The Iraq War: Legal or Illegal? The simple answer.  (posted Oct 8th 2008)

Road to War -A report into the days leading up to the attack on Iraq   (posted Oct 8th 2008)

Keith Olbermann Special Comment: John Mccain - Iraq war  (posted Oct 8th 2008)

'Some Things I Don't Understand'  "I don't understand how we ended up invading a country that had nothing to do with 9/11 ... That was Senator McCain's judgment and it was the wrong judgment."– Barack Obama   (posted Oct 8th 2008)

Revealed: U.S. Soldier Killed Herself After Objecting to Interrogation Techniques The true stories of how American troops, killed in Iraq, actually died keep spilling out this week. Now we learn, thanks to a reporter's FOIA request, that one of the first women to die in Iraq shot and killed herself after objecting to harsh "interrogation techniques."   (posted Nov 7th 2006)

Countless My Lai Massacres in Iraq- By Dahr Jamail - t r u t h o u t | Perspective Tuesday 30 May 2006 The media feeding frenzy around what has been referred to as "Iraq's My Lai" has become frenetic. Focus on US Marines slaughtering at least 20 civilians in Haditha last November is reminiscent of the media spasm around the "scandal" of Abu Ghraib during April and May 2004. more..... (posted June 23rd 2006)

The Abu Ghraib files 279 photographs and 19 videos from the Army's internal investigation record a harrowing three months of detainee abuse inside the notorious prison -- and make clear that many of those responsible have yet to be held accountable.   (posted Mar 20th 2006)

Iraqi National Initiative to End Occupation of Iraq Unconditionally, Reflecting the Will and View of the Iraqi National Resistance and Other Major Political Forces Opposing Occupation   (posted Jan 5th 2006)

Statement of Iraq Solidarity Campaign on the Subic Rape Case   (posted Nov 30th 2005)

Greetings of solidarity from United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ)   (posted Sept 26th 2005)

Foreign mercenaries in Iraq   (posted Sept 26th 2005)

SOLIDARITY STATEMENT of the IRAQ SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN - SEPTEMBER 24 INTERNATIONAL DAY of ACTION AGAINST WAR   (posted Sept 26th 2005)

Italian Anti-War Movement Shows the Way (This composite article is based on talks by Focus Executive Director Walden Bello and interviews with him appearing in the Italian dailies Liberazione, Il Manifesto, and other newspapers during a recent anti-war speaking tour of Canada, Malaysia, India, Netherlands, and Italy in March and April of this year.)  (posted May 26th 2005)

A Video Message from the Iraqi Resistance   Reuters obtained from Iraqi guerrillas "an English-language video urging U.S. troops to lay down their weapons and seek refuge in mosques and homes" (Michael Georgy, "Iraq Rebels in Video Taunt," January 12, 2005), promising protection to soldiers who heed their call. The Information Clearing House has made the video and a transcript of its content available: "A Message from the 'Iraq Resistance.'"  (posted April 8th 2005)

ORP should not help the US occupy my country¹ ­ visiting Iraqi oil worker MANILA (March 17) - A visiting Iraqi oil worker from Iraq today called on the Philippine and other governments not to help the US occupy his country. Farouk Sadik Isma¹al, representative from the Basra-based General Union of Oil Employees said that while while he does not personally agree with the tactics of those who kidnapped Filipino worker Roberto Tarongoy, he also believes that no government should help the United States-led occupation of Iraq.      (posted April 8th 2005)

'THE IRAQI RESISTANCE IS A POPULAR RESISTANCE' BY Herbert Docena (Znet, February 23, 2005) An interview with Sheik Jawad Khalisi of the Iraqi National Foundation Conference     (posted April 7th 2005)

Iraq and the Challenges Facing the Global Peace Movement - By Walden Bello (Speech delivered in Vancouver, Canada, at events sponsored by the Stop the War Coalition, March 18, 2005, held on the occasion of the March 19-20 Global Protest against the War in Iraq marking the second anniversary of the US invasion.)  (posted March 30th 2005)

Global Day of Action Against US Occupation of Iraq (posted March 26th 2005)

574 U.S. cities and towns holding Mar 18-20 antiwar events (posted March 7th 2005)

Let Peace Reign in Iraq We, peace-loving Filipinos from all walks of life, express our collective concern over the war that has been raging in Iraq for two years now as we call for peace and justice throughout the world. (posted March 7th 2005)

‘Elections’ dismissed as illegitimate Anti-War Movement Calls for Massive Protests to End War in Iraq on March 19-20 (posted 2/3/2005)

All Souls Day (Flash movie) by Teresa Healy A very powerful short presentation about Fallujah with scenes not usually shown on corporate media in photo and song by a Canadian artist. www.teresahealy.ca (posted Jan 15th 2005)

Very, Very Dirty Pictures By Mark Morford, SF Gate Columnist This is what you won't see in the paper. This is what you won't see on CNN or on MSNBC or CBS News or on any major media Web site anywhere and especially no goddamn way ever in hell will you see it within a thousand miles of Fox News. (December 19th, 2004)

Fallujah: Shock and Awe By Ken Coates   Editorial: The Spokesman no.84, Journal of the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation (www.russfound.org) It was on April 26th 1937 that the name of Guernica was immortalised. A little town, home to 7000 people, Guernica was the local market place for a cluster of hill villages. It straddled a valley only ten kilometres from the sea, and thirty from Bilbao. It was a cultural centre for the Basque country, with a hallowed oak tree upon which for centuries the public power in Spain has been obliged recurrently to affirm an oath to respect the rights of the Basque people. (November 23rd, 2004)

Fallujans pay the price of liberation By Dr Muhamad Ayash al-Kubaisi (originally printed in Al-Jazeera)   When a nation's identity, existence and dignity is put at risk, the sacrifice required is far more than the lives of a group of fighters, and that is why Falluja has chosen to carry the flag of resistance in Iraq, in the clear knowledge it may be wiped out. (November 23rd, 2004)

What's the Latest on Iraq? Updates for the Iraq Solidarity Campaign (This is a PowerPoint Presentation) (November 13th, 2004)

IRAQ SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN-Philippines - UNITY STATEMENT - TIME TO END THE OCCUPATION OF IRAQ (November 13th, 2004)

ANGELO AND FOREIGN POLICY: A POSTMORTEM by NELSON D. LAVINA - A perspective of Philippine involvement with the illegal American invasion and occupation of Iraq. (August 28th, 2004)

A Filipino's Guide to Iraq - BRIEFING PAPER #1 - Iraq Solidarity Campaign - Philippines (August 13th, 2004)

The right decision - THOSE who oppose the pullout of the country's military & police contingent in Iraq see only weakness where others see necessity, cowardice where others see conviction (if admittedly newfound), greater danger where others see more security. A Reuters story on Friday framed the pullout in bilateral terms, with the Philippines "defying" the United States by proceeding with the first phase of the withdrawal. (July 27th, 2004)

MEDIA STATEMENT - IRAQ SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN - 15 July 2004 (July 17th, 2004)

"A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words" .... And There Your Honour, We Rest Our Case.... (A page of horrors from the Robert Fisk website) (July 17th, 2004)

Nation's Largest Union Calls for End to U.S. Occupation of Iraq and Withdrawal of U.S. Troops Nearly 4000 delegates of Service Employees International Union (SEIU), the nation's largest with 1.6 million members, voted unanimously at the union's national convention in San Francisco today to end U.S. occupation of Iraq and to bring U.S. troops stationed there home. (July 17th, 2004)

National Council of Churches of the Philippines Conference Statement on Handover Sovereignty to Iraq - 'Handover' Blurs the Truth:   The charade is on. Two days before schedule, the much touted June 30 "handover of sovereignty" was held by the U.S. occupiers-stealthily like a thief in the night-on June 28th, as people who oppose the U.S. war in Iraq poise to mount protests against this latest window dressing act of the United States. (July 17th, 2004)

"Recall our soldiers and save our workers" It was just a matter of time before Filipinos would be targets of Iraqi retaliation. Almost instantly, from the moment American and British invading forces rolled into Baghdad, our workers started streaming into Iraq like famished little ants out to nibble on the remains of a fallen animal. (July 12th, 2004)

WHAT are we doing in Iraq anyway? The 4,000 or so Filipinos working as cooks and drivers may be there because of reconstruction's employment opportunities, but the 51 soldiers and policemen serving with the US-led coalition forces? (July 12th, 2004)

Where there is Violence, Let Us Sow Peace A CALL FOR GREATER VIGILANCE IN THE JUNE 30 - U.S. HANDOVER OF SOVEREIGNTY TO IRAQ (July 2nd, 2004)

PAYING THE PRICE: THE MOUNTING COSTS OF THE IRAQ WAR A Study by the Institute for Policy Studies and Foreign Policy In Focus (July 1st, 2004)

If you're Filipino and you support the Iraqi people's right to self-determination, please consider signing the letter below. If you agree, please spare 2 minutes to forward the letter to our Ambassador to the UN, Laura Baja (posted June 15th 2004)

Michael Berg - Nick Berg's Father Speaks Against Iraq War   This is the message of Michael Berg, father of Nick Berg, the US contractor beheaded on video in Iraq by suspected Al-Qaeda members in retaliation for the torture of Iraqi prisoners by US troops. It was read as a message of support for the STOP THE WAR COALITION's demonstration, "End the Torture--Bring the Troops Home Now, " held in London recently, and printed in The Guardian in May 21, 2004) (posted May 6th 2004)

Noam Chomsky Interview - BBC   If George Bush were to be judged by the standards of the Nuremberg Tribunals, he'd be hanged. So too, mind you, would every single American President since the end of the second world war, including Jimmy Carter. The suggestion comes from perhaps the most feted liberal intellectual in the world - the American linguist Noam Chomsky. His latest attack on the way his country behaves in the world is called Hegemony or Survival, America's Quest for Global Dominance. (posted May 6th 2004)

Torture at Abu Ghraib Followed CIA's Manual by Alfred W. McCoy   From a noted scholar on the Philippines, author of “Anarchy of Families”...-Herbert (posted May 19th 2004)

Lest We Forget - American War Crimes in Iraq    Images from various media outlets showing how Americans behave outside of the United States Of America  (posted May 9th 2004)

The Taguba Report - American War Crimes    This is the US Army Report on Iraqi Prisoner Abuse  (posted May 6th 2004)

Yesterday's Iraqis, Today's Filipino's Focus on the Philippines (FOP) is an electronic newsletter on Philippine news and issues put out by Focus on the Global South-Philippine Programme. FOP has currently over 600 subscribers. The newsletter tackles broad development issues like trade and finance, militarization, environment, global governance, multilateral institutions, and US hegemony among others. FOP is a venue for sharing perspectives and commentaries on the issues that shape our country and inform our respective advocacy work.  (posted May 5th 2004)

Statement of Iraq Solidarity END U.S. OCCUPATION OF IRAQ! BRING HOME PHILIPPINE TROOPS NOW!  (posted May 2nd 2004)

The BRussells Tribunal Saturday April 17 2004. People vs Total War Incorporated   (posted May 2nd 2004)

Falluja and the Forging of the New Iraq By Walden Bello  (posted Apr 28th 2004)

The Cost of War (posted Nov 11th 2003)

INTERNATIONAL DEMANDS REGARDING THE INVASION, OCCUPATION AND "RECONSTRUCTION" OF IRAQ. (posted May 9th 2003)

SHOCK AND AWE.  A PowerPoint presentation showing the nightmare side of the American Dream of empire.  Not for children or the faint-hearted -- this is the gruesome reality of war.  Slow-loading as it has 150 pictures of war victims, but you'll clearly see here why war is never the solution.  (posted April 7, 2003)

BUSH AND COHORTS ARE WAR CRIMINALS! From the Public Interest Law Center.  (posted April 5, 2003)