Kevin Martin: Social distancing? Peace and social justice demand more coming together, not more distancing

Let’s get all U.S. troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan, make peace with Iran, and address the real threats to human security like pandemics and the climate crisis

Reese Erlich: In a Plague Year, Trump Ratchets up Tensions with Iran and Iraq

Trump can continue his “maximum pressure campaign” against Iran and face continued Iraqi attacks on US troops. Or he can back off to focus on domestic concerns and avoid a wider war

Medea Benjamin: 12 Ways the U.S. Invasion of Iraq Lives on in Infamy

The U.S. invasion was a crime of aggression under international law, and was actively opposed by people and countries all over the world

Juan Cole: As Trump stumbles on Coronavirus, He Bombs Shiites in Shiite-Ruled Iraq

The Trump administration is now more or less forcibly occupying Iraq against the will of its elected representatives, and is waging a low intensity war on a section of the Iraqi military with which the US is supposed to be allied

Haifa Zangana: The Iraqi uprising is a quantum leap in collective awareness

The uprising, with the courage and sacrifices of its youth, has given the people hope for real change

Juan Cole: Rockets slam into US Embassy Compound in Iraq, as Base with US Troops also Comes under Fire

Trump has threatened to destroy the Iraqi economy with severe sanctions if the Iraqi executive follows through on parliament’s decree that US troops must leave

Noam Chomsky: The U.S. is a Rogue State and Suleimani’s Assassination Confirms It

Act of war? Perhaps we can settle on reckless international terrorism

Nicolas J.S. Davies: The U.S. Is Recycling Its Big Lie About Iraq to Target Iran

The U.S.’s campaign against Iran has violated the most critical lessons that U.S. and UN officials claimed to have learned from the debacle in Iraq

Chris Hedges: The Miracle of Kindness

Take a brief journey through the eyes of American, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges to Jerusalem, Gaza, and Iraq, and discover the sacred bonds that make us human

Juan Cole: Challenge to Trump

Muqtada al-Sadr & Iraqi Shiite leaders Call for a Million-Man March against US Military Occupation

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