Despite the big show, the U.S. occupation continues. It is very doubtful that—decades from now—Iraqis will tell their grandchildren about where they were on “National Sovereignty Day.”    The puppet government in Iraq has named June 30 as “National Sovereignty Day,” and—without mentioning the hundreds of thousands of Iraqis maimed,... » read this article

Research support provided by the Investigative Fund of The Nation Institute, the Center for Investigative Reporting and New American Media. The light is fading from the dusty Baghdad sky as Hassan Mahsan re-enacts what happened to his family last summer. We're  standing in the courtyard of his concrete-block house, his... » read this article

" And no one dared disturb the sound of silence. " Paul Simon While I suppose one could argue that it's too early to start identifying the most under-reported story of the 21st century to date, I should think that the actual death and human suffering toll in Iraq might... » read this article

CNN reports on the prosecution of Steven Green in their article, A day in the trial of ex-soldier convicted of murder in Iraq. Steven Green is the US soldier who raped a nameless 14 year old Iraqi girl, then killed her, her parents and her 6 year old sister, then... » read this article

One of the definitions of the word “occupation” is: the action, state, or period of occupying or being occupied by military force. Throughout history, areas or countries occupied by military force have always resisted, and this resistance has caused the occupier to devise more suitable methods of subduing the population... » read this article

No Coincidences in Iraq Following George W. Bush's example of keeping war funding off the books, President Barack Obama is seeking $83.4 billion in additional "emergency" funding for the American wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, which, if approved, would bring the 2009 funding to around $150 billion and the overall... » read this article

April 8, 2009 On February 27, 2009 President Barack Obama delivered his much-anticipated policy speech on Iraq. The important point in his announcement was the withdrawal of some U.S. troops from Iraq by August 31, 2010. However, it did not mean an end to the American occupation of Iraq, or... » read this article

Six years ago I was sitting on the same couch watching their shock and 'owe' bombing on my beloved country. I asked myself what anology they would use for Baghdad and other cities this time.  In the early nineties, a CNN reporter covering the Gulf war reported that Baghdad looked... » read this article

On February 27, 2009, President Barack Obama announced a plan to withdraw U.S. troops occupying Iraq by September of 2010. However, Obama’s withdrawal is nothing short of a colonial Occupation of Iraq, and a betrayal of Mr. Obama’s promise to end the U.S. war on the Iraqi people.   During... » read this article

26 February 2009 WSWS - The UK Justice Secretary Jack Straw has vetoed a ruling made under the Freedom of Information Act instructing the government to release the minutes of two key cabinet meetings on March 13 and 17, 2003, when the decision to go to war against Iraq was... » read this article

In what could turn out to be the greatest fraud in US history, American authorities have started to investigate the alleged role of senior military officers in the misuse of $125bn (£88bn) in a US -directed effort to reconstruct Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein. The exact sum missing... » read this article

Gareth Porter: US military leaders are pressuring Obama to cancel his Iraq withdrawal promise. Gareth Porter is a historian and investigative journalist on US foreign and military policy analyst. He writes regularly for Inter Press Service on US policy towards Iraq and Iran. Author of four books, the latest of... » read this article

Editor's Note: Our dear friend and poet, Nesreen Melek, returned to visit her country, Iraq, after 30 years. She sends us her lamentations for her country and her people who have been changed forever. - LMB Dear Friends at Axis of Logic, I left Baghdad the day before yesterday. I stayed... » read this article

Editor's Note: President Saddam Hussein was executed by hanging by the US occupying military force and their puppet government 2 years ago last night. - LMB We Want an Independent, Liberated, Socialist Iraq Saddam Hussein Republic of Iraq Ministry of Information Documentary Series (39) 1979 Reproduced by Al-Moharer.net October 2008 in... » read this article

  December 27, 2008 Today, December 27, up to 3,000 people marched in the city of Basra in support of a federal region for the province. Parliamentarian and former governor of Basra Wail Abd al-Latif has proposed the idea. In November 2008 he turned in an initial petition with enough... » read this article

    Ah! Another Xmas...I don't care much for Xmas or any other holiday. For me, it's all the same...same thing, day in and day out...   I go through the motions and repeat the greetings with a fake smile, but I really don't care much. Santa can go and... » read this article

December 21, 2008 Preamble   The first attack  of nuclear strike on man kind was when the US  aeroplanes bombed the Japanese city of Hiroshima, in the second world war on the sixth of Aug. 1945. On the ninth of Aug. 1945 another Japanese city was hit by nuclear bomb, which... » read this article

'I thought I was going to be shot immediately as I saw the bodyguards with the guns standing there, but I really did not care. I was prepared for anything because I did this for my country.’ - Muntather Zaidi International hero December 21, 2008 Shoe-throwing journalist Muntather Zaidi told... » read this article

Editor's Note: We received this note from an Axis of Logic reader today about our friend and hero, quoting from the article below: "The reality is that Muntadhar is a secular socialist whose hero happens to be Che Guevara. He became a prominent leftwing student leader immediately after the occupation,... » read this article

Ah, lowly objects of mundane human existence, forever condemned to carry on your backs the weight of the world, this ode is to you. Because of you we tenderfeet are able to trudge through burning deserts and freezing slush. We slap you upon the pavements of great metropolises and quiet... » read this article