Waiting for the Anti-Saddam Revolt: Where Is It?
Why aren’t more Iraqis rising up against President Saddam Hussein? Most likely, many remember what happened the last time they followed U.S. instructions to rise up against him.
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Battle Cry of Freedom: A Review of Taking Liberties
/in The Washington Post/by Frank SmythBorn in Nazi Germany to Jewish parents, Aryeh Neier is America’s foremost rights advocate. Today, at 65, he runs the Open Society Institute funded by the philanthropist financier George Soros.
Iraq: Telling the Left from the Right
/in LAWeekly/by Frank SmythHOW MANY AMERICANS WHO OPPOSE THE LOOMING war know the left from the right when it comes to Iraq? The only two players on the field are not George W. Bush and Saddam Hussein.
Iraq’s Eclipsed Red Star?
/in Guerrilla News Network/by Frank SmythHow many anti-war activists like Sean Penn know their left from their right in Iraq? Or that the Iraqi Communist Party produces more detailed reports on torture under Saddam than any Western human rights group?
Living Dangerously: A Review of “The Lion’s Grave”
/in The Washington Post/by Frank SmythAny egomaniac with an audience can do a live stand-up in an alleged combat zone, but Jon Lee Anderson is a war correspondent’s journalist. His book, The Lion’s Grave, skillfully navigates Afghani politics.
Hussein Opens His Prison Doors to Trouble
/in Newsday/by Frank SmythIraqi President Saddam Hussein released thousands of political and other prisoners from jails across his country, including from the notorious Abu Ghraib prison. The broad amnesty was no doubt welcomed by many Iraqis.
Iraq’s Forgotten Majority
/in The New York Times/by Frank SmythOn the eve of the invasion, few U.S. experts seem to know that nearly two-thirds of Iraqis are Shi’ite Muslims, who populate the slums of Baghdad as well as the south of Iraq.