Iraq Archive

  • Keith Locke

    Book reinforces Green criticism of NZ deployments to Gulf and Basra - by Keith Locke



    Nicky Hager’s Other People’s Wars, shows that New Zealand was more involved in the Iraq war than most people think. The book’s reinforces the points I was making at the time, that our Orion and frigate in the Gulf, and our army engineers in Basra, were actually assisting the US/UK war effort. Our frigate Te [...] read more
    September 4, 2011 5:21 pm - 12 Comments
  • Keith Locke

    Iraqi Christians rally against violence - by Keith Locke



     One of the legacies of the US-led invasion of Iraq has been sectarian violence it unleashed, not only between Sunni and Shiite Muslims, but also against the Christian minority.  Yesterday I spoke to a gathering of 100 Iraqi Christians who met on the lawn in front of Parliament to mourn those who have been killed. [...] read more
    November 24, 2010 9:30 am - 11 Comments
  • Kennedy Graham

    Criminalising Aggression… - by Kennedy Graham



    A major breakthrough has just occurred in the movement for peace and justice. It appears to have been totally overlooked in the NZ media, to date. At the review conference of the International Criminal Court that wrapped up in Kampala last weekend, agreement was reached to include aggression as a justiciable crime within the Court’s jurisdiction. read more
    June 17, 2010 5:08 pm - 29 Comments
  • frog

    In times of war - by frog



    theyworkforyou.co.nz has a sobering post following the election results which notes: Two parties which New Zealand has just elected into power, National and Act, voted in favour of the New Zealand Government joining the USA-led war coalition. This coalition invaded Iraq on 20 March 2003. For those of you that missed my previous post here’s [...] read more
    November 12, 2008 9:35 am - 45 Comments
  • frog

    Oil politics backfire on the US - by frog



    Open Democracy’s Paul Rogers notes that as China looks to secure oil for it’s increasing consumption it is becoming a strategic power in the Middle East in exactly the way the US would not have intended or wanted. Three transnational oil companies – Shell, BP and Exxon Mobil – were all expected to complete deals [...] read more
    September 6, 2008 9:50 am - 6 Comments
  • frog

    Clinton’s mistake - by frog



    The Nation has an interesting article on Hillary Clinton’s floundering nomination campaign, arguing that the mistake she made was not a tactical or strategic one. It wasn’t that she picked the wrong states to focus on, or threw everything into her knock-out punch or fundraised poorly. It was a policy mistake: The biggest factor that [...] read more
    May 12, 2008 9:45 pm - 9 Comments