Monday, November 9, 2026

Tag: Iraq

Vietnamese Press: US Military Withdrawal from Iraq a victory for Tehran

Juan Cole reads an Arabic-language Vietnamese news report on the complete US military withdrawal from Iraq and compares it with 1975.

IRAQ: ‘Art Is the Only Weapon That Doesn’t Hurt or Kill’

Tara Abdullah has faced court summons and online threats for public art installations addressing femicide in Iraqi Kurdistan.

The most dangerous country

From 2003 to 2026 and beyond.

Top 5 mistakes Bush made in Iraq that Trump is making...

Violation of the UN Charter and the International laws of war.

Why is the United States drawn to war?

The financial kings, the bankers and billionaires, need make only one little mistake in order for the chain of command to be handed over to the military in the United States.

America may have invaded Iraq for its oil, but solar power...

The vogue for solar is sweeping other areas of Iraq, too, such as Kurdistan, where the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is also increasingly committed to solar.

How Mesopotamia’s urban and industrial revolution started politics as we know...

Giorgio Buccellati’s At the Origins of Politics takes readers to the early stages of a process that became the structure of modern life.
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The New Yorker publishes 2005 Haditha, Iraq massacre photos Marines ‘didn’t...

The graphic images show dead Iraqi men, women and children, many of them shot in the head at close range.

Shift in strategy: Iran-backed Iraqi militia halts operations against US forces

The Iraqi government has publicly advocated for the withdrawal of U.S. troops, a sentiment that may gain further traction in light of recent events.

Iraq’s climate crisis

America's war for oil and the Great Mesopotamian Dustbowl.

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Last Night’s “Blue Wave” Means Nothing if We Don’t Stop the NDAA

As taxpayers, we are funding our own endgame, but we don't have to.
The U.S. Capitol building lit at dusk, seen from the east.

Corporations gave $737 million to super PACs in 2026 midterms

Crypto, online betting and AI interests supplied 53% of the total, and the $737.3 million is 60% above the 2024 presidential cycle, Public Citizen found.

Since 1975, $79 trillion has been redistributed from the bottom 90% to the top...

Has this massive redistribution, driven by policies favoring corporations and the wealthy, reshaped the American economy?
Interior of the domed ceiling of the Montana State Capitol with painted panels.

Montana passes Initiative 194, barring corporate election spending

The AP called the measure Tuesday with a margin of about 115,000 votes; it takes effect Jan. 1, 2027, unless a court blocks it.
The exterior of a county board of elections office.

Judge rejects DOJ bid to set aside 20,000 California mail ballots

Justice Department appeals within hours; it has also asked Washington to set aside ballots from 400-plus voters and sued Alaska over its Senate race.