The Invasion of Iraq

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They make a desert, and call it peace. Tacitus

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• External sites — resources for trustworthy information about Bush's War
• The Lies That Led to War (separate page)
• General News and Commentary
• Bush Speeches on Iraq
• Abuse of Iraqis by U.S. Forces
• Antiwar protests (separate page)
• The Occupation of Iraq
• Iraqi Resistance
• Chickenhawks vs. Reality
• The Battlefield
• Troop Casualties
• 'Friendly Fire' and 'Collateral Damage'
• The Iraqi People
• The War Juggernaut
• Liberation or Empire Building?
• War Profiteers
• Where are the WMD?
• Do the American People Want War?
• The Loyal Opposition
• Coalition and the UN
• International Perspective
• Historical Context

External Sites

• Al Jazeera
  English-language site for the Arabic news agency
• Bring Them Home Now
  A 'campaign of military families, veterans, active duty personnel, reservists and others opposed to the ongoing war in Iraq'
• Campaign for Peace and Democracy
  Progressive coalition campaigning for a new, democratic U.S. foreign policy
• Electronic Iraq
  News portal on the US-Iraq crisis published by veteran antiwar campaigners Voices in the Wilderness and respected Middle East supplementary news publishers, the Electronic Intifada.
• Peace Action
  Organization whose mission is "the abolition of nuclear weapons, development of a peace-oriented economy, an end to the international weapons trade, and promotion of non-military solutions to international conflicts."

General News and Commentary

• Eyewitness to a failure in Iraq
  Peter W. Galbraith, Boston Globe, 27 October 2004
• Governors Tell of War's Impact on Local Needs
  Sarah Kershaw, New York Times, 20 July 2004
• The Bush orthodoxy is in shreds
  Sidney Blumenthal, The Guardian, 27 May 2004
• Troops Get a Chance to Question Rumsfeld
  Fred Barbash, Washington Post, 13 May 2004
• Never Apologize, Never Explain
  Eric Alterman, Center for American Progress, 4 March 2004
• Revising Policy — And History
  Charles Wolfson, CBS News, 6 February 2004
• "Welcome to Vietnam, Mr. Bush"
  Jessica Kowal, Salon, 17 November 2003
• War Declared, Again
  Fred Kaplan, Slate, 12 November 2003
• A Tally of US Taxpayers' Tab for Iraq
  David R. Francis, Christian Science Monitor, 25 August 2003
• The greatest gulf
  Jonathan Raban, The Guardian, 19 April 2003
• War in Iraq a reason for shame
  Anthony B. Robinson, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 18 April 2003
• General Funk directs firepower at war strategy
  Jim Gransbery, Billings Gazette, 29 March 2003
• It's Not Vietnam, but It Sure Feels Like It
  Tom Engelhardt, History News Network, 28 March 2003
• Will Baghdad Fight to the End?
  Mark Bowden, New York Times, 27 March 2003

Bush Speeches on Iraq

• Congress Disputes Bush Pledge to Raze Abu Ghraib
  Jonathan Weisman, Washington Post, 26 May 2004

Abuse of Iraqis by U.S. Forces

• U.S. Violations of Occupation Law in Iraq
  Center for Economic and Social Rights (Requires Acrobat® Reader to view)
• US troops face new torture claims
  Richard Norton-Taylor, The Guardian, 14 September 2004
• Children in Iraqi prisons
  Tom Regan, Christian Science Monitor, 4 August 2004
• Army's Report Faults General Sanchez in Prison Abuse
  Douglas Jehl and Eric Schmitt, New York Times, 27 August 2004
• A Failure in Leadership, All the Way Up the Ranks
  Bradley Graham, Washington Post, 26 August 2004
• Law Experts Condemn U.S. Memos On Torture
  Scott Higham, Washington Post, 5 August 2004
• Making Torture Legal
  Anthony Lewis, New York Review of Books, 15 July 2004
• Memo on Methods Of Interrogation Had Wide Review
  Dana Priest, Washington Post, 27 June 2004
• Memos on Torture Policy Reveal Official Complicity
  Michael Ratner, The Scoop, 23 June 2004
• Commander Says Efforts Were Made to Keep Details of Detainee's Death Concealed
  Jackie Spinner, Washington Post, 24 June 2004
• Memos on Torture Policy Reveal Official Complicity
  Michael Ratner, The Scoop, 23 June 2004
• Justice Dept. Memo Says Torture 'May be Justified
  Dana Priest, Washington Post, 13 June 2004
• Document warns Guantanamo employees not to talk to detainees' lawyers
  Toni Locy, USA Today, 11 June 2004
• Memo on Torture Draws Focus to Bush
  Mike Allen and Dana Priest, Washington Post, 9 June 2004
• Justice Dept. Memo Offered Justification for Use of Torture
  Dana Priest and R. Jeffrey Smith, Washington Post, 8 June 2004
• Pentagon claimed US 'not bound by torture laws'
  BBC, 7 June 2004
• More Probes of Abuse by Troops in Iraq, Afghanistan Announced
  Bradley Graham, Washington Post, 5 June 2004
• Abuse Inquiries Seen as Leaving Significant Gaps
  Steven Lee Myers and Eric Schmitt, New York Times, 5 June 2004
• Rumsfeld approved torture techniques: top brass
  Sydney Morning Herald, 4 June 2004
• Army Investigates Wider Iraq Offenses
  Bradley Graham, Washington Post, 1 June 2004
• Dates on Prison Photos Show Two Phases of Abuse
  Scott Higham, Joe Stephens and Josh White, Washington Post, 1 June 2004
• Scant Evidence Cited in Long Detention of Iraqis
  Douglas Jehl and Kate Zernike, New York Times, 30 May 2004
• Abuse of Captives Widespread, Says Army Survey
  Douglas Jehl, Steven Lee Myers and Eric Schmitt, New York Times, 26 May 2004
• Marines admit abuse at second prison
  Rick Rogers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2004
• Prison Visits By General Reported In Hearing
  Scott Higham, Joe Stephens and Josh White, Washington Post, 23 May 2004
• U.S. Disputed Protected Status of Iraq Inmates
  Douglas Jehl and Neil A. Lewis, New York Times, 22 May 2004
• Memo Gave Intelligence Bigger Role at Abu Ghraib
  R. Jeffrey Smith, Washington Post, 21 May 2004
• Sworn Statements by Abu Ghraib Detainees
  Washington Post, 21 May 2004
• Justice Memos Explained How to Skip Prisoner Rights
  Neil A. Lewis, New York Times, 21 May 2004
• Pentagon's Feith in the eye of another storm
  Jim Lobe, Asia Times, 21 May 2004
• Officer Says Army Tried to Curb Red Cross Visits to Prison in Iraq
  Douglas Jehl and Eric Schmitt, New York Times, 19 May 2004
• U.S. Barred Legal Review of Detentions, Lawyer Says
  Adam Liptak, New York Times, 19 May 2004
• How high does it go?
  Eric Boehlert, Salon, 18 May 2004
• M.P.'s Received Orders to Strip Iraqi Detainees
  Eric Schmitt and Douglas Jehl, New York Times, 18 May 2004
• DoD official linked to abusive interrogation techniques has shown anti-Islam bias in the past
  Susan Taylor Martin, St. Petersburg Times, 17 May 2004
• Did the Bush Administration lie to the Supreme Court about interrogation policy?
  Tim Grieve, Salon, 17 May 2004
• The prison scandal keeps getting worse for the Bush administration
  Fred Kaplan, Slate, 17 May 2004
• Some Iraqis Held Outside Control of Top General
  Douglas Jehl, New York Times, 17 May 2004
• Knowledge of Abusive Tactics May Go Higher
  R. Jeffrey Smith, Washington Post, 16 May 2004
• US forces were taught torture techniques
  Suzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian, 14 May 2004
• U.S. Soldier Paints a Scene of Eager Mayhem at Iraqi Prison
  Kate Zernike, New York Times, 14 May 2004
• Torture at Abu Ghraib followed CIA's manual
  Alfred W. McCoy, Boston Globe, 14 May 2004
• Photos were intended to intimidate inmates
  Pauline Jelinek, Associated Press (in Salon), 11 May 2004
• Tourists and Torturers
  Luc Sante, New York Times, 11 May 2004
• Double Ordeal for Female Prisoners in Iraq
  Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2004
• Abu Ghraib: A Prison on the Brink
  Scott Higham, Josh White and Christian Davenport, Washington Post, 9 May 2004
• Former prisoner calls U.S. center, Camp Bucca a 'torture camp'
  Columbia Tribune, 8 May 2004
• Senate Questions Rummy's Coverup
  James Ridgeway, Village Voice, 7 May 2004
• Rumsfeld apologizes to abused Iraqis
  MSNBC, 7 May 2004
• U.S. officer tells of violence at Iraq prison
  Adam Tanner, Reuters (in Information Clearing House), 6 May 2004
• Video Shows Wounded Iraqis Being Shot by US Helicopters
  Robert Fisk, Independent UK (in Counterpunch), 6 May 2004
• What Bush said as the Iraq prison scandal unfolded
  William Saletan, Slate, 5 May 2004
• Jailed Iraqis hidden from Red Cross, says US army
  Julian Borger, The Guardian, 5 May 2004
• Torture report may have broken classification rules
  FAS Project on Government Secrecy, 5 May 2004
• Command Errors Aided Iraq Abuse, Army Has Found
  James Risen, New York Times, 3 May 2004
• U.S. mercenaries in Iraq include pro-apartheid terrorists from South Africa
  Louis Nevaer, Pacific News Service (in AlterNet), 4 May 2004
• US military in torture scandal
  Julian Borger, The Guardian, 30 April 2004

The Occupation of Iraq

• Group Says It Warned U.S. of Munitions Cache
  William J. Kole, Associated Press (in the Washington Post), 30 October 2004
• The looting of Iraq's arsenal
  David DeBatto, Salon, 29 October 2004
• U.S. Action Bars Right of Some Captured in Iraq
  Douglas Jehl, New York Times, 26 October 2004
• Top Army Commander in Iraq Complained of Poor Supply Situation, Document Shows
  Thomas E. Ricks, Washington Post, 17 October 2004
• Western Ways Force Iraq to Trim Water Projects
  James Glanz, New York Times, 26 July 2004
• Engines of Industry Sputtering in Iraq
  Doug Struck, Washington Post, 10 July 2004
• Reality Intrudes on Promises in Rebuilding of Iraq
  James Glanz and Erik Eckholm, New York Times, 30 June 2004
• Soldiers' Doubts Build as Duties Shift
  Daniel Williams, Washington Post, 25 May 2004
• 14 US Military Bases Under Construction In Iraq
  Pepe Escobar, Axis of Logic, 25 May 2004
• Iraqi witnesses accuse U.S. troops of massacring wedding party
  Rory McCarthy, The Guardian, 21 May 2004
• Violence Leaves Iraqis in Despair
  Sewell Chan and Scott Wilson, Washington Post, 19 May 2004
• 80% in Iraq Distrust Occupation Authority
  Thomas E. Ricks, Washington Post, 13 May 2004
• Military accused of violating Falluja ceasefire
  Luke Harding, The Guardian, 30 April 2004
• Fables of the Reconstruction
  Jason Vest, Village Voice, 20 April 2004
• Protests as U.S. closes Iraqi paper
  CNN, 28 March 2004
• Missionaries' war for souls raises Iraq tension
  The Age, 25 March 2004
• Bush Administration passed up opportunities to capture Abu Musab Zarqawi
  Jim Miklaszewski, MSNBC, 2 March 2004
• Sabotage continues in Iraq
  Glen C. Carey, USA Today, 7 December 2003
• The Rise of a New Dictatorship in Iraq
  Firas Al-Atraqchi, Islam Online, 26 November 2003
• US pays up for fatal Iraq blunders
  Rory McCarthy, The Guardian, 26 November 2003
• Under U.S. control, press freedom falls short in Iraq
  Robert Fisk, Independent UK (in Information Clearing House), 20 November 2003
• Report claims Bush team had no plans for postwar Iraq occupation
  Peter Beaumont and Dan Plesch, London Observer, 9 November 2003
• An Angry Former Iraqi Officer Says U.S. Is Wasting His Talent
  Susan Sachs, New York Times, 2 2003
• In the Ranks, Similarities Between Vietnam and Iraq
  Elizabeth Becker, New York Times, 2 November 2003
• US Soldiers to America: 'Bring us home now'
  Jay Shaft, Scoop.co, 12 October 2003
• U.S. Can't Locate Missiles Once Held in Iraq Arsenal
  Raymond Bonner, New York Times, 8 October 2003
• Four Months of US Occupation of Iraq
  Paul de Rooij, Counterpunch, 2 September 2003
• 'One in 10' Iraqi treasures looted
  BBC, 9 July 2003
• US general condemns Iraq failures
  Ed Vulliamy, London Observer, 22 June 2003
• Many charities turn down work in Iraq because of U.S. restrictions
  Jack Epstein, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 June 2003
• Looters hamper Iraqi oil output
  BBC, 4 June 2003
• U.S., Britain seek to run Iraq for at least a year
  CNN, 9 May 2003
• US troops 'encouraged' Iraqi looters
  Jonathan Duffy, BBC, 6 May 2003
• Ba'athists slip quietly back into control
  Suzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian, 21 April 2003
• Anger over Baghdad arms blast
  BBC, 26 April 2003
• Theft of Iraqi artistic treasures was planned
  Ann Talbot, World Socialist Web Site, 19 April 2003

Iraqi Resistance

• Suicide Attack Kills 13 in Iraq
  Jackie Spinner and Edward Cody, Washington Post, 13 June 2004
• Insurgents in Iraq show signs of acting as a network
  Ann Scott Tyson, Christian Science Monitor, 28 April May 2004
• Deaths of scores of mercenaries in Iraq not reported
  Robert Fisk and Patrick Cockburn, Independent Online, 13 April 2004
• At Least 2 Iraqis Killed by Suicide Bomber North of Baghdad
  Edward Wong, New York Times, 14 January 2004
• Insurgents' bombs exact physical, mental toll
  Colin Nickerson, Boston Globe, 18 December 2003
• Operation Iron Hammer: Make noise, kill cows
  Jen Banbury, Salon, 21 November 2003
• State Dept. Study Foresaw Trouble Now Plaguing Iraq
  Eric Schmitt and Joel Brinkley, New York Times, 19 October 2003
• Escalating attacks on US troops in Iraq
  Peter Symonds, World Socialist Web Site, 22 September 2003
• Vietnam War Terms Make a Comeback for Iraq
  Jim Lobe, Alternet, 19 June 2003
• As U.S. Fans Out in Iraq, Violence and Death on Rise
  Patrick E. Tyler, New York Times, 14 June 2003
• Hostility toward U.S. troops is running high in Baghdad
  Paul Wiseman and Vivienne Walt, USA Today, 6 May 2003
• Baghdad protest takes US aback
  Martin Asser, BBC, 22 April 2003

The Chickenhawk Brigade

• Cheney ignored British warnings about postwar Iraq
  Kamal Ahmed, London Observer, 16 November 2003
• BBC complains of Pentagon lies
  Julie Hyland, World Socialist Web Site, 29 March 2003
• Prewar predictions coming back to bite
  Susan Page, USA Today, 31 March 2003
• Rumsfeld's Design for War Criticized on the Battlefield
  Bernard Weinraub with Thom Shanker, New York Times, 1 April 2003
• The battle between Donald Rumsfeld and the Pentagon
  Seymour M. Hersh, New Yorker, 31 March 2003
• Rumsfeld 'wanted cheap war'
  BBC, 30 March 2003
• CIA warned irregular Iraqi forces could pose threat
  David Ensor, CNN, 28 March 2003
• Reality of Iraq unsettles US planners
  Jonathan Marcus, BBC, 28 March 2003
• War Could Last Months, Officers Say
  Thomas E. Ricks, Washington Post, 27 March 2003

The Battlefield

• US war machine nearly fell apart, army reveals
  New York Times (in the Sydney Morning Herald), 4 February 2004
• The burning question still: Where is Saddam?
  Jack Kelley, USA Today, 15 April 2003
• CIA warned irregular Iraqi forces could pose threat
  David Ensor, CNN, 28 March 2003
• U.S. bombing on Baghdad TV station could be illegal
  Richard Norton-Taylor, The Guardian, 26 March 2003

Troop Casualties

• Faces of Valor — U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq
• U.S. and Coalition Deaths
  CNN
• U.S. and Coalition Prisoners and Missing
  CNN
• Platoon Mutinies in Iraq
  Jeremy Hudson, Clarion-Ledger, 15 October 2004
• U.S. Troops in Iraq See Highest Injury Toll Yet
  Karl Vick, Washington Post, 5 September 2004
• Death toll for U.S.-led coalition in Iraq tops 1,000
  CNN, 9 July 2004
• Doctor Who Treated Thousands of GIs Wounded in Iraq: 'Severest Form of Injuries I've Seen in My Career'
  transcript, Democracy Now, 6 May 2004
• More troops suffering severe head wounds
  Karl Vick, Washington Post, 27 April 2004
• Hope survives as a man's war ends
  The Age, 22 March 2004
• In Army Survey, Troops in Iraq Report Low Morale
  Thomas E. Ricks, Washington Post, 26 March 2004
• Back home, wounded grappling with the price
  Brian MacQuarrie, Boston Globe, 20 March 2004
• Suicides in Iraq, Questions at Home
  Theola Labbé, Washington Post, 19 February 2004
• Wounded soldiers suffer permanent scars from Iraq
  Sara Corbett, New York Times, 15 February 2004
• Stress epidemic strikes American forces in Iraq
  Peter Beaumont, The Guardian, 25 January 2004
• Americans Dead, Wounded in Iraq
  press releases, United States Department of Defense, 16 December 2003
• The Bodies Come Home
  Sydney H. Schanberg, Village Voice, 10 December 2003
• Rebuilding Bodies, and Lives, Maimed by War
  Neela Banerjee, New York Times, 16 November 2003
• Helicopter downing a predictable tragedy
  Paul J. Caffera, Salon, 4 November 2003
• Deaths in Iraq Take a Steady Toll at Home
  Jeffrey Gettleman, New York Times, 2 2003
• After Iraq, Wounded Soldiers Try Out New Limbs, New Lives
  Tamara Jones and Anne Hull, Washington Post, 21 July 2003
• Soldiers' Battle Shifts From Desert Sands to Hospital
  Anne Hull and Tamara Jones, Washington Post, 20 July 2003
• In Iraq, U.S. Troops Are Still Dying -- One Almost Every Day
  Alan Cooperman, Washington Post, 26 May 2003

'Friendly Fire' and 'Collateral Damage'

• Iraqi Civilian Body Count
  Total civilian deaths inflicted by U.S. forces and their allies; derived from various news sources
• Not just for the record
  John Sloboda, The Guardian, 27 March 2003
• 26-year-old doing 'the right humanitarian thing' for Iraqi civilians
  Jane Ganahl, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 December 2003
• US 'could have prevented' civilian casualties in Iraq
  Agence France Presse (in the Taipei Times), 12 December 2003
• British group puts Iraq casualty toll at 21,700 to 55,000
  Robert Schlesinger, Boston Globe, 12 November 2003
• Iraqi Combatant and Noncombatant Fatalities in the 2003 Conflict
  Carl Conetta, Project for Defense Alternatives, 20 October 2003
• U.S. troops fire on journalists
  South African Press Association, 18 September 2003
• Surveys pointing to high civilian death toll in Iraq
  Peter Ford, Christian Science Monitor, 22 May 2003
• Iraq facing cholera crisis
  CNN, 8 May 2003
• Weary Iraq counts human cost of war
  London Observer, 20 April 2003
• 'Thrilling Explosions' Cause Numerous Deaths and Horrifying Injuries
  Jason Bellini, CNN, 6 April 2003
• Red Cross horrified by number of dead civilians
  Canadian Press, 3 March 2003
• Red Cross: Hospital and Red Crescent office damaged
  CNN, 2 March 2003
• Fury at America in residential area where blasts killed at least 14
  Robert Collier, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 March 2003
• U.S. accused of targeting civilians
  The Guardian, 27 March 2003
• Battle for key city leads to 'massacre of children' claim
  Oliver Burkeman, The Guardian, 24 March 2003

The Iraqi People

• For Iraqi Girls, Changing Land Narrows Lives
  Somini Sengupta, New York Times, 27 June 2004
• US soldiers charged over prisoner abuse
  The Age, 30 April 2004
• Chaos and War Leave Iraq's Hospitals in Ruins
  Jeffrey Gettleman, New York Times, 14 February 2004
• Veiled and Worried in Baghdad
  Lauren Sandler, New York Times, 16 September 2003
• Opposition groups in Iraq criticize Bush policy
  Daniel Williams, Washington Post (in the San Francisco Chronicle), 28 March 2003
• Britain: Media report widespread hostility to US/UK forces in Iraq
  Julie Hyland, World Socialist Web Site, 26 March 2003
• Iraq war 'could kill 500,000'
  New Scientist, 12 November 2002
• Before Baghdad burns
  Interview with Sandra Mackey, Salon, 18 June 2002

The War Juggernaut

• Former Iraq Arms Inspector Faults Prewar Intelligence
  Philip Shenon, New York Times, 19 August 2004
• Bush and Blair made secret pact for Iraq war on 9/20/01
  David Rose, London Observer, 4 April 2004
• Plans For Iraq Attack Began On 9/11
  CBS News, 28 March 2004
• Bush 'wanted war in 2002'
  Julian Borger, The Guardian, 25 February 2004
• U.S. and Britain spied on U.N. to stop opposition to war
  Martin Bright, Gaby Hinsliff, Antony Barnett, Paul Harris, Joe Tuckman and Ed Vulliamy, London Observer, 29 February 2004
• British Spy Op Wrecked Peace Move
  Martin Bright, Peter Beaumont and Jo Tuckman, London Observer, 15 February 2004
• Why did the Administration endorse a forgery about Iraq’s nuclear program?
  Seymour M. Hersh, New Yorker, 24 March 2003
• Border fence 'cut for war'
  Greg Barrow, BBC, 7 March 2003
• Bush's Speech on Iraq's Future: When the Where Conveys More Than the Words
  Jim Lobe, Foreign Policy in Focus, 28 February 2003
• Trust Colin Powell?
  Robert Parry, ConsortiumNews, 6 February 2003
• Powell’s Dubious Case for War
  Phyllis Bennis, Foreign Policy In Focus (in CommonDreams), 6 February 2003
• Text of Powell's speech to the United Nations on Iraq
  Washington Post, 5 February 2003
• Reserve Call-Up for an Iraqi War May Equal 1991's
  Thom Shanker and Eric Schmitt, New York Times, 28 October 2002
• Pentagon sets up its own intelligence unit for Iraq data
  Eric Schmitt and Thom Shanker, New York Times, 24 October 2002
• President Bush's distorted case for war
  Gary Kamiya, Salon, 10 October 2002
• Bush Tells UN, Make War or I Will
  David Corn, The Nation, 12 September 2002
• Bush decided on war with Iraq in fall 2001, without consultation
  USA Today, 11 September 2002
• Plans For Iraq Attack Began On 9/11
  CBS News, 4 September 2002
• Daggers drawn in the house of Bush
  Julian Borger, The Guardian, 28 August 2002
• Seven Fallacies of U.S. Plans to Invade Iraq
  Stephen Zunes, Foreign Policy In Focus (in CommonDreams), 24 August 2002
• Iraq: In all but name, the war's on
  Marc Erikson, Asia Times, 17 August 2002
• Detailed war plan handed to Bush
  Duncan Campbell, The Guardian, 7 August 2002
• Bush ready to declare war
  Peter Beaumont, Gaby Hinsliff, and Paul Beaver; London Observer, 4 August 2002
• U.S. Plan for Iraq Is Said to Include Attack on 3 Sides
  Eric Schmitt, New York Times, 5 July 2002
• Bush sets out case for US first strikes
  Matthew Engel, The Guardian, 3 June 2002
• US wants to oust Saddam even if he makes concessions
  Brian Whitaker and agencies, The Guardian, 6 May 2002
• Invasion called best anti-Saddam option
  Barbara Slavin and Dave Moniz, USA Today, 29 April 2002
• U.S. Envisions Blueprint on Iraq Including Big Invasion Next Year
  Thom Shanker and David E. Sanger, New York Times (requires registration to view), 28 April 2002
• US paves way for war on Iraq by moving forces to Kuwait
  Julian Borger, The Guardian, 27 March 2002
• Bush Rejects Democrats' Criticism of War's Future
  David Stout, New York Times, 1 March 2002
• U.S. stirs efforts to oust Saddam
  Barbara Slavin, USA Today, 28 February 2002
• US seeks right equation to topple Saddam
  Howard LaFranchi, Christian Science Monitor, 28 February 2002
• U.S. Goal Seems Clear, and the Team Complete
  David E. Sanger, New York Times, 14 February 2002
• Bush Repeats Aggressive Approach Toward Iraq
  Michael R. Gordon and David E. Sanger, New York Times, 13 February 2002
• Cheney tour lays ground for military strike on Iraq
  Duncan Campbell, Guardian (UK), 11 February 2002
• U.S. Weighs Tackling Iraq on Its Own, Powell Says
  Todd S. Purdum, New York Times, 7 February 2002

Liberation or Empire Building?

• The Economic Colonization of Iraq: Illegal and Immoral
  Antonia Juhasz, International Forum on Globalization, 8 May 2004
• U.S. Officials Fashion Legal Basis to Keep Force in Iraq
  John F. Burns and Thom Shanker, New York Times, 26 March 2004
• U.S. military action against Syria was planned three years ago
  Jim Lobe, Asia Times, 17 April 2003
• Carving Up The New Iraq
  Neil Mackay,Glasgow Sunday Herald, 13 April 2003
• Financial scandal claims hang over leader in waiting
  David Leigh and Brian Whitaker, The Guardian, 14 April 2003
• Viewing the War as a Lesson to the World
  David E. Sanger, New York Times, 5 April 2003
• Ex-CIA director: U.S. faces 'World War IV'
  Charles Feldman and Stan Wilson, CNN, 3 March 2003
• US draws up secret plan to impose regime on Iraq
  Brian Whitaker and Luke Harding, The Guardian, 1 April 2003
• The shape of the postwar world
  Joseph Cirincione, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 March 2003
• A new imperialism cooked up over a Texan barbecue
  Hugo Young, The Guardian, 2 April 2002
• Chaos in the Middle East is not the Bush hawks' nightmare scenario--it's their plan
  Joshua Micah Marshall, Washington Monthly, April 2003
• Anti-Saddam exiles snubbed in US plan for military rule
  Geneive Abdo, Sydney Morning Herald, 20 February 2003
• Beyond Regime Change
  Sandy Tolan and Jason Felch, Los Angeles Times (in Global Policy Forum), 1 December 2002

War Profiteers

• Rebuilding Iraq -- The Contractors
  from OpenSecrets
• Iraq audit can't find billions in reconstruction spending
  Bryan Bender, Boston Globe, 16 October 2004
• Audit Finds Fraud, Other Abuses in Iraq Contract Awards
  Ariana Eunjung Cha, Washington Post, 30 July 2004
• Iraqi, Not U.S., Cash Spent on Rebuilding
  Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Washington Post, 3 July 2004
• White House Officials and Cheney Aide Approved Halliburton Contract in Iraq, Pentagon Says
  Erik Eckholm, New York Times, 14 June 2004
• Looters scrap decency as Iraq plundered
  James Glanz, The Age, 29 May 2004
• In Iraq, Managing a $13 Billion Budget With No Experience
  Ariana Eunjung Cha, Washington Post, 23 May 2004
• Chalabi gave Iran information on US occupation of Iraq
  Times of India, 3 May 2004
• Spoils of War
  Marketplace (Minnesota Public Radio), April 2004
• All in the (Profiteering) First Family
  Margie Burns, Progressive Populist, 10 April 2004
• Top U.S. General in Iraq Criticizes Halliburton Conduct
  CNN, 15 March 2004
• Pentagon Opens Criminal Inquiry of Halliburton Pricing
  Richard A. Oppel Jr., New York Times, 24 February 2004
• Halliburton's Iraq gravy train
  Farhad Manjoo, Salon, 27 February 2004
• Pentagon's War Needs Are a Lifeline for Airline
  Micheline Maynard, New York Times, 26 December 2003
• Private army marches to the tune of billions
  Ian Traynor, The Age, 11 December 2003
• Anger over Iraq contracts list
  CNN, 10 December 2003
• Appoint the Best to Iraq, Not the Best-Connected
  Michael Massing, Washington Post, 6 July 2003
• Bush Donors Reap the Windfalls of Post-war Iraq Reconstruction
  Center for Public Integrity, 30 October 2003
• Governing Council Raises Questions on Awarding of Contracts in Iraq
  Patrick E. Tyler and Raymond Bonner, New York Times, 4 October 2003
• Iraq contracts go to White House cronies
  CBS News, 21 September 2003
• Halliburton's Iraq Deals Greater Than Thought
  Michael Dobbs, Washington Post, 28 August 2003
• Bush ally set to profit from the war on terror
  Antony Barnett and Solomon Hughes, London Observer, 11 May 2003
• Halliburton: All In The Family
  CBS News, 27 April 2003
• Israel seeks pipeline for Iraqi oil
  Ed Vuillamy, London Observer, 20 April 2003
• Bush cronies get preference in bidding for postwar contracts
  Farhad Manjoo, Salon, 17 March 2003
• Pipeline Politics Taint U.S. War
  Salim Muwakkil, Chicago Tribune (in CommonDreams), 18 March 2002
• Official: US oil at the heart of Iraq crisis
  Neil Mackay, Glasgow Sunday Herald, 6 October 2002
• Oil: weapon of mass disruption?
  Mark Tran, The Guardian, 2 April 2002

Where are the WMD?

• See also The Lies That Led to War (separate page)
• Iraq sarin shell is not part of a secret cache
  Scott Ritter, Christian Science Monitor, 21 June 2004
• New Reports on U.S. Planting WMDs in Iraq
  Mehr News Agency (in CommonDreams), 13 April 2004
• U.N. weapons inspector sees vindication in U.S. frustration
  Bill Nichols, USA Today, 9 March 2004
• Former weapons inspector says no WMD justification for invasion
  Associated Press (in the Houston Chronicle), 22 December 2003
• Confirmed: MI6 planted stories about WMD
  Times of India, 28 December 2003
• Second Intelligence Report: "No Reliable Information" Iraqis Stockpiling Chemical Weapons
  David E. Kaplan and Mark Mazzetti, U.S. News & World Report, 13 June 2003
• UN inspectors question claims over Iraqi weapons
  David Pallister, The Guardian, 7 May 2003
• US: 'Saddam had no weapons of mass destruction'
  Neil Mackay, Glasgow Sunday Herald, 4 May 2003
• Bush bars UN weapons teams from Iraq
  Caroline Overington and Marian Wilkinson, Sydney Morning Herald, 23 April 2003
• Iraq Links Germs for Weapons to U.S. and France
  Philip Shenon, New York Times, 16 March 2003
• Star Witness on Iraq Said Weapons Were Destroyed
  press release, Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting, 27 February 2003
• As arms inspectors arrive, row erupts over US smears
  Helena Smith and Ewen MacAskill, Guardian (UK), 19 November 2002
• Iraq visit shows weapon sites 'destroyed'
  CNN, 13 July 2002
• Iraq rearming for war, say defectors
  Julian Borger, The Guardian, 29 April 2002

Do the American People Want War?

• Fewer Americans believe in weapons program, al-Qaida link
  Associated Press (in MSNBC), 19 August 2004
• Support for Bush's War on Terror Slips, Poll Shows
  Richard Morin and Dan Balz, Washington Post, 21 June 2004
• Searing Uncertainty for Iraqis Missing Loved Ones
  Ian Fisher, New York Times, 1 June 2004
• Bush Losing Support on Iraq, Poll Finds
  Dan Balz and Richard Morin, Washington Post, 24 May 2004
• Poll: Growing Doubts On Iraq
  CBS News, 28 April 2004
• Extended Tours in Iraq Dash Hopes and Raise Fears Among Families
  Andrew Jacobs, New York Times, 16 April 2004
• Public Growing Tired of Being Mislead on Facts in Iraq
  Retro Poll, November 2003
• Poll: Support for U.S. handling of Iraq war drops
  Richard Benedetto, USA Today, 18 November 2003
• Why don't blacks support Bush's war?
  Keith Owens, Detroit Metro Times, 26 February 2003
• A national state of confusion
  Kane Pryor, Salon, 6 February 2003
• Public Wants Proof of Iraqi Weapons Programs
  Pew Research Center, 16 January 2003
• Opposition to war grows in all parts of U.S.
  Ed Vulliamy, London Observer, 20 October 2002
• Poll: America less supportive on Iraq
  Richard Benedetto and Judy Keen, USA Today, 7 October 2002
• US public more peaceful than president
  BBC, 3 October 2002

The Loyal Opposition

• See also Letters to the Editor (separate page)
• Dissent During War
  Senator Robert Taft, History News Network
• Brent Scowcroft criticizes Bush's foreign policy
  Glenn Kessler, Washington Post, 16 October 2004
• Two GOP leaders attack Iraq policy
  Bryan Bender, Boston Globe, 16 September 2004
• Republican House member: War in Iraq not justified
  Don Walton, Lincoln Journal Star, 18 August 2004
• Warnings about consequences of invading Iraq ignored, says Gen. Zinni
  Rick Rogers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 April 2004
• Army Strategist Criticizes Bush Administration Conduct of Iraq War
  David Wood, Newhouse News Service (in CommonDreams), 14 April 2004
• Veterans group opposed to Iraq war says visits to Walter Reed hospital blocked
  Wayne Washington, Boston Globe, 20 March 2004
• Letter from an Army vet
  Terry Dobbelaere, Salon, 5 December 2003
• American People Have Serious Concerns on Undefined Bush Policy in Iraq
  Senator Robert Byrd (statement to the Senate Appropriations Committee), 22 September 2003
• Gen. Shinseki criticizes U.S. fight in Mideast
  Richard Borreca, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 20 September 2003
• War's Cost Brings Democratic Anger
  David Firestone and Thom Shanker, New York Times, 10 July 2003
• Rolling Start
  Stan Goff (retired Army Special Forces Master Sergeant), From the Wilderness, 17 March 2003
• With War Imminent, Veterans Are Angry
  Jan Barry, Veterans Against the War, 20 March 2003
• Hardened Vietnam hero says he’s anti-war
  Anthony Pignataro, Orange County Weekly, 21 March 2003
• Walter Cronkite says war would put country in chaos
  Associated Press (in the Topeka Capital-Journal), 17 March 2003
• U.S. diplomat resigns over Iraq war plans
  CNN, 10 March 2003
• Retired Air Force general takes Bush to task on Iraq
  Associated Press (in the Salem Statesman Journal), 25 February 2003
• Smart-Mobbing the War
  George Packer, New York Times, 9 March 2003
• Former US ambassador to Saudi Arabia: Bush's war plan 'absolute disaster'
  Dan Hoover, Greeneville News, 26 February 2003
• What 'New Europe'?
  Scott MacMillan, Slate, 20 February 2003
• Labor's 'No' to War
  Tom Robbins, Village Voice, 19 February 2003
• Nobel laureates stand up against Iraq war
  Times of India, 16 February 2003
• Local peace groups spreading wings
  Kristina Goetz, Cincinnati Enquirer, 15 February 2003
• Opposition to war is only shared theme
  Joe Garofoli and Edward Epstein, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 February 2003
• Pope takes issue with America's 'just war'
  Richard Owen, London Telegraph, 10 February 2003
• Growing anti-war movement in Austin
  Kelly Kyle, News 8 Austin, 5 February 2003
• Byrd urges debate on war
  Ann McFeatters, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 25 January 2003
• Protest Groups Using Updated Tactics to Spread Antiwar Message
  Lynette Clemetson, New York Times, 14 January 2003
• Profiles in Protest
  Romesh Ratnesar, Time, 9 December 2002
• Groups stand against possible war
  Tom Squitieri, USA Today, 11 December 2002
• Anti-war protesters are flowing in from the mainstream
  Marjie Lundstrom, Sacramento Bee, 5 December 2002
• Antiwar Effort Gains Momentum
  Evelyn Nieves, Washington Post, 2 November 2002
• Bush has failed to make case for Iraq attack: academics
  Sydney Morning Herald, 2 November 2002
• Rally in Washington Is Said to Invigorate the Antiwar Movement
  Kate Zernike, New York Times, 30 October 2002
• U.S. church leaders join antiwar chorus
  Houston Chronicle, 26 October 2002
• Univ of Texas Student Govt Adopts Resolution Opposing War
  P. Ryan Petkoff, The Daily Texan (in CommonDreams), 23 October 2002
• US anti-war groups flex their muscle
  Duncan Campbell, The Guardian, 22 October 2002
• Professors sign anti-war petition
  Paul Alongi, Greenville News, 20 October 2002
• Iraq war 'unjustifiable', says Bush's church head
  Ed Vulliamy, London Observer, 20 October 2002
• Gen. Zinni: Hawks in the Bush administration may be making deadly miscalculations on Iraq
  Salon, 17 October 2002
• Seeds of Protest Growing on College Campuses
  Tamar Lewin, New York Times, 10 October 2002
• Only his people can stop Bush now - and many are speaking out against war in Iraq
  Simon Tisdall, The Guardian, 12 October 2002
• Administration officials expressing misgivings on Iraq
  Warren P. Strobel and Jonathan S. Landay, Houston Chronicle, 8 October 2002
• Veterans for Common Sense
  Veterans of the Gulf War who oppose the rush to a new war.
• Christian Churches Oppose War Against Iraq
  Peter Steinfels, New York Times, 28 September 2002
• The Growing Opposition to Bush's War Plans
  James Ridgeway, Village Voice, 28 September 2002
• Former Military Leaders Urge Caution on War With Iraq
  David Stout, New York Times, 23 September 2002
• Baldwin joins House anti-war coalition
  Craig Gilbert, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, 19 September 2002
• Scott Ritter Takes On George Bush
  James Grant, Intervention, 18 September 2002
• Questions That Won't Be Asked About Iraq
  Congressman Ron Paul, 10 September 2002
• Top US general attacks hawks' strategy on Iraq
  David Rennie and Anton La Guardia, Times of London,23 August 2002
• Top Republicans Break With Bush on Iraq Strategy
  Todd S. Purdum And Patrick E. Tyler, New York Times, 16 August 2002
• Gore criticizes Bush on Middle East
  Anthony York, Salon (full article available to subscribers only), 9 May 2002
• The Republican war critic
  Michael Tomasky, Salon (full article available to subscribers only), 19 March 2002
• Peace Activists Report a Surge of New Support
  Michael Rosenwald, Boston Globe (in CommonDreams), 19 March 2002
• Saudis Warning Against Attack by U.S. on Iraq
  Michael R. Gordon, New York Times, 17 March 2002
• Why Congress Has to Ask Questions
  Senator Robert C. Byrd, New York Times, 12 March 2002
• Kucinich Rocks the Boat
  John Nichols, The Nation (in CommonDreams), 8 March 2002
• Daschle is Right to Raise Questions About War Policy
  Helen Thomas, CommonDreams, 8 March 2002
• Bully brigade
  Brendan Nyhan, Salon, 6 March 2002
• Daschle Wants Congress Told More About Bush's War Plans
  Sheryl Gay Stolberg, New York Times, 4 March 2002
• Democrats Starting to Fault President on the War's Future
  Todd S. Purdum, New York Times, 1 March 2002
• What has war brought us so far?
  Hubert G. Locke, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 21 February 2002
• Germany and France warn Bush on Iraq
  Toby Helm and Ben Fenton, Telegraph (UK), 19 February 2002
• America 'Chasing Phantoms' in Iraq Says Arms Expert
  Robert Fisk, Independent - UK (in CommonDreams), 17 February 2002
• As US targets Iraq, opposition leaders balk
  Scott Peterson, Christian Science Monitor, 13 February 2002

Coalition and the UN

• UN launches inquiry into American spying
  Martin Bright, Ed Vulliamy, and Peter Beaumont, London Observer, 9 March 2003
• U.S. builds coalition of the unwilling
  Barbara Slavin, USA Today, 25 February 2003
• Coalition of the willing? Make that war criminals
  Sydney Morning Herald, 25 February 2003
• Blair and Bush plan Iraq war summit
  Kamal Ahmed, Jason Burke, and Nick PelhamObserver (UK), 14 July 2002
• Bush and Blair stand alone
  The Guardian, 21 March 2002
• Army fear over Blair war plans
  Kamal Ahmed and Gaby Hinsliff, Observer (UK), 17 March 2002
• Britain isolated over Iraq war threat
  John Hooper in Berlin, Jon Henley and Patrick Wintour; The Guardian, 16 March 2002
• Bush wants 25,000 UK Iraq force
  Kamal Ahmed, Jason Burke, and Peter Beaumont, Observer (UK), 10 March 2002
• Britain and US prepare public for Iraq strikes
  Richard Norton-Taylor and Julian Borger, Guardian (UK), 6 March 2002
• Let go of Dubya's coat-tails
  Mary Riddell, Observer (UK), 3 March 2002
• Blair and Bush to plot war on Iraq
  Kamal Ahmed, Observer (UK), 24 February 2002

International Perspective

• Iraq war was illegal and breached UN charter, says Annan
  Ewen MacAskill and Julian Borger, The Guardian, 16 September 2004
• Koizumi haunted by Aznar's fate
  Justin McCurry, The Guardian, 23 March 2004
• Iraq War 'May Have Been a Mistake': Italian Minister
  Agence France Presse (in CommonDreams), 18 March 2004
• Jordanian king slams 'invasion' of Iraq
  Sydney Morning Herald, 3 March 2003
• Why Asia Fears Bush's War
  Hannah Beech, Time, 19 March 2003
• Bully Bush
  Fred Kaplan, Slate, 5 March 2003
• British Army chiefs feared Iraq war illegal just days before start
  Martin Bright, Antony Barnett and Gaby Hinsliff, London Observer, 29 February 2004
• Australia baulks at US plans for a postwar Iraq
  Marian Wilkinson and Tom Allard, Sydney Morning Herald, 24 February 2003
• Supporters desert Aznar as Spaniards reject conflict
  Giles Tremlett, The Guardian, 18 February 2003
• Saudis warn US over Iraq war
  BBC, 17 February 2003
• Europeans angry and disgusted with Bush
  Anna Badkhen, Veronique Mistiaen, Elizabeth Bryant, and Jody K. Biehl,San Francisco Chronicle, 16 February 2003
• German Demonstrators Oppose War, Not U.S.
  Richard Bernstein, New York Times, 8 February 2003
• After Powell Speech, Key Allies Still Reluctant Over Iraq War
  Richard Roth, CBS News, 5 February 2003
• 6 Reasons Why So Many Allies Want Bush To Slow Down
  Johanna Mcgeary, Time Europe, 3 February 2003 issue
• European leaders hear anti-war cry --and listen
  Tom Hundley, Chicago Tribune, 21 January 2003
• France Warns U.S. It Will Not Back Early War on Iraq
  Julia Preston, New York Times, 21 January 2003
• In Europe, Everyone Is Against the War
  Pepe Escobar, Asia Times, 16 January 2003
• Turkey Joining 3 Other Nations in Effort to Prevent War in Iraq
  Agence France-Presse (in the New York Times), 7 January 2003
• Pakistan Wants No Part in an Attack on Iraq
  Patrick E. Tyler, New York Times, 12 September 2002
• Arab States Reaffirm Opposition to Attack on Iraq
  Sarah El Deeb, Associated Press (in the Washington Post), 5 September 2002
• German Leader's Warning: War Plan Is a Huge Mistake
  Steven Erlanger, New York Times, 5 September 2002
• Silent response to US war plans
  Bridget Kendall, BBC, 30 August 2002
• France speaks out against US war plan
  BBC, 29 August 2002
Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson, Detroit Free Press, 28 August 2002
• The Bush family's phony wars
  Gajendra Singh, Asia Times, 27 August 2002
• US-Germany rift grows over Iraq
  BBC, 20 August 2002
• Bush rhetoric is scaring Europe, says Mandelson
  Gaby Hinsliff and Jason Burke, London Observer, 11 August 2002
• Jordanian King Says U.S. Attack on Iraq Would Roil Mideast
  Warren Hoge, New York Times, 30 July 2002
• Europeans Split With U.S. on Need for Iraq Attack
  Patrick E. Tyler, New York Times, 22 July 2002
• There is no justification for waging war against Iraq
  John Casey, Telegraph (UK), 21 March 2002
• Realities intrude on Bush's war plans
  Julian Borger, The Guardian, 13 March 2002
• War 'playing into al-Qaeda's hands'
  Alex Kirby, BBC, 11 March 2002
• Why Europe Is Wary of War in Iraq
  Michael Nauman, New York Times, 18 February 2002
• US split with allies grows
  Julian Borger, Guardian (UK), 15 February 2002
• Europe Seethes as the U.S. Flies Solo in World Affairs
  Steven Erlanger, New York Times, 23 February 2002
• US 'ready to go it alone'
  BBC, 2 February 2002

Historical Context

• The Secret Behind the Sanctions: How the US Intentionally Destroyed Iraq's Water Supply
  Thomas J. Nagy, Progressive, September 2002
• Rumsfeld Ignored Weapons of Mass Destruction in Pursuit of Oil Pipeline
  press release, Sustainable Energy & Economy Network, 24 March 2003
• This war is brought to you by ...
  Pepe Escobar, Asia Times, 20 March 2003
• Remember the Maine!
  Norman Markowitz, History News Network, 8 October 2002
• How did Iraq get its weapons? Reagan & Bush sold them
  Neil Mackay and Felicity Arbuthnot, Glasgow Sunday Herald, 8 September 2002
• Now an Iraq War in Washington
  Jim Hoagland, Washington Post (in Global Policy Forum), 9 April 2002

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