Archive for the 'Occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan' Category
16 Jul
All The President’s Psychologists
The McGlynn: We should honor the dissident psychologists (authors and coauthors) for their effort of more than 10 years to rout out official professional involvement with the US torture program. Stephen Soldz, Nathaniel Raymond and Steven Reisner released a report last week backing up their conclusions that “The A.P.A. secretly coordinated with officials from the […]
26 May
Memorial Day – Celebrations, Remembrance, and Repentance
Celebrations, Remembrance, and Repentance by Origin Submitted by Judith Celebration– Sunday evening, I was both moved and angered by the Lockheed-Martin Production of the National Memorial Day Concert. Prominently among the dignitaries sat Colin Powell as an honored guest and pontificator. The show was broadcast on Sunday evening prime time, not even on Memorial Day […]
25 Sep
Mideast Iraq Vintage Mosul Photo Gallery
Mideast Iraq Vintage Mosul Photo Gallery * This combination of two photographs shows a 1932 image taken during the autumn of Nebi Yunis, the tomb of the prophet Jonah, in Mosul, northern Iraq, from the Library of Congress, top, and Iraqis walking in the rubble of the revered Muslim shrine after it was was destroyed […]
27 Jun
Iraqis Are Not ‘Abstractions’
by Ray McGovern Photo: US Army When I saw the Washington Post’s banner headline, “U.S. sees risk in Iraq airstrikes,” I thought, “doesn’t that say it all.” The Post apparently didn’t deem it newsworthy to publish a story headlined: “Iraqis see risk in U.S. airstrikes.” Then, in an accompanying article, authors Gregg Jaffe and Kevin Maurer observed nonchalantly that “Iraq and the […]
