27 February 2006
Iraq's death squads: On the brink of civil war
by mikepower Most of the corpses in Baghdad's mortuary show signs of torture and execution. And the Interior Ministry is being blamed.
21 February 2006
US troops taught Iraqi gestures
by mikepowerThe US military has funded a computer game to teach its troops how to use and decipher Iraqi body language.
18 January 2006
Guardian: Official US agency paints dire picture of 'out-of-control' Iraq
by mikepowerAn official assessment drawn up by the US foreign aid agency depicts the security situation in Iraq as dire, amounting to a "social breakdown" in which criminals have "almost free rein".
10 January 2006
The Huffington Post: Cost Of Iraq Could Top $2 Trillion...
by mikepowerThe cost of the Iraq war could top $2 trillion, far above the White House's pre-war projections, when long-term costs such as lifetime health care for thousands of wounded U.S. soldiers are included
The Village Voice: The Bush Beat
by mikepowerA year after tearfully accepting a Medal of Freedom from George W. Bush for his disastrous reign in Iraq, preposterous pasha Jerry Bremer has rewritten history with a ghosted "diary" and started a book tour by saying, "I didn't do it."
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