Category Archives: RagBlog

Army Suicide Rate Highest in 26 YearsBy PAULINE JELINEK,APPosted: 2007-08-16 01:31:49 WASHINGTON (Aug. 16) – Army soldiers committed suicide last year at the highest rate in 26 years, and more than a quarter did so while serving in Iraq and … Continue reading →

Dear Congressman Dicks: This is the lead paragraph of an article by Alex Cockburn that appeared this morning (11 August 2007) on CounterPunch: “Led by Democrats since the start of this year, the US Congress now has a confidence” rating … Continue reading →

We want it clearly understood that the MSM continues to play the role of enabler (and often cheerleader) for all of this dreck. Homegrown Terror Called Serious ThreatBy TOM HAYS,APPosted: 2007-08-15 14:52:23 NEW YORK (Aug. 15) – People in the … Continue reading →

The Peculiar Relationship: “No American President Can Stand Up to Israel”By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS “No American President can stand up to Israel.” These words came from feisty Admiral Thomas Moorer, Chief of Naval Operations (1967-1970) and Chairman of the Joint … Continue reading →

When a US soldier in Iraq won’t soldierBy Mary Wiltenburg | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitorfrom the August 13, 2007 edition What does the Army do with a private who can’t be persuaded to load his gun? WÜRZBURG, GERMANY … Continue reading →

Or better said, “We don’t count anything, at least not correctly – funds expended, civilians killed, wounded, or displaced, paid contractors …..” Do US, Iraqi Officials Undercount Detainees? Confusion Over the Official Number Held Raises SuspicionBy CHRISTINA DAVIDSON 08/13/2007 5:27 … Continue reading →

Racism and Resistance: The Struggle to Free the Jena SixBy JORDAN FLAHERTY Almost a year ago, in the small northern Louisiana town of Jena, a group of white students hung three nooses from a tree in front of Jena High … Continue reading →

Learn from the fall of Rome, US warnedBy Jeremy Grant in Washington 08/14/07 “FT” — – – The US government is on a ‘burning platform’ of unsustainable policies and practices with fiscal deficits, chronic healthcare underfunding, immigration and overseas military … Continue reading →

Escalation by the Numbers: What “Progress” in Iraq Really MeansBy Tom Engelhardt Someday, we will undoubtedly discover that, in the term “surge” — as in the President’s “surge” plan (or “new way forward”) announced to the nation in January — … Continue reading →

Flush with Profits from the Iraq War, Military Contractors See a World of Business Opportunities: The Mercenary RevolutionBy JEREMY SCAHILL If you think the U.S. has only 160,000 troops in Iraq, think again. With almost no congressional oversight and even … Continue reading →

Destination Darfur: A New Cold War Over OilBy VIJAY PRASHAD In February, George W. Bush announced the creation of a new unified combatant command for Africa. After several years of deliberation, the Pentagon finally agreed to create the African Command … Continue reading →