Iraq’s Revolutionary History

NOVANEWS For decades Iraqi leaders have challenged the legitimacy of the 1920’s Sykes-Picot Agreement, through which the British and French created Kuwait as a British Protectorate.  Iraqis were never consulted when this “gentleman’s agreement” was […]

The Iraq Cash Cow: Part I

NOVANEWS  As Republican war hawks call for yet more blood and treasure to be spilled on the sands of Mesopotamia, oil prices spike and military-industrial overlords prepare to milk the US Treasury for yet more […]

The ISIS Crisis

NOVANEWS Uniforms and ammunition quickly discarded by legions of deserting Iraqi troops ISIS  helps Iraq disintegrate … by  Michael Shrimpton  Al-Maliki The break-up of Iraq was entirely predictable.  As I said at the time both Britain […]

Who Will Save Iraq?

NOVANEWS Intervention Will Only Make Matters Worse by SHAMUS COOKE “We gave Iraq a chance” – President Obama Recent events in Iraq are a tiny foreshadowing of the horrors to come. A glance at smoldering […]