February 2006
Iraq's death squads: On the brink of civil war
by mikepower
Most of the corpses in Baghdad's mortuary show signs of torture and execution. And the Interior Ministry is being blamed.
US troops taught Iraqi gestures
by mikepower
The US military has funded a computer game to teach its troops how to use and decipher Iraqi body language.
Jasem al-Aqrab: The Basra video should lay to rest a scurrilous lie
by mikepower
Since April 2003, the people of Basra have consistently been bemused by reports that they and their city enjoy a state of calm and stability under the command of the British forces, in contrast to the north of Iraq and the so-called Sunni triangle.
January 2006
Independent: Palestinian with Aids barred from Israeli hospital
by mikepower
A Palestinian Aids patient has been denied permission to leave Gaza for treatment in Israel despite warnings by senior Israeli clinicians that the case is urgent.
Guardian: Official US agency paints dire picture of 'out-of-control' Iraq
by mikepower
An official assessment drawn up by the US foreign aid agency depicts the security situation in Iraq as dire, amounting to a "social breakdown" in which criminals have "almost free rein".
The Village Voice: The Bush Beat
by mikepower
A year after tearfully accepting a Medal of Freedom from George W. Bush for his disastrous reign in Iraq, preposterous pasha Jerry Bremer has rewritten history with a ghosted "diary" and started a book tour by saying, "I didn't do it."
July 2005
Iraqi Casualties: Unnamed and Unnoticed
by mikepower
An in-depth look at how we have treated Iraqi civilian deaths by veteran war reporter Judith Coburn
Addicted to occupation: Bradley Burston
by mikepower
God, grant me the serenity to leave the places I can leave. Give me the courage to stand and defend the places I should. And the wisdom to know the difference.
June 2005
Joe Conason at Salon.com: Karl Rove is a liar and a scoundrel. He is not a patriot but a pure partisan, as his own record proved long before now.
by mikepower
In attacking liberals' reaction to Sept. 11, Bush's senior advisor once again resorts to McCarthy-style tactics.
Two years on, the echoes of Vietnam are getting louder
by mikepower
American defeat in 1975 brought about Vietnamese unification, while American failure in Iraq will almost certainly precipitate that country's fragmentation.
Blinded by the light at the end of the tunnel
by mikepower
The American public is increasingly disillusioned by the Iraq war, and Bush's triumphalism only makes things worse
May 2005
Regime change is illegal: end of debate: Alasdair Palmer
by mikepower
I would never do anything against the advice of the Attorney General: Tony Blair
April 2005
ei: The Case Against Alan Dershowitz: The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel vs. Alan Dershowitz
by mikepower
Alan Dershowitz is a well-known lawyer and professor at Harvard Law School, a prolific author, and makes regular appearances in the media
Jonathan Freedland: Reviled as outsiders
by mikepower
"This is so wrong. We should be on the same side."
Jewish MP pelted with eggs at war memorial
by mikepower
The sheer ignorance never mind the lack of respect is shocking. They have no idea where their freedom came from and who gave it to them.
Lecturers may boycott Israeli academics
by mikepower
Israeli academics who refuse to condemn their government's actions in the occupied territories risk a boycott by the UK's leading lecturers' union.
March 2005
As war stretches on, recruiters scramble
by mikepower
Last month, the US Army missed its monthly recruiting target for the first time since 2000. The Army National Guard and Reserve haven't reached their monthly targets since October.
A military tribunal determined last fall that Murat Kurnaz, a German national seized in Pakistan in 2001, was a member of al Qaeda and an enemy combatant whom the government could detain indefinitely at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
by mikepower
The three military officers on the panel, whose identities are kept secret, said in papers filed in federal court that they reached their conclusion based largely on classified evidence that was too sensitive to release to the public.
Dead Iraqis; Why an Estimate was Ignored, The Lancet Study Why an Estimate was Ignored
by mikepower
To the extent it was covered at all, the reports were short and usually buried far from the front pages of major newspapers. The results of the study could have played an important role in future policy decisions, but the press’s near total silence all
A revolution made for TV
by mikepower
Tuesday, half a million people demonstrating in the streets of Beirut, chanting and waving flags. You probably assumed that they were protesting against the Syrian presence in Lebanon. In fact it was a rally organised by Hezbollah in support of Syria
February 2005
Johann Hari: Don't let the Livingstone row blind us to the real and growing threat of anti-Semitism
by mikepower
It seems that human rights abuses committed by Jews provoke more rage than abuses committed by others
Sunday Times: Putting the fear of God into Holland
by mikepower
The Dutch have rejected liberalism in response to Islamic immigration. Some say they are now too hardline. So what can the rest of Europe learn from their crisis?The Dutch have rejected liberalism in response to Islamic immigration. Some say they ar
The Painful Truth
by mikepower
The Iraq war is a new kind of hell, with more survivors - but more maimed, shattered limbs - than ever. A revolution in battlefield medicine is helping them conquer the pain.
Send a White Feather to Jonah!
by mikepower
Let's send white feathers to a prominent chicken hawk who is willing to vilify anyone who opposes the war in Iraq but seems to have many reasons for staying safe here.
