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Democratic candidates admit they won’t end Iraq war
The Democratic Party is not anti-war. Along with the Republican Party, it represents the interests of the U.S. capitalist class.…
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4.5 million Iraqis displaced by U.S. occupation
Nearly five years of violent occupation by U.S. imperialist forces has created the largest refugee crisis in the Middle East…
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Petraeus’s real strategy is to partition Iraq
The Sept. 15th anti-war march was timed to coincide with the report to Congress by Gen. David Petraeus. We answered…
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Don’t let this CPA do your books
On July 1, 2004, a four engine Lockheed C-130 landed in Baghdad. Its load was 30 tons of $100 bills—a…
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Pentagon identifies 2,000 targets in Iran
Pentagon strategists have defined 2,000 possible targets for attack in Iran if the U.S. government decides to unleash a new…
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Democratic leaders on Iraq: partners in crime
On May 24, after pushing through the vote in Congress to fund Bush’s "surge" in Iraq with no conditions attached,…
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Soldiers and the anti-war movement
The writer is an Iraq war veteran currently living in Florida. He was arrested on Sept. 15 with nearly 200…
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Blackwater massacre spotlights mercenary role in Iraq
U.S.-based private security contractor Blackwater USA massacred 11 Iraqi civilians on Sept. 16. More than a dozen Iraqis were wounded,…
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Military offers cash for lives
Without U.S. military recruiters, there could be no Army. Without an imperialist army, there could be no imperialist war. The…
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Israeli plans to bomb Syria fail
Israeli Air Force jets illegally invaded Syrian airspace on Sept. 6. The secret, pre-dawn operation was aimed at destroying Syria’s…
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