Category: War in Iraq & Afghanistan

I notice that david t over at Harry’s Place has been crowing over the “success” of the recent election in Iraq. He quotes the five main anti-war groups who have yet to make any...

Given the sabre-rattling which has been taking place recently about Iran’s nuclear ambitions and the possibility of yet another American war there, it seems that one organisation they might like to promote as an...

One of the most interesting things about the recent invasion of Iraq is the different interests which have become united in both their support for, and their opposition to, the invasion. I’ve attended several...

The BBC is reporting that the Americans, having “secured” Falluja, are now working on taking out “insurgents” in Mosul. Ahem, what happened to those Kurdish insurgents which the Americans were supposedly supporting before this...

I’ve just been watching the BBC’s Question Time and watched a British politician fudge an answer on whether the UK would support a US invasion of Iran. Jack Straw was quoted earlier by the...

Some people are wondering why it was that the UK really got involved in the US's invasion of Iraq. After all, we have here what passes for a centre-left government, and the last time...

The BBC has a profile of the two representatives of the British Muslim community who have gone to Iraq to negotiate with the terrorists holding Ken Bigley hostage. It has been asked whether their...

A while ago I posted a picture here I got from CAIR about a Marine (or ex-Marine) standing with two Iraqi boys with a sign saying “Lcpl Boudreaux killed my Dad, then he knocked...

The Age reports that senior British commanders are dissatisfied with American methods in Iraq, calling them heavy-handed, and have alleged ‘a growing sense of “unease and frustration” among the British high command’. They have...

Anyone who has been on the anti-war demos in London and been irritated by all the Marxist banners should read the entry on Saraji’s blog – 5th April, “The Bloc Vote Mafia …”. With...

Comments on Al-Muhajabah’s Islamic Blogs reveal some under-reported aspects of the lynching at Fallujah last week (veiled4Allah, 2nd April, Even More Sick)

Well I went to the rally yesterday, it was not as big as the huge anti-war rallies last year but it was big enough that people were still leaving the start (Hyde Park) as...

Saturday’s Stop the War march is intended to reinforce calls for political accountability and a withdrawal from Iraq, writes Andrew Burgin