Author Archives: RagBlog

Tomgram: Tick… Tick… Tick… in Washington and Baghdad [Note for Tomdispatch readers: On this fourth anniversary of the President’s “Mission Accomplished” moment, I urge you to consider ordering yourself a copy of Mission Unaccomplished: Tomdispatch Interviews with American Iconoclasts and … Continue reading →

Bush Has Destroyed Iraq and AmericaPosted: 2007/05/02 Every American who voted Republican shares responsibility for the great evil America has brought to the Middle East. The evil that America brought to Iraq transcends the tens or hundreds of thousands of … Continue reading →

Envoys ‘warned of Iraq invasion nightmare’By David Blair, Diplomatic CorrespondentLast Updated: 2:04am BST 03/05/2007 Every British ambassador in the Middle East warned the Government that invading Iraq would be a “nightmare” and turn popular opinion against the West, a former … Continue reading →

Cheney Iraq role reviewed in Britain02 May, 2007By ROBERT BARR Wed May 2, 3:56 PM ET LONDON – Britain‘s defense secretary during the Iraq war says London underestimated Vice President Dick Cheney ‘s influence, adding another voice to the growing … Continue reading →

From Earth Family Alpha Let’s Find Out There are more than a few people who are not sure the geographic state of the United States can survive the remaining terms of the current government. It is, after all, perhaps the … Continue reading →

Baghdad up close and personalBy Pepe Escobar There must be some way to get out of hereSaid the joker to the thiefThere’s too much confusionI can’t get no relief– Bob Dylan, All Along the Watchtower BAGHDAD – It’s noon on … Continue reading →

Dispatches: Iraq – the Woman’s Story

Kent State Victim Releases RecordingBy THOMAS J. SHEERAN, AP CLEVELAND (May 1) – A static-filled recording of war protesters yelling, followed by a voice and gunfire, was released Tuesday by a survivor of the Kent State University shooting who claims … Continue reading →

This is too predictable: murder an Iraqi and serve one year in prison. We have tried to watch for these cases, but unfortunately have missed a number of them. The pattern is all too clear – war crimes will no … Continue reading →

From Arab Woman Blues Something about “Liberation”… This “liberation” has done us in.There is not one person I know who has not been affected and whose life has not been altered, read – forever changed by so much “liberation”. You … Continue reading →

Tomgram: Scahill, A Democratic Sell-out on Bush’s Mercenaries Let’s be clear about what it is — when it comes to “withdrawal” from Iraq — that the President will veto this Wednesday. Section 1904(b) of the supplemental appropriations bill for the … Continue reading →

An Unsustainable System: Anti-Capitalism in Five MinutesBy ROBERT JENSEN We know that capitalism is not just the most sensible way to organize an economy but is now the only possible way to organize an economy. We know that dissenters to … Continue reading →