Washington’s severe problems in Iraq and Afghanistan are leading it to refocus military attention on Tehran argues Paul Rogers.

The reasons for the West’s stalemate in Afghanistan lie in the nature of the occupation regime, and not in the lack of troops or obstruction by the Pakistan regime. Tariq Ali reports.

A new report by the Agency Coordinating Body for Afghan Relief (ACBAR) reveals that the promised aid required to reconstruct the country has mostly been ‘wasted, ineffective or uncoordinated’. Andy Rowell reports.

Washington’s bubble of optimism about Iraq has burst. The fallout reveals the contrast between American and jihadi strategic thinking says Paul Rogers.

Stephen Lendman considers the BBC’s reporting on Iraq, Afghanistan, the Balkans, Hugo Chavez, Zimbabwe and Robert Mugabe – and finds it wanting.

Jeremy Corbyn examines Bush’s war drive and the legacy of war in Iraq.

David Morrison looks at the Blair legacy. This article is a summary of a longer pamphlet.

Amnesty International is probably the world’s best known human rights organisation, but it is training activists to avert their gaze from their own government’s crimes – and thereby making those crimes more likely, and more terrible. Antarchia reports.

We have been too slow to demand answers about the amount of money being poured into the military actions in Iraq and Afghanistan, say Ian Gibson and William Mathew.

As it emerges that the cost of Britain’s wars oversees will nearly double this year to £3.2 billion, the Morning Star asks why this money should not be spent on improving lives, instead of destroying them.

Many Angry Gerbils on the recent row over supporting ‘Our Boys’ in Iraq and Afghanistan.

In concealing Prince Harry’s posting to Afghanistan, the servile British media have (again) played out the propaganda role assigned to them by the MOD. Chris Marsden reports.

The Prince Harry saga gave the media an opportunity to do the military’s propaganda for it. They performed brilliantly, says Media Workers Against the War

Ben Griffin is the former SAS soldier who has decided to go public about British complicity in torture and rendition. See his statement just after the Government imposed a gagging order on him.

The 9/11 attacks gave the US an ideal pretext to use force to secure its global domination, suggests Michael Meacher

Far from rehabilitating liberal interventionism, the Kosovo experience has exposed the fatal flaws that lie at its heart, writes Seamus Milne.

The crisis of the Afghan occupation is a reminder of its fraudulent claims, growing cost in blood, and certainty of failure, says Seumas Milne

The British press ignored the assault on Musa Quala, despite evidence of atrocities and numerous civilian casualties. This is Britain’s ‘forgotten war’, suggest Dave Crouch.

John Pilger describes how the invasion of Afghanistan, which was widely supported in the West as a ‘good war’ and justifiable response to 9/11, was actually planned months before 9/11 and is the latest instalment of ‘a great game’.

Harvey Thompson on the reality behind Britain’s claims of military success in Iraq and Afghanistan.