On Christmas Eve 2006, an off-duty Blackwater mercenary, freshly drunk from a party in Baghdad’s Green Zone, got into an argument with a security guard for one of Iraq’s vice presidents. Apparently, the Blackwater guard was trying to force his way into an area where senior Iraqi officials live when he was confronted. It’s…
In the Belly of the Green Bird: The Triumph of the Martyrs in Iraq Nir Rosen Free Press, 2006 $26.00, 288 pages Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq Thoomas E. Ricks The Penguin Press, 1006 $27.09; 496 pages When history looks back on the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq, the greatest tragedy (beyond…
As preparations for war against Iraq intensified in the fall of 2002, neo-conservatives in Washington were fond of remarking that “the road to Tehran runs through Baghdad.” The toppling of Saddam Hussein was to be the first step in remaking the map of the Middle East through military force. Syria and Iran were on…
Food Chained Stuffed & Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System By Raj Patel Melville House Publishing 2007, 398 pages, $19.95 In an absurdist Monty Python skit, Graham Chapman asks to have “eggs, bacon, Spam, and sausage without the Spam.” To which Terry Jones replies, “You can’t have eggs, bacon, Spam, and sausage…
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