The recent extrapolation of figures from the Lancet Report, in conjunction with further research in Iraq, conducted by ORB, a British polling agency, now puts the figure of Iraqi deaths due to the war since March 2003 at 1.2 million. This, in a country of 27 million, and alongside wounds that are often devastating (and [...]

[Hat tip to Lydia for sending this one.] Why are we dressing our daughters like this? Eight-year-olds in fishnets, padded ‘bralettes’ and thong panties: Welcome to the Junior Miss version of raunch culture LIANNE GEORGE | Jan 01, 2007 In his most recent visual tome, Katlick School, the famed American fashion photographer Sante D’Orazio examines [...]

…was a friend and comrade. He died last night at home. Dave was former President of Veterans For Peace, founding leader of Vietnam Veterans Against the War, and a founder of the Vietnam Agent Orange Relief & Responsibility Campaign. He was prominently featured in the film Sir, No Sir!, a film about GI resistance during [...]

“Our farmers are in trouble right now and so are our soldiers,” said Nadia McCaffrey, whose son Patrick was killed in Iraq in 2004 – one of at least 3,750 U.S. military deaths there since the March 2003 invasion. She founded a group called Veterans Village to help soldiers returning with post traumatic stress disorder [...]

In military drill there is something called the preparatory command and the command of execution. These were the two commands, followed in lockstep by the press yesterday: Prepare to kiss ass. Kiss ass. Or should I say David Petraeus’ ass, followed by a whole raft of retired generals who were immediately featured on the television [...]

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This is the way the world ends, not with a bang but a whimper. -T. S. Eliott Yesterday, President of the United States George W. Bush “diverted” a flight to Australia to a desert base in Anbar Province, Iraq (Sure he did.). Anbar Province is now being effectively run not by US occupation forces, but [...]