Author Archives: RagBlog

In Iraq, the losses Americans don’t see: We focus so much on the deaths of our troops that we don’t understand the suffering of IraqisBY JOHN TIRMAN (John Tirman is executive director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Center for … Continue reading →

Why I Object to Testifying Against Lt. WatadaBy Sarah OlsonPublished: December 30, 2006 1:50 PM ET OAKLAND (Commentary) In May of this year, I conducted an interview with Ehren Watada while working as a freelance journalist. Watada is a 1st … Continue reading →

The number of international and US laws violated in this entire fiasco is mind-boggling. And the magnitude of hypocrisy expressed in the words of those involved is beyond comment. “Flexibility and freedom,” indeed !! Assholes !! For Guantánamo Review Boards, … Continue reading →

It’s a hornet’s nest. But I’m game. So why not jump in. [snip] This whole endeavor, from the very start, has been about taking tawdry, cheap acts and dressing them up in a papier-mache grandeur — phony victory celebrations, ersatz … Continue reading →

Relentless toll to US troops of roadside bombs: The IED has caused over a third of the 3,000 American GI deaths in Iraq.By Brad Knickerbocker | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Almost every day, Sgt. First Class Joel … Continue reading →

Iraq shuts TV channel for inciting sectarianism01 Jan 2007 18:04:23 GMTBy Claudia Parsons BAGHDAD, Jan 1 (Reuters) – The Iraqi government ordered the closure of a popular independent television channel on Monday for inciting sectarianism, two days after the hanging … Continue reading →

The Monday Movie “Possibly we humans can exist without actually having to fight. But, many of us have chosen to fight. For what reason? To protect something? Protect what? Ourselves? The future? If we kill people to protect ourselves and … Continue reading →

The Hidden Opportunity in Global WarmingBy Marjorie Kelly, Tellus InstituteDec 21, 2006, 06:48 The U.S. media might have missed the significance of the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change, but the public shouldn’t miss the message: It’s about … Continue reading →

Islamic Army in Iraq: The US is talking to the wrong people London-based pan-Arab newspaper Al-Hayat calls attention to a statement by the leader of the Islamic Army in Iraq “On the Safavid Iranian Project”, posted on the IAI website. … Continue reading →

Elbow to elbow, like cattleBy Gideon LevyDec 28, 2006, 22:15 Laila El-Haddad spent the last three weeks in a dismal apartment she was forced to rent in El Arish, Egypt, together with her son Yusuf, who is two years and … Continue reading →

Further Combat Looms in SomaliaBy Stephanie McCrummenDec 30, 2006, 23:17 ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Somali government troops heavily backed by Ethiopian tanks and soldiers pushed Saturday toward Somalia’s port city of Kismaayo, the last stronghold of the Islamic Courts movement … Continue reading →