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Iraq
Cultures of Violence: Woolwich, Jodi Arias & the Market Value of Atrocity
Amanda Rogers* | 28 May 2013
A young boy hangs a cross near flowers close to the scene where Drummer Lee Rigby of the 2nd Battalion the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers was killed, on May 24, 2013 in London, England. (Photo credit: Dan Kitwood) Always a troubling issue, the media’s role in unwittingly glorifying and encouraging acts of violence has weighed even more heavily on my mind in the...Death Pornography: Mass Media, Atrocities, & Burial Politics after Boston
Amanda Rogers* | 13 May 2013
Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev has been buried in one of two unmarked graves in a Doswell, Virginia, cemetary. (Photo credit: AP/Luis Alvarez) In the past few weeks, we have been inundated with information about the Boston bombers’ lives. We know all about Dzhokhar’s Tweets, the five year-old shoplifting conviction of Tamerlan’s widow,...The Shi‘a of Iraq: A Historical Perspective
Fuchsia Hart* | 7 May 2013
The Ali Bin abi Taleb Shrine in Najaf, Iraq, is the third holiest site for Shi’a Muslims after Mecca and Medina In March of this year, on the eve of the tenth anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, 56 Iraqi citizens needlessly lost their lives while hundreds more were injured in a series of bomb attacks across Baghdad. The dead and wounded all had...Special Issue: The 2003 Iraq War, Ten Years On
Nima Shirazi & Livia Bergmeijer* | 19 Mar 2013
(Photo credit: Sean Smith) On March 19, 2003, the illegal, immoral and unnecessary U.S.-led invasion of Iraq began. That evening, from the Oval Office, George W. Bush told the world, “We come to Iraq with respect for its citizens, for their great civilization and for the religious faiths they practice. We have no ambition in Iraq, except to remove a threat...The U.S. Invasion of Iraq: Strategic Consequences for Iran
Muhammad Sahimi* | 19 Mar 2013
Iraq was invaded on March 19, 2003. To sell their war, neoconservatives in the United States – the main driving force behind the invasion – intentionally deceived the American public. Had they declared their real reasons for invading, the public would surely never have given its support. So, what was their true aim? Was it to deal a blow to the “Axis...Bombs & Backpacks: Education in Iraq
C. Click* | 27 May 2013
Many schools were demolished during the 2003 Iraq war. The photo shows Iraqi schoolgirls in one of the many temporary schools built after the end of the war. [Photo Credit: Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP]The resignation...Kurdistan Workers’ Party Begins Retreat from Turkey into Northern Iraq
Livia Bergmeijer* | 12 May 2013
Fighters of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) have begun their retreat on foot from South Eastern Turkey into Northern Iraq following a truce between the two parties (Photo Credit: Firat News Agency/AP) Fighters...Corruption and Authoritarianism in the ‘New’ Iraq
Henrik Andersen* | 24 Apr 2013
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki at a press conference in Baghdad in early 2011 calling for dialogue with rival political factions (Photo credit: Ahmad al Rubaye / AFP Photo) The U.S.-led invasion of Iraq...Ten Years After Iraq, Media Advocates For War Are Still With Us
Murtaza Hussain* | 19 Mar 2013
White House Press Corps (Photo credit: Charles Dharapak/AP) On March 16, 2003, just days before bombs began to fall on Baghdad, Vice President Dick Cheney appeared on Meet The Press, offering his assessment of...Was Life for Iraqi Women Better Under Saddam?
Rania Khalek* | 19 Mar 2013
Photo credit: CreativeCommons/U.S. Army In March 2004, President George W. Bush gave a speech to an audience of 250 women from around the world to commemorate International Women’s Day. His speech focused on...
