Rumsfeld’s Mysterious Resignation
For nine months, the Bush administration went to great lengths to hide what would seem to be an innocuous secret, the fact that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was forced out of his job the day...
View ArticleBush Wants $50 Billion More for Iraq War
President Bush plans to ask Congress next month for up to $50 billion in additional funding for the war in Iraq, a White House official said in yesterday’s The Washington Post, a move that appears to...
View ArticlePresident Obama Declares End of Combat Mission in Iraq
Full text of president’s remarks below… Remarks by the President in Address to the Nation on the End of Combat Operations in Iraq Oval Office 8:00 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good evening. Tonight, I’d...
View ArticleCBS’ 60 Minutes Interviews Iraq WMD Source ‘Curve Ball’
Bob Simon interviews the Iraqi defector code-named “Curve Ball,” whose false tale of a mobile, biological weapons program was the chief justification the Bush administration used to invade Iraq. ©...
View ArticleOn 10th Anniversary of Iraq Invasion, Majority of Americans See War as Mistake
Republicans Still Support War – By Glynn Wilson – It has been 10 years since the Bush-Cheney administration made the decision to invade Iraq, and according to public opinion research, a majority of...
View ArticleSenate Debates Iraq Troop Surge
by Glynn Wilson The debate is on live on C-SPAN2 in the U.S. Senate in a rare holiday Saturday session, with the new Democratic Party majority determined to send a message to President George W. Bush...
View ArticleSenate Republicans Block Vote on Troop Surge Debate
Senate Republicans effectively blocked debate on a resolution to oppose President George W. Bush’s Iraq troop surge in what amounts to a filibuster. Only seven Republicans voted for a motion to have a...
View ArticleIraq, Afghanistan Missions Slipping Out of Control
A Canadian parliamentary panel has taken an unvarnished look at the war in Afghanistan and concluded that it is a “hard mission” that is slipping out of control. The legislators fault heavy-handed U.S....
View ArticleRobert Parry Strikes Again…
One of our favorite independent investigative and analytical reporters has been busy the past few days, covering topics like the mainstream media can’t seem to figure out. Robert Parry has been writing...
View ArticleGuest Letter: Edwards Says Keep Fighting to End Iraq War
About an hour ago, the Senate caved to President Bush and sent him another blank check to continue the war in Iraq. This is a serious blow for all of us, but no one lost more today than the troops in...
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