The Iraq War’s Dark Legacy: Iraqis Who Survived U.S. Genocide Still Poor and Oppressed

By Asad Ismi On the 11th anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq (launched in March 2003), it is important to emphasize the true motives for this attack and occupation and its horrendously destructive impact that continues today. Both the Iraq and Afghanistan wars stem from the needs of U.S. and Western capitalism for resources […]

The Congo Still Ravaged by U.S.-Funded Conflict and Plunder: Genocide and Rape Stain Companies’ “Blood” Mineral Profits

By Asad Ismi In November 2013, the army of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), bolstered by United Nations forces, claimed to have defeated M-23, the most powerful supposedly rebel militia in the Eastern Congo. This was the first time that the army (known by the French acronym FARDC) was thought to have scored […]