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Robin Abcarian: The 20th anniversary of Iraq invasion also marks a colossal failure of the mainstream media

Twenty years ago, President George W. Bush ordered the invasion of Iraq, toppling the despot Saddam Hussein and fomenting a kind of hell that Iraq is still grappling with today.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 21, 2023

Former French Ambassador to Asharq Al-Awsat: Washington Accused Us of Lying about WMD in Iraq

Former French Ambassador Maurice Gourdault-Montagne, who recently published a remarkable book entitled "The Others Don't Think Like Us," experienced the US invasion of Iraq "first hand." Gourdault-Montagne served as the diplomatic adviser to late French President Jacques Chirac and his representative at the G7 and G20 in the summer of…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 20, 2023

3 takeaways 20 years after the invasion of Iraq

Two decades ago, then-President George W. Bush announced the start of combat operations in Iraq. The bloody occupation that followed lasted longer and cost more in lives and money than anyone guessed.

WEKU · Mar 19, 2023

Our military is a vital engine for society

Memorial Day provides the opportunity to recognize the military’s emphasis on merit and commitment to fairness. We need the sort of sensible realism that women and men who served bring to policy.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 30, 2022

Every Indy 500 pace car and its driver, 1911 to 2022

Sarah Fisher is the latest in a long roll-call of celebrities and/or motorsport figures to drive the pace car and lead the eleven rows of three to the green flag for the Indianapolis 500.

Motorsport · May 18, 2022

Madeleine Albright: First female secretary of state

Before Albright, the inner sanctum of US foreign policymaking had been an almost exclusively male domain

The Independent UK · Mar 27, 2022

Madeleine Albright, 1st female US secretary of state, dies

President Bill Clinton chose Albright as America’s top diplomat in 1996, and she served in that capacity for the last four years of the Clinton administration.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 23, 2022

Fort Benning, Fort Gordon and 7 other bases to be renamed

Dwight D. Eisenhower, George C. Marshall, Colin Powell and Harriet Tubman are among 87 candidates who have made the cut for the renaming of nine military installations that honor Confederate figures, including Fort Benning and Fort Gordon in Georgia.

Tribune News Service · Mar 19, 2022

Harry and Meghan win award for social justice work

Past recipients of the gong include Muhammad Ali, Jesse Jackson, Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice, LeBron James, Rihanna, Jay-Z and Lauryn Hill

Wales Online · Feb 26, 2022