It is official now: Gen. Clark declares the US an Empire

Iranian reporters held in Iraq by US troops report severe torture

US and UK do not want to clear land mines from war zones: they believe that they are good in that they kill unwanted poor people

A report from Fallujah

Only in America: the Smithsonian exhibits the plane that bombed Hiroshima: something for national pride?

It is now official and final: US will deny aid to countries that do not respect the US right to commit war crimes

How American hospitals treat its poor (from a UK newspaper)

This is very cool: a special section of the British Library in which you can look at very old books, including Leoanardo's Notebook, and you can flip the pages: You have to easily install Shockwave software for free, and adjust the resolution of your computer---but it is worth it

This is an Iraqi public opinion survey (notice that it differs from American public opinion surveys conducted in Iraq) (thanks Eric)

The US govt has misplaced a few billions: have you seen them?

Ideology over science

The US administration is keeping American dead out of sight

Official website of the US occupation authority: in English and (really bad) Arabic

How US occupation forces treat the press in Iraq:

Even this conservative UK newspaper seeing evidence of Iraqi popular antipathy to US occupation

Death in Gaza

The confessions of Tariq Aziz

US puppet Kofi Annan sends a mission to Kabul to save the corrupt and unpopular regime of US puppet Karzai

Read about American poverty crisis in a......UK newspaper

The administration still insists that the Iraqis love the US occupation: here it talks about celebrations of American misery

Meet Robert Fisk: Need I say more?

The US in the world: not very popular, I am afraid.

A little story of big Iraq contract corruption

A new campaign strategy by Howard Dean: Appeal to the white supremacists

How we got into this Iraqi mess: Bush, Perle, Chalabi and the rest

Former Iraqi detainees tell their stories: it is not pretty. Cruel liberation.

For those who read Arabic: an important sobering evaluation of the Iraq situation by the respected Iraqi engineer and Saddam's critic Adib Al-Jadir. He went to Iraq, and did not like what he saw.(thanks Wafa')

Bernard Lewis, who was convinced that Arabs would cheer US wars, has a new idea: a Hashemite Kingdom for Iraq. What can we do to urge this man to retire? He was supposed to have retired, but he keeps coming back. I would buy him a new expensive watch if he promises to really retire.

Empire of those men, by N. Chomsky

If you happen to be from Saddam's village: you are now ordered to register with US troops, and report every time you leave or return to village: Rules of Liberation

A new book reveals: Bush believes that he was chosen by God to be presidnet (well, we know it was not the popular vote)

Read Robert Fisk: from a radio interview

Do you want to know who is behind the attacks on US troops in Iraq: I will tell you. They are: Ba`thists, Islamic fundamentalists, Bin Laden supporters, Iraqi nationalists, criminals, anti-Saddam Ba`thists, disgruntled unemployed, tribal elements, people seeking revenge, and people who detest foreign occupation. And they are not working together necessarily.

In a comprehensive EU poll: Israel chosen as top threat to world peace

Israel, of course, has the explanation: Europeans are antisemitic, say Israeli leaders

This is so touching: It talks about how Paul Wolfowitz dreams of liberating the Arab world. How nice: he also believes that bombs and rockets over the heads of Arabs are the best method of liberation. He means well.

Here, I am quoted criticizing Kofi Annan: this is a brave reporter who works for UN but seems to invite my take against Annan (now he may be fired). Annan's harmful role began long before he assumed the position of Secretary-general: he is responsible for UN failing during the Rwanda massacres, after all

Der Spiegel publishes details of the accounts of the two masterminds of Sep. 11

Orwell vs. Bush: war of words

Cheney selects a Likudnik right-wing, anti-Arab as advisor on Middle East

Memoirs of a brave man

A theory that makes sense: resistance is fueled by desperation and joblessness

Leftist agenda for Bogota?

A History of the Iraq war, through the words of US officials

The Army buries its mistakes

Bush continues to see progress in Iraq, while the reality is something else