The environmental consequences of the use of armed drones

Blood for Oil: Forever Wars Against Iraq

March 6, 2021 UNAC Editor Iraq, U.S. Aggression

by Kathy Kelly, March 2, 2021 This is a tribute to the endless US war on Iraq. Operation Desert Storm formally ended with a ceasefire on March 4, 1991, following the devastating massacre of retreating Iraqi troops on Highway 80 by US air forces. Shock and Awe campaign of bombing Baghdad commenced 12 years later on March 20, 2003, and[…]

Powell & Iraq—How One Resignation May Have Stopped the Disastrous Invasion

July 21, 2020 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Political Corruption

by Joe Lauria, published on Consortium News, July 18, 2020 On the morning of Feb. 5, 2003 I was in my office, an old radio booth overlooking the Trusteeship Council at UN Headquarters in New York, when I decided to walk over one chamber towards the Security Council. I entered a corridor on the left, high above the council, and[…]

Iraq: 15 Years After the Military Intervention and Occupation

March 11, 2018 UNAC Editor Iraq

by Janine Solanki of MAWO, originally published on The Fire This Time On March 19, 2013 the U.S. began what infamously was known as “Shock and Awe” – a massive bombardment of Baghdad, Iraq. Images broadcast worldwide showed a city engulfed in explosions, glowing under the fire of continuous bombing. In the first 21 days of that vicious initial assault,[…]