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Albert Langer: Latham v reality: the looming crisis

Labor's blatant and cowardly appeasement strategy is exposed as never before, writes Albert Langer.

  • Posted by keza
  • Published: 2004-06-13

Kurdish parliament calls UN Security Council resolution positive

"The Kurdish parliament has decided to adopt a positive position toward the UN Security Council resolution because the entire world has expressed its respect for the fundamental law," said Roj Nuri Shawis, a vice president in Iraq's caretaker government and the Kurdish parliament speaker.

  • Posted by keza
  • Published: 2004-06-13

Ralph Peters: BETRAYAL

When Washington chooses short-term political gains over long-term strategic advantage, we repeat our worst past errors, from buttressing the Shah of Iran to supporting Saddam Hussein. Appeasement isn't a strategy. Quiet isn't peace. Iraq was quiet under the old regime.

  • Posted by keza
  • Published: 2004-06-13

What Went Wrong? The flaw in Seymour Hersh's theory

But the battle against Islamic jihad will be going on for a very long time, against a foe that is both ruthless and irrational. This means that infinite patience and scruple and intelligence are required, as well as decisiveness and bravery. Given this necessary assumption, all short-cut artists, let alone rec-room sadists, are to be treated, not as bad apples alone, but as traitors and enemies. If Rumsfeld could bring himself to say that, he could perhaps undo some of the shame, and some of the harm as well.

  • Posted by keza
  • Published: 2004-06-13

Ahmad and Me: Defending Chalabi

Christopher Hitchens defending Chalabi.

  • Posted by keza
  • Published: 2004-06-13

US Still Welcome in Kurdistan

Kurdish peshmerga fighters even protect the American base and accompany soldiers on main roads.

  • Posted by keza
  • Published: 2004-05-17

Pamela Bone: Not all news in Iraq and Afghanistan is bad

Some people would prefer to see Iraq fail than America succeed, writes Pamela Bone.

  • Posted by keza
  • Published: 2004-05-17

Jose Ramos-Horta: Keep fighting the good fight

Credible opinion polls show that a large majority of Iraqis feel better off than a year ago. There is real freedom of the press with newspapers and radio stations mushrooming in the new Iraq. There is unhindered internet access. NGOs covering everything from human rights to women's advocacy have emerged. In short, Iraq is experiencing real freedom for the first time in its history. And that is exactly what the religious fanatics fear.

  • Posted by keza
  • Published: 2004-05-13

Prison Mutiny:What the torturers of Abu Ghraib have wrought.

Either these goons were acting on someone's authority, in which case there is a layer of mid- to high-level people who think that they are not bound by the laws and codes and standing orders. Or they were acting on their own authority, in which case they are the equivalent of mutineers, deserters, or traitors in the field. This is why one asks wistfully if there is no provision in the procedures of military justice for them to be taken out and shot.

  • Posted by keza
  • Published: 2004-05-06

Chalabi: What Iraqis Want

A year after Saddam was deposed, the Iraqi people are grateful for liberation but tired of occupation and delayed promises. Only sovereignty, democracy and justice will satisfy us now.

  • Posted by keza
  • Published: 2004-05-03

The enemy is not America

Why is international public opinion not outraged at the treatment of women in Islamic fundamentalist societies? Why is it easier for millions of people around the world to see America as the great evil, rather than the countries in which governments ignore such horrific abuses of women?

  • Posted by keza
  • Published: 2004-05-03

Chalabi Compares U.S. Policy on Baathists with Nazis

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A U.S. policy shift that may allow former Baathists join a new Iraqi government was akin to putting back Nazis in charge of Germany, Governing Council member Ahmad Chalabi said on Friday.

  • Posted by keza
  • Published: 2004-05-01

Hitchens: Covering the 'quagmire'

It's now fairly obvious that those who cover Iraq have placed their bets on a fiasco or "quagmire" and that this conclusion shows in the fiber and detail of their writing.

  • Posted by keza
  • Published: 2004-05-01

Rumsfeld: post-war problems of ‘occupation’ underestimated

MATTHEWS: What’s different? RUMSFELD: Well, in Vietnam, you had a government that was not a popular government in the south. They didn’t have—hadn’t fashioned their own constitution. They hadn’t had their own elections. They were governments that were considered by the rest of the Vietnamese people to be puppet governments.

  • Posted by keza
  • Published: 2004-05-01

The Arab media's distortion of reality in Iraq

Since the US-led operation that led to the toppling of the Saddam regime, the Arab media has played a significant role in providing a one sided perception of the news. This biased reporting has had a considerable impact on opinions around the globe.

  • Posted by keza
  • Published: 2004-05-01
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