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Iraq

Carnage Concealed: Experts Denounce Pentagon for Lowballing Number of Civilians US Killed in 2017

Demonstrators hold signs during an anti-war protest after President Donald Trump launched airstrikes in Syria, April 15, 2018 in New York City. (Photo : Kena Betancur/Getty Images)

'Trump Has Stoked the Fire in the Middle East': 8 Clips From Sanders Town Hall

Jon Queally, staff writer

Online event was latest in series of independent forums focused on crucial issue poorly covered by corporate news outlets

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Man Celebrated for Throwing Shoes at 'Criminal' Bush Running for Parliament

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"When I threw the shoe in the face of the criminal, George Bush, I wanted to...

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Corker-Kaine AUMF Would Only Expand Trump's Ability To Wage Endless War

Jon Queally, staff writer

"The last thing President Trump needs is a renewed open-ended authorization...

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To Give Them Child's Terrifying View, Warmongers Like John Bolton Should Download This App

15 Years After Invasion, Many Americans Still Fail To Recognize Unending Scale of the Crime

A sign seen at a 2007 anti-war protest. (Photo: Thiago Santos/cc/flickr)

15 Years After Invasion, Demands for Iraq War Reparations, New Global Peace Movement

Marking 15th Anniversary of US Invasion of Iraq, A Global Call for Peace

Warnings of 'Civilization-Threatening Disaster' as John Bolton Tops List of McMaster Replacements

child in school in Yemen

UN Agency Decries 'Shocking Scale' of Attacks on Children in Conflict Zones

Pope Francis Appeals for Peace Amid Conflicts Inflamed by Trump

An Iraqi woman cries as she arrives safely with her family to an Iraqi Army position after fleeing the Islamic State controlled Old City of west Mosul where heavy fighting continues on June 23, 2017. (Photo: Martyn Aim/Getty Images)

US-Led Assault on Mosul Killed Ten Times More Iraqi Civilians Than Military Admitted

As Military Obscures Bloodshed, Number of Civilians Killed by US Bombs Soaring, Say Watchdogs

State Department Officials Accuse Tillerson of Violating Anti-Child Soldiers Law

With Trump Silent, Sanders and Dems Demand Aid for Iranian Earthquake Victims

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Investigation Reveals US-Led Bombings in Iraq Kill 31 Times More Civilians Than Reported

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Absolutely Nothing

Amidst the saber-rattling on Iraq, a fine, furious, gut-wrenching rant from a former Naval intelligence officer who was there from the start on the mindless claim by a draft-dodging Mitt Romney and all the other "simpering capering madmen" and "cowardly connected wealthy weasels" that "tragically, all we've fought for...is on the cusp of vanishing." Tell us, rages Jim Wright, what "we" fought for, and what it would cost to, insanely, do it again.

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Amnesty International - USA

Amnesty International Calls on US to Investigate All Claims of Civilian Casualties

Amnesty International - USA

Violence Against Protesters and Journalists in Kurdistan Region Shows Blatant Disregard for Freedom of Expression in Iraq

Amnesty International - USA

Iraq: Alarming Reports of More Than 3,000 People Facing Death Over Terror-Related Offenses

Win Without War

Win Without War Statement Regarding the 15th Anniversary of the US-led Invasion of Iraq

Senator Bernie Sanders

Sanders Joins Progressive Activists for International Call to Build Globally Coordinated People’s Movement for Peace

Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR)

Private Corporation May be Sued for Role in Abu Ghraib Torture, Judge Rules

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Views

Emile Nakhleh

The Middle East Is Worse Off in Trump's Wake

Zach Henson

My Answer to 'Thank You For Your Service'

Phyllis Bennis, Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II

The Best Way to Honor Our Vets and Protect Americans? End the Wars

Tom Gallagher

The Afghanistan War and the California Senate Race

Tom Engelhardt

A Staggeringly Well-Funded Blowback Machine

Eric Margolis

Doctor Death From Damascus?

Robert C. Koehler

In Syria and Beyond, What Would It Even Look Like If the U.S. Truly Wanted Peace in the World?

Juan Cole

Iraq on Syria Strikes: We've Seen This Movie and It Doesn't End Well

Paul Pillar

The Bolton-Pompeo Package

Marjorie Cohn

Trump Finds Fellow Bully in Bolton

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