Iraq

'Going Back to the Cheney Playbook': Fears of War Grow as Pompeo Plans to Accuse Iran of Ties to Al Qaeda

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a media briefing on November 10, 2020 at the State Department in Washington, D.C.

Carrying Death Sentence If Convicted, Iraq Issues Arrest Warrant for Trump on Murder Charges

Jon Queally, staff writer

The U.S. president is now wanted by law enforcement in the Middle East nation for ordering the assassination of Iranian Gen. Qassim Soleimani and Iraqi commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.

Iran's Top Diplomat Warns Trump Plotting to 'Fabricate Pretext for War' as US Flies B-52s Over Persian Gulf

Jake Johnson, staff writer

Foreign Minister of Iran, Javad Zarif, during a cabinet meeting in Tehran, Iran on April 15, 2020.

"Iran doesn't seek war," said the Iranian foreign minister, "but will openly...

UN Experts Condemn Trump's Pardon of Blackwater Contractors as 'Affront to Justice'

Julia Conley, staff writer

"These pardons violate U.S. obligations under international law and more...

'Unhinged, Lame-Duck President Wants to Start a War': Warnings as Trump Blames Iran for Rocket Attack

Senior UN Human Rights Official 'Deeply Concerned' by Trump's Pardons for Mercenaries Who Massacred 17 Iraqi Civilians

Leaving Out Assange, Who Exposed US War Crimes, Trump Pardons Blackwater Guards Jailed for Massacring Iraqi Civilians

'Severe Blow to Iraqi Torture Survivors': Despite Evidence of UK War Crimes, ICC Drops War Crimes Probe

Because She Was Wrong About Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, and Libya, Daniel Ellsberg Joins Campaign Against Flournoy

As Biden Taps Blinken as Secretary of State, Critics Denounce Support for Invasions of Iraq and Libya

Washington Post Publishes Names and Details of 1,400 Civilians Killed in US-Led Bombings of ISIS

A Defeated Trump 'Has No Authorization for a New War,' Say Campaigners After NYT Reports President Wanted Military Strike Options for Iran

47 Groups Back Rep. Joaquin Castro for House Committee Chair Post to 'Build a More Restrained and Progressive Foreign Policy'

10 Years After Iraq War Logs, It's Impunity for War Criminals, War on Whistleblowers

Report Details How Trump Downplays, Ignores Grave Human Rights Violations Around the World

'Not Just a Slippery Slope... A Cliff': UN Expert Warns of Expanding Drone Threats After Soleimani Assassination

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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.