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Soon after the official end of hostilities in Iraq a year ago, I remember George Bush declaring with a completely straight face that the occupation forces were providing electricity, water…

Military experts have cast doubt on the authenticity of the photos of abuse allegedly committed by US and UK troops in Iraq.
 US General Donald Rumdoings and UK General Emperor…

Donald Rumsfeld: I am deeply sorry. Deeply, deeply, deeply, deeply, deeply, deeply, deeply, deeply, deeply, deeply, sorry. Not only am I deeply sorry, I am sincerely deeply sorry for ……

Once again I am astounded at the simple-mindedness of my fellow humans. Quite rightly there has been much anger and anguish over the images of prisoners abused by US and…

Japanese hostages released from their Iraqi captors returned home this weekend to a bill from the government for their rescue and a public scolding from the prime minister. Japan is…

By Matt Kaste Friends,When Republicans (the New Radicals) go on the offensive, thousands of innocent people die, the environment is further damaged, the poor and middle-classes get stiffed and the…

The US army does not keep a tally of the people it kills or injures. “We do not do body counts” we are told by General Tommy Franks. Why then…

On this page I have pointed out the Baghdad blog Baghdad Burning/Riverbend written by a young Iraqi woman who apparently lives right in Baghdad. She is very forthright, and to…

Told you so. After the Madrid bomb, I said in an entry on this page we should expect an attack against Japanese civilians to lever out the Japanese army from…


Saddam Hussein’s sons died fighting the US army. Their father seemed happy to be found alive.

 When the Israeli army battered down the walls to his compound, Arafat foretold his…