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	Between Iraq & A Hard Place by Jack Wellman I can understand why many Americans are getting tired and discouraged from the long Iraqi war. On the website controversialforums.com, which addresses many of the most controvers
	How many? by Thanos Kalamidas In the beginning it was people with names, then it became numbers, ten then twenty and then fifty; nowadays it is tens or dozens without specifying how many tens or dozens and they are always innocent and it is people, women and many, too many, ki
	The Kurdish-American honeymoon has ended by Yerevan Adham When I woke up and checked the news on Dec 16th, I realized that Turkey had bombed Iraqi Kurdistan. I became very sad and disappointed because of what we did by supporting the US from the first moment of their mission in Iraq until now.

	2007 Terrorism World Championship by Akli Hadid Qualified Teams: Afghanistan, Colombia, the European Union, India, Iraq, Israel, the Maghreb, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The terrorism world championship takes into ac
	Losing a war by Thanos Kalamidas Over the last year Iraq has managed to monopolize our interest. A war zone, a civil war, hundreds of innocent victims daily, bombs in the centre of the cities and behind all of that is a dead dictator and his regime,
	British report by Euro Reporter Brown hits back on forces fundingPrime Minister Gordon Brown has rejected criticism from five former military chiefs about the treatment of and funding for the armed forces. He said he had "nothing but praise" for th
	Geopolitical Overview of Interests Focused in the Iraq War Zone 3/3 by Christopher Wilkinson It will be remembered that coincidental to Iraq’s invasion of Iran Russia invaded Afghanistan. The repulsion of Russia from Afghanistan was spearheaded by CIA trained and supported Freedom Fighters, some of whom were actually Arabs. The bo
	Geopolitical Overview of Interests Focused in the Iraq War Zone 2/3 by Christopher Wilkinson Upon consideration, a fundamentalist Sunni Arab who spoke Arabic would have a difficult time working as an organizer of any kind in a country of sincere Shi’a Muslims who speak Parsi or Dari. It is hard to believe such a person would be abl
	Geopolitical Overview of Interests Focused in the Iraq War Zone 1/3 by Christopher Wilkinson America’s war in Iraq was, by many, planned to be a short term military commitment. It was justified as a critical aspect of the greater War on Terror. As the years have passed many wonder if there will be any end to this war. Many questi
	A Kurdish question mark by Thanos Kalamidas For a very long time Turkey has learned to play the card of the country at the crossroads, a country between east and west, between Christians and Muslims, a country between Europe and Asia. Turkey has often been neutral but has been equally of
	A Soldier's Lot by Clint Wayne As reports of our British Troops bravely serving in both Iraq and Afghanistan have now shamefully slipped off the BBC’s radar unless there is another tragic untimely death, in which case it might just make number three on its News Bulletins
	Following orders by Thanos Kalamidas General Petraeus, the latest US military commander in Iraq, has faced heavy criticism in Congress while reporting on the non progress of the US targets in the country for security and stabilization of life. Actually the general must be a very brav
	The right captain by Thanos Kalamidas The truth is that you can avoid thinking that the king is totally isolated from reality when you read things like the latest from George W. Bush. His decision to nominate a new commander of the US military forces in the Middle East with his missio
	Humanity on the lynch by Thanos Kalamidas I’m not going to say anything more about the act itself. I have said enough over the last few days, including my first article for the new year, but just to reiterate once more: I’m angry. Really angry! During the
	Executing punishment by Thanos Kalamidas Just hours before the end of the year and waiting from every official to wish us a peaceful and healthy new year, reality came to prove that one thing that will be the same next year is brutality. How are they going to justify
	Iraq's darkest day by Kuriakos Mellos Thursday, November 23rd was just another normal day for many of the residents of Sadr City, a largely shi'ite neighborhood in Baghdad. As people woke up to do their normal chores, many headed to the morning markets to get their food for their
	Thought of the Day: I am confused by Christopher Wilkinson I am confused about the war in Iraq. I believe I heard Mr. Bush saying that Iraq is a central domain for terrorist development and organization, which America needs to end, so that terrorist activities will be curtailed; that this is e
	Mission accomplished by Thanos Kalamidas Over the past few days since Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death for crimes against humanity, I’ve been waiting for somebody to proclaim, "Mission accomplished!" because nothing else has been accomp
	Wheelbarrows by Jan Sand Many parts of the world are engaged in terrible turmoil today, but the area of most violent action is unquestionably Iraq. And, unquestionably, the man most responsible for the conflict there is the President of the United States. People throughou
	Tough being American by Dustin A. Lane It's tough being an American these days. Senator John Edwards (former Vice Presidential candidate) says he voted wrong in authorizing the war in Iraq and that we should pull out. Several other Senat