Iraq

Despite Sec. Kerry’s warning, no agreement yet between Iraq and U.S. over Iran flights

Despite “spirited discussion” with the Iraqi prime minister, U.S. Secretary of State Kerry has as yet failed to persuade Iraq to stop Iranian overflights carrying men and arms to Syria.

Iraqi army helped Syrian government retake border checkpoint – reports

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki warned on Wednesday that a Syrian rebel victory could spark sectarian violence in his own country and the whole region. And the only nation to benefit from that would, of course, be Israel

Supervisor of Intelligence Estimate Hailed for Preventing War with Iran

Supervisor of Intelligence Estimate Hailed for Preventing War with Iran

How telling the truth has been turned into an act of treason. Whistleblowers tell of their experiences with ‘national security’

The Road to World War Three

This video examines the history of the dollar, its relation to oil, and the real motives behind the wars of the past two decades. And the next one

America’s Hype over WMD: Five Invasion Plots, Three Continents, Identical Lies

America’s Hype over WMD: Five Invasion Plots, Three Continents, Identical Lies

As the sabre rattling against Syria gets ever louder it is instructive to look at the justifications presented by US Administrations for a few other murderous incursions.

3,000 US troops secretly return to Iraq via Kuwait

Reports say that another 17,000 could soon join them with a view to events in Syria

‘Iran plans tanker crash to force end to sanctions’

These claims, originally published in German weekly Der Spiegel, are reminiscent of earlier plots dreamt up by Western intelligence and used to blacken Iraq’s name. Remember them?

Iraq War – Was it Worth it?

Iraq War – Was it Worth it?

The Iraq war cost $3 Trillion. 4,800 US soldiers were killed and 32,000 seriously wounded. Iraqi civilian casualties range around 600,000. All for the overthrow of a despot who was originally installed and maintained with covert U.S. help

Iran closely monitoring U.S. military bases in the region

In anticipation of a U.S./Israeli air campaign against the Islamic Republic

The Last Time We Fought Iran

The Last Time We Fought Iran

A former CIA officer on the lessons to be learned from the Iran-Iraq War

BBC Caught Using ‘Iraq Photo to Illustrate Syrian Massacre’

BBC Caught Using ‘Iraq Photo to Illustrate Syrian Massacre’

Nonetheless, the Corporation ties itself in knots trying to explain it was just a simple mistake

BBC Caught Passing Off Old Photos From Iraq as Being of Syrian Massacre

BBC Caught Passing Off Old Photos From Iraq as Being of Syrian Massacre

The BBC is it again. Using a photo from Iraq in 2003 and claiming it was of the Houla massacre. Once the photographer who took the original shot cries foul it’s removed. But not before a screen shot is saved

Pentagon encircles Iran: Victory would take 3 weeks

Pentagon encircles Iran: Victory would take 3 weeks

US strategists believe that they could destroy or significanly downgrade Iran’s armed forces in about three weeks

Rates of cancer, leukaemia and congenital deformities higher in Fallujah than those reported in the aftermath of nuclear explosions in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. Click to enlarge

The Children of Fallujah – families fight back

Robert Fisk on the legacy of the Anglo-American ‘liberation’ of Iraq

The Children of Fallujah – Sayef’s story

The Children of Fallujah – Sayef’s story

A 2010 study said increases in infant mortality, cancer and leukaemia in Fallujah exceeded those reported by survivors of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

The Children of Fallujah – the hospital of horrors

Part II of Robert Fisk’s report from Fallujah a decade after it was ‘liberated’ by U.S. forces

Broadcast News Networks Misrepresent Intelligence On Iranian Nuclear Issues

Broadcast News Networks Misrepresent Intelligence On Iranian Nuclear Issues

Just as news coverage of Iraq’s alleged WMD helped pave the way for the invasion – before being revealed as flawed – so a recent study has found corporate news consistently misrepresents Iran’s nuclear program. Includes video

Israel-Iran History, Holocaust Perverted in Grass’s Poem

Coming from the man who helped champion the invasion of Iraq, in which Israel was the only real beneficiary, this attack reveals Jeffrey Goldberg for what he really is

Leaked Video Shows US Contractors Randomly Killing Civilians

Employees of the US military contracting group Academi (formerly Xe, Blackwater USA and Blackwater Worldwide) are seen in new leaked video randomly shooting their machine guns and driving their Humvees into Iraqi pedestrians

Israelis Grow Confident Strike on Iran’s Nukes Can Work

Israelis Grow Confident Strike on Iran’s Nukes Can Work

One of the journalists who helped pave the way for the invasion of Iraq is now preparing the public to accept military action against Iran