destabilised the Middle East, exposed the limits of military power and left America no stronger than before. With US forces having withdrawn […]
Born in war and poverty, youth don’t abandon Iraq (ten years after US invasion)
BAGHDAD: The 21-year-old college student in Baghdad lost her father during the Iraq War to gunmen from a rival Muslim sect. Now she dreams of an Iraq where all people […]
Ten years after the invasion, did we win the Iraq war?
By Andrew J. Bacevich,March 08, 2013 Andrew J. Bacevich is a professor of history and international relations at Boston University and a retired Army officer. An updated edition of his book “The New American Militarism: How Americans Are Seduced by War” will be published this month. Judgments rendered by history […]
At least 112,000 civilians dead in a decade in Iraq: report
STORY SUMMARY At least 112,000 civilians were killed in the 10 years since the US-led 2003 invasion of Iraq that ousted Saddam Hussein, a new report published on Sunday said. Including combatants on all sides of the decade-long conflict, as well as yet undocumented civilian fatalities, the figure could rise […]
Iraq war bill: $ 2 trillion and rising
NEW YORK: ARAB NEWS Friday 15 March 2013 The US war in Iraq has cost $ 1.7 trillion with an additional $ 490 billion in benefits owed to war veterans, expenses that could grow to more than $ 6 trillion over the next four decades counting interest, a study released […]
Marwa’s story: 10 years since the bomb fell
By BBC By Kevin ConnollyBBC Middle East correspondent As the US military fought their way into Baghdad 10 years ago, the life of one Iraqi girl was changed forever when […]
Marwa’s story: 10 years since the bomb fell
By Kevin Connolly BBC Middle East correspondent As the US military fought their way into Baghdad 10 years ago, the life of one Iraqi girl was changed forever when she […]
NEW HOMES : Switzerland takes in 37 more Syrian refugees
Mar 8, 2013 – 18:35 swissinfo.ch Thirty-seven refugees fleeing violence in Syria have arrived in Switzerland as part of a United Nations resettlement programme. This is the second such group […]
Too much money spent in Iraq for too few results (in Iraq? or ‘for US contractors ‘in the name of Iraq’?)
Story Summary Ten years and $60 billion in American taxpayer funds later, Iraq is still so unstable and broken that even its leaders question whether U.S. efforts to rebuild the […]
Actions of British soldiers in Iraq probed
A public inquiry into whether British soldiers committed crimes in Iraq nine years ago is due to start shortly A public investigation into whether British soldiers committed crimes while serving in Iraq nine years ago is due to start shortly. The investigation will determine whether UK troops killed civilians. Al […]
Maronite patriarch calls on Christians to remain in the region (‘Middle East’).
Story Summary Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai issued a plea Sunday for Christians to remain in Lebanon and the Middle East to preserve their presence in the region. The Maronite patriarch […]
Ten years on, Blair admits Iraq is not as he hoped
AFP | Feb 27, 2013 | JORDAN TIMES LONDON — Former British prime minister Tony Blair admitted on Tuesday that the situation in Iraq is “not nearly” what he hoped […]