The Iraqi authorities are holding five American contractors on suspicion of “murder,” but the US is spinning a different story. This could be a major test for Obama on contractor accountability. By Jeremy Scahill June 9, 2009 Over the past few days, there has been quite a buzz on listserves frequented by private security contractors and industry representatives [...]

by Dahr Jamail May 27, 2009 Transgress The geo-strategic expansion of the American empire is an accepted fact of contemporary history. I have been writing in these columns about the impact of the US occupation on the people of Iraq in the wake of the “hard” colonization via F-16s, tanks, 2,000-pound bombs, white phosphorous and cluster bombs. Here I [...]

Or How to Stay Out of Sight While Profiting From the War in Iraq By Pratap Chatterjee 31 de mayo, 2009 The Houstonian Hotel is an elegant, secluded resort set on an 18-acre wooded oasis in the heart of downtown Houston. Two weeks ago, David Lesar, CEO of the once notorious energy services corporation Halliburton, spoke to some [...]

“Torturing Democracy” relies on the documentary record to connect the dots in an investigation of harsh interrogations of prisoners in U.S. custody – and points straight to the top. Timely and powerful, at its heart the film is about the rule of law – and how the government pushed it aside despite the fierce resistance [...]

By Phyllis Bennis June 4, 2009 Obama’s approach toward the Muslim world may be diplomatic but there needs to be more action.

Newly released Pentagon statistics show that in both Iraq and Afghanistan the number of armed contractors is rising. The DoD says it sees “similar dependence on contractors in future.” By Jeremy Scahill June 1, 2009 A couple of years ago, Blackwater executive Joseph Schmitz seemed to see a silver lining for mercenary companies with the prospect of US [...]

General Tapped by Obama to Lead Afghanistan War Testifies Tuesday By Spencer Ackerman June 1, 2009 A former military interrogator who contributed to the manhunt for a senior Iraqi terrorist has urged the Senate Armed Services Committee staff to press Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the Obama administration’s nominee to lead U.S. troops in the Afghanistan war, on what [...]

by Scott Horton May 29, 2009 The Pentagon is denying the facts: Photographs of Abu Ghraib torture are even more sexually explicit than first reported, including rape and sodomy, writes The Daily Beast’s Scott Horton, who has obtained specific and detailed corroboration of the photos. The Daily Beast has confirmed that the photographs of abuses at Iraq’s Abu [...]

A continuación presentamos testimonios diferentes de dos soldados que pelearon en las guerras contra Irak y Afganistán . Ellos recuentan sus experiencias, al igual que sus reflexiones durante y después de los hechos, llevándoles a preguntar, ” ¿por qué lo hice, por qué fui a esa guerra?”

Entrevista a Abu Mohamed, portavoz del partido Baaz y del Frente Patriótico Nacionalista e Islámico Eduardo Luque 12 de mayo, 2009 Abu Mohamed es el seudónimo de Khodayer W.H. Al-Murshidy. Tiene 53 años, es médico oncólogo y profesor de la Universidad de Bagdad. Desde finales de 2006, es el representante y portavoz del Partido Baaz Árabe Socialista (PBAS) [...]