Iraq War

Ramsey Clark, Human Rights Lawyer and Critic of US Empire, Dies at Age 93

Former US Attorney General Ramsey Clarke speaks during a press conference after he joined ISNAD, the defence committee of toppled Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, 28 December 2004 in Amman. (Photo: KHALIL MAZRAAWI/AFP via Getty Images)

On 18th Anniversary of Iraq Invasion, Activists Renew Calls for US Reparations

Brett Wilkins, staff writer

"Americans owe a debt to the people of Iraq that can never be repaid in full. However, it is incumbent and imperative that we try."

Warning Biden's Syria Strikes Set 'Dangerous' Precedent, Groups Push Congress to Respond

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks as Vice President Kamala Harris, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) listen in the Rose Garden of the White House on March 12, 2021. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

A joint letter urges lawmakers to "defend the Constitution and Congress's...

'We Need to Make Sure It's Done Right': Peace Advocates Welcome Biden Move to Limit War Powers

Brett Wilkins, staff writer

A member of the U.S. Marine Corps deployed during the Iraq War. (Photo: Cpl. Brian M. Henner/USMC/flickr/cc)

The president and Congress, said one leading anti-war campaigner, "must work...

After Airstrikes in Syria, Senators Introduce Resolution to Repeal Some Presidential War Powers

Diverse Coalition Calls on Congress to End 'Forever Wars' and 'Unaccountable, Interventionist' US Foreign Policy

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

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

'Greatest Journalist of His Generation': Robert Fisk, Veteran War Reporter and Fierce Critic of US Imperialism, Dead at 74

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

Imperial Irony: New York Times Announces Halt to 'At War' Section Even as Endless US War Continues

Life in Supermax for the Crime of 'Merely Doing Journalism'? UK Court Told Assange Likely to Be Sent to Notorious US Prison

'Reducing Troops Not the Same as Ending Wars': Peace Activists Say Trump Drawdown in Iraq Not Nearly Enough

'Horrifically Catastrophic': Report Finds So-Called US War on Terror Has Displaced as Many as 59 Million People

Fossil Fuel Investments and Hawkish Foreign Policy Among Serious Issues Progressives Have With Susan Rice as Possible VP Pick

'Belongs in The Hague': Online Disgust Follows Glowing Praise for George W. Bush's Covid-19 Message

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Stoked To Celebrate So Much Death, Like, The Biggest Numbers Ever

As most sentient beings marked with grief or rage the anniversary of 9/11 - a day that begot 3,000 deaths at home and, ultimately, hundreds of thousands across a ravaged Middle East - the sick schmuck in the White House offered a stunningly unseemly fist bump en route to a memorial. But current idiocies aside, the day's truth endures: GOP opportunists and imperialists used it to launch a calamitous forever war, still festering, for which they have yet to face any consequence.