Iraq Vets Testify to War Atrocities, Vow to Fight and Resist Bush Policy
19 May 2008
Angry vets testify to horrors of killing innocent people, and the way they came to dehumanize those they were supposedly sent to “liberate.”

The Pentagon Has Bolstered its Recruitment Budget, But Where Will The Troops Come From?
18 May 2008
We know the military has lowered the bar for enlisting, but few realize how much money we’re paying the DoD for their shady recruitment practices.

John Cusack: Outsourced Warfare Represents a “Radical, Dangerous, Disgusting Ideology”
18 May 2008
An interview with Cusack about his latest film, War Inc., which takes the outsourcing of military operations to the absurd.

“She Became the Poster Child for Torture”: An Interview with “Standard Operating Procedure” Director Errol Morris
16 May 2008
In his new documentary, Errol Morris revisits Abu Ghraib, asking tough questions about what was and wasn’t revealed in those famous photographs.

U.S. Sergeant Refuses to Go to Iraq: “This Occupation is Unconstitutional and Illegal”
15 May 2008
On Capitol Hill yesterday, an American soldier named Matthis Chiroux publicly announced his refusal to deploy to Iraq.

The House Passage of the GI Bill Is a Critical First Victory
15 May 2008
We’ve seen enough bumper sticker and lapel pin patriotism; the landmark GI Bill is a major bipartisan commitment to the troops.

Justice for Dead Journalists
14 May 2008
A military whistle-blower has come forward with information that contradicts the government’s official story about the deaths of two journalists.

The Bush Administration’s Bogus Claims About Iran’s Weapons Smuggling
14 May 2008
A plotted sequence of events to build domestic U.S. support for a possible strike against Iran over its “meddling” in Iraq has hit some snags.

Arianna Huffington Storms NYC With New Book, Skewering McCain as a ‘Pandering Pawn of the Right’
14 May 2008
Huffington blasts corporate media and lampoons McCain. She tells all in an interview with Grit TV’s Laura Flanders and AlterNet’s Don Hazen.

Food Crisis Hits Fallujah
13 May 2008
Sharp increases in food prices have generated a new wave of anti-occupation and anti-U.S. sentiment in Fallujah.

Fighting For Survival, Muqtada al-Sadr Orders a Ceasefire
13 May 2008
The ceasefire agreement is intended to end seven weeks of fighting in which more than 1,000 people, mostly civilians, have been killed.

Veteran Suicides Continue to Rise
12 May 2008
As a national crisis grows and Congress starts to pay attention, small town newspapers remain the only sources for information on veteran suicides

Battle Against al Qaeda in Iraq Has Turned Mosul into a Ghost Town
11 May 2008
Five years after the fall of Saddam Hussein, Mosul, one of the world’s great cities, has become a desolate battleground.

Misogyny Rampant in the Armed Forces: 1 in 3 Military Women Experience Sexual Abuse
11 May 2008
Speaking out against the war, female veterans describe regular abuse at the hands of their peers—and the military’s failure to address it.

Fraudster Ahmed Chalabi’s Lobby
10 May 2008
No one could have guessed, back in 2000, what would come of Chalabi’s efforts in Washington.

Acting Locally: Will Chicago Push Back Against Iran Warmongering?
9 May 2008
With the Bush administration angling for war with Iran, the city of Chicago is considering going on record opposing it.

Leader of al-Qa’ida in Iraq Reported “Captured” in Mosul Raid
8 May 2008
The Iraqi Defense Ministry claims Washington’s prime target, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, has been arrested, but the White House seems skeptical.

Our Media Have Been So Wrong for So Long
8 May 2008
In his new book, E&P editor Greg Mitchell offers a stinging indictment of the media’s complicity with Washington’s war-marketing machine.

The Iraq Supplemental: A Three-Ring Circus
7 May 2008
Congress thinks it’s being cute in dealing with all of the funding for Iraq this year in one fell swoop.

America’s War on Journalists
7 May 2008
The Bush administration has engaged in assault, intimidation, and imprisonment to limit the ability of journalists to do their jobs.

With House Poised to Spend $163 Billion, More Argue Iraq Should Use Oil Money to Pay for Reconstruction
7 May 2008
“The argument that Iraq should use its oil revenues to pay the U.S. sounds like the ultimate proof that we invaded Iraq for mercenary reasons.”

Pentagon Releases Propaganda Documents—Will the Media Pay Attention?
6 May 2008
With 8,000 pages of documents online for the world to see, will the networks continue their media blackout?

International Crisis Group: “There Is Reason to Fear This Is Only a Temporary Salve”
5 May 2008
Two new ICG reports show that, at best, the “surge” was a temporary solution and that, in Iraq, “underlying issues will again come to the fore.”

Endless War: Is the U.S. Trying to Set Whole World on Fire?
5 May 2008
The Iraq war won’t end, but in the Pentagon they’re already arguing about the next one.

What is Next for Muqtada al Sadr?
4 May 2008
While U.S. casualties continue to mount—and many Iraqi troops lay down their arms—the Mahdi Army is waging a war of survival.