Student journos head to IraqThree Alaskan journalism students are heading to Iraq to become embedded journalists. Frighteningly, this means the University of Alaska is about have more journalists in Iraq than any major US paper.
Iraq
Getting to know Saddam Hussein: the FBI conversations
FBI reports of interviews it conducted in 2004 with former Iraq leader Saddam Hussein have been published them today. Crikey intern Sophie Tarr picks out the best bits.
Australia’s role in Iraq must be examined
As US combat troops get set to leave Iraqi towns and cities tomorrow, it’s time for Australia to get the kind of inquiry due to take place in Britain, argues Overland editor Jeff Sparrow.
Dannatt! We should’ve gone earlier
The military chief of general staff in Britain, Sir Richard Dannatt, reckons coalition forces failed epically on Iraq policy.
What Iran can learn from Iraq
Iran’s Shiite clerics could be well served to take a page out of Iraq’s Ayatollah Ali Sistani’s book, who has shown that religion can play an influential, but background, role in a secular democracy.
Gender divide is bad for Iraqis’ health
There’s a shortage of female nurses in some areas of Iraq. And some husbands won’t let male physicians touch their pregnant wives, letting them die rather than be touched by another man.
Why Bush invaded Iraq: the war on Gog and Magog
The Rumsfeld memos are extraordinary, but there is another, perhaps more alarming, story about Bush’s Christian fundamentalism and the Iraq War that has yet to come to light.
Rumsfeld and Cheney: torture as self-justification
“He’s a ruthless little bastard. You can be sure of that.” So said Richard Nixon of Donald Rumsfeld back in 1971.
Blackwater’s murky Iraq massacre role
The private security contractor, fallen on hard times, comes under fire again — this time for allegations that it tried to cover up a massacre.
Abu Ghraib guards take the Nuremberg
With the release of the CIA torture memos, guards jailed for their treatment of inmates at Abu Ghraib prison plan to appeal on the grounds that they were “scapegoats” for the Bush Administration.
Thiessen: Torture made us safer
The interrogation tactics used on terrorism suspects made the US safer, writes a former Bush staffer.
Hamdan conviction the best the US can come up with?
If winning the ‘war on terror’ involves convicting the drivers and bodyguards of Osama bin Laden, the empire planners in Washington might as well go into speedy retirement, writes Binoy Kampmark.
Hitchens’ tortured pursuit of the truth
Christopher Hitchens undergoes waterboarding for the sake of journalism … and declares it torture.
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Kevin Rudd and party pies… you decide…
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups
Australian troops in Iraq … the public service … Andrew Wilkie and the Greens … Fairfax and windmills … ABARE …
Crikey Says: Crikey Says
A year, almost, in the thinking of Brendan Nelson…
Crikey Says: Crikey Says
Former prime minister John Howard (suddenly a member of the confused elderly?) says he is “baffled” by the Rudd government’s decision to pull our troops out of Iraq.
US08 media wrap: McCain sticks to the script
All the latest from the race to the White House. By Sophie Black.
US08 media wrap: McCain flubs Iraq, Bill says chill out
Republican nominee John McCain has dropped another Iraq clanger — so what will the media do with it?
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups
Earth Hour … COAG and the Murray-Darling deal … The Oz’s and the SS Macklin … the last act of Orkopoulos … binge drinking … mortgage stress …
US backs good, rich Shi’ites against the bad, poor ones
Why are the Americans fighting for Iranian-backed theocrats in Basra, even as they complain about Iranian interference? Jeff Sparrow investigates.
