Persianlahti — The Gulf

Omia artikkeleitani — My articles

Finnish reactions to London attacks

19 July 2005

Iraq could mark this century

4 February 2004

Victory propaganda

22 April 2003

Filosofi roistovaltion raunioilla

13.9.2003

Uutta liittoutumattomuutta toteuttamaan

Ydin 3/2003 (23.5.2003)

Lipponen ja euro-atlanttinen eripura

Turun Sanomat, 19.3.2003

Irak, Suomi ja Nato-mielisten maailmankuva

Ydin, 2/2003

Irakin vastainen sota isku kansainväliselle oikeudelle

Turun Sanomat, 29.9.2002

Kun Tony oli valmis sotaan Billin kanssa

Ydin, 1998

Aseidenvientiä Lähi-itään

BBC Finnish Section, 3.2.1993

Turha ja hirvittävä sota

Ydin, 4/1991

Kun sota on rauhaa

Ydin, 1991

"Maailma odottaa meiltä tarmokkaita toimia"

Suomen Kuvalehti, 1991

Persianlahden sodan varjo Euroopan yllä

BBC Finnish Section, 21.1.1991

Lähi-idän öljyä kahmimassa

BBC Finnish Section, 10.8.1990

 

See also Robert Fisk; Noam Chomsky; Hannu Reime; US policies; Britain


Muiden kirjoittajien artikkeleita — Articles by other writers

 

Top Ten Myths about Iraq, 2008 by Juan Cole, Informed Comment, 26 December 2008

They lied about Iraq in 2003, and they're still lying now by Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, The Independent, 22 December 2008

'Baghdad Clogger' suffered brutal beating after arrest by Afif Sarhan, The Observer, 21 December 2008

US Military Defiant on Key Terms of Iraqi Pact by Gareth Porter, Inter Press Service, 19 December 2008

Rosy rewriting of the Iraq debacle will fuel worse disaster in Afghanistan by Simon Jenkins, The Guardian, 19 December 2008

Nobody threw shoes at Brown – but his guilt is still undeniable by Matthew Norman, The Independent, 18 December 2008

The shoes we longed for by Sami Ramadani, The Guardian, 17 December 2008

Precedent for the shoe-throwing protest by Jonathan Steele, The Guardian/Comment is free, 16 December 2008

Keep out... a message for foreign leaders by Patrick Cockburn, The Independent, 16 December 2008

Shock and awe on a shoestring by Khaled Diab, The Guardian/Comment is free, 15 December 2008

A Hero of Our Time: Muntadar al-Zaidi by Dave Lindorff, CounterPunch, 15 December 2008

Growing Evidence US Won't Honor Iraq Pact, Antiwar.com, 14 December 2008

Total Defeat for U.S. in Iraq by Patrick Cockburn, CounterPunch, 11 December 2008

Britain leaves Iraq in shame. The US won't go so quietly by Seumas Milne, The Guardian, 11 December 2008

Iraq's US Security Charade by Ramzy Baroud, The Palestine Chronicle, 4 December 2008

This is no sop. It is a vote to end the occupation of Iraq by Jonathan Steele, The Guardian, 27 November 2008

Frankenstein in Mesopotamia by Tom Hayden, Talking Points Memo, 21 November 2008

The errors of Iraq are being repeated - and magnified by Simon Jenkins, The Guardian, 19 November 2008

Top judge: US and UK acted as 'vigilantes' in Iraq invasion by Richard Norton-Taylor, The Guardian, 18 November 2008

Will The Slaughter Of Iraqis By The US Military Ever Be Reported? by Michael Schwartz, The Huffington Post, 13 November 2008

The US can quit Iraq, or it can stay. But it can't do both by Patrick Cockburn, The Independent, 11 November 2008

Documents linking Iran to nuclear weapons push may have been fabricated by Gareth Porter, The Raw Story, 10 November 2008

Massive Iraqi Death Toll Ignored by Tabloid Culture by Marie-Helene Rousseau, Inter Press Service, 5 November 2008

General Petraeus's surge has failed in every respect by Lee Jones, The First Post, 3 November 2008

Friends like these by Patrick Cockburn, The National, 30 October 2008

The Cost of War Really Matters by Kevin Zeese, Media Monitors Network, 17 October 2008

Pentagon Challenge: Ask Iraqis How Many Have Died by Robert Naiman, Common Dreams News Center, 14 October 2008

Satellite Photos Show Sectarian Cleansing, Not Surge, Led to Drop in Iraq Violence, Antiwar.com, 19 September 2008

Petraeus Leaves Iraq by Patrick Cockburn, CounterPunch, 17 September 2008

New Book Lets Winter Soldiers Be Heard by Dahr Jamail, Antiwar.com, 17 September 2008

Iraq: Violence is down – but not because of America's 'surge' by Patrick Cockburn, The Independent on Sunday, 14 September 2008

''The shah's plan was to build bombs'' by Maziar Bahari, New Statesman, 11 September 2008

A strange sort of victory by James Denselow, The Guardian/Comment is free, 10 September 2008

Iraq: what's changed? by Jonathan Steele, The Guardian/Comment is free, 10 September 2008

Is American Success a Failure in Iraq? by Michael Schwartz and Tom Engelhardt, Antiwar.com, 8 September 2008

Did Bush Spies Monitor Iraqi Allies? by Patrick Cockburn, CounterPunch, 6/7 September 2008

Iraq's new strongman? by James Denselow, The Guardian/Comment is free, 5 September 2008

Maliki drops the mask by Jonathan Steele, The Guardian, 5 September 2008

White House strategy is to help McCain win in November by Patrick Cockburn, The Independent, 2 September 2008

The Big Questions About Iraq by Patrick Cockburn, CounterPunch, 26 August 2008

US out of Iraq by ... "2011" by Patrick Cockburn, CounterPunch, 25 August 2008

Iraq's Nationalist Surge by Patrick Cockburn, CounterPunch, 8 August 2008

Iraq better? With three wars going on? by Patrick Cockburn, The Independent, 4 August 2008

Who's Really Running Iraq? by Patrick Cockburn, CounterPunch, 2 / 3 August 2008

George Monbiot on a Nuclear Iran by David Wearing, ukwatch.net, 1 August 2008

No Mystique Left... by Layla Anwar, Information Clearing House, 31 July 2008

Assessing the Surge by Brian M. Downing, CounterPunch, 30 July 2008

Blowback from a Strike on Iran by Patrick Cockburn, CounterPunch, 5 / 6 July 2008

US advisers steered Iraqi oil contracts to Western firms by Bill Van Auken, World Socialist Web Site, 1 July 2008

Iranians Float an Offer the West Should Not Refuse by Muriel Mirak-Weissbach, Global Research, 29 June 2008

Who's Actually Winning in Iraq? by Patrick Cockburn, CounterPunch, 26 June 2008

Bush is trying to impose a classic colonial status on Iraq by Seumas Milne, The Guardian, 26 June 2008

The Real State of Iraq by Juan Cole, Information Clearing House, 23 June 2008

Big oil cashes in on Iraq slaughter by Bill Van Auken, World Socialist Web Site, 20 June 2008

Iraqi refugee crisis grows as West turns its back by Kim Sengupta, The Independent on Sunday, 15 June 2008

The reality is that Iraqi authority would be nominal by Patrick Cockburn, The Independent, 12 June 2008

Revealed: Secret plan to keep Iraq under US control by Patrick Cockburn, The Independent, 5 June 2008

The road to peace in Iraq runs directly through Tehran by Jonathan Steele, The Guardian, 30 May 2008

Prescott admits Iraq a 'mark' on Labour by Louise Nousratpour, Stop the War Coalition, 29 May 2008

Through Occupation, The Very Dreams Change for Iraqis by Ahmed Ali and Dahr Jamail, Inter Press Service, 27 May 2008

Counting the cost by Jonathan Steele, The Guardian/Comment is free, 25 May 2008

So Much for the Success of the Surge by Rami El-Amine, MRZine, 21 May 2008

'I wanted to report on where the silence was' by Stephen Moss, The Guardian, 8 May 2008

Welcome wears thin as refugees swamp Swedish town of 'Little Iraq' by David Charter, The Times, 19 April 2008

Bordering on deceit by John Gittings, The Guardian/Comment is free, 18 April 2008

Desecrating history by Zainab Bahrani, The Guardian/Comment is free, 9 April 2008

Shock and despair by Anas Altikriti, The Guardian/Comment is free, 9 April 2008

Riding the Tiger by Patrick Cockburn, ZNet, 9 April 2008

In backing the Basra assault, the US has only helped Sadr by Jonathan Steele, The Guardian, 4 April 2008

Embarrassed US Starts to Disown Basra Operation by Gareth Porter, Antiwar.com, 1 April 2008

Las iraníes desafían a los ayatolás por Ángeles Espinosa, El País, 30 de marzo de 2008

Basra Siege Endangers Trade Unionists by Naftana, ukwatch.net, 30 March 2008

A great leap backward by Sami Ramadani, The Guardian/Comment is free, 28 March 2008

A blind eye on women by Nadje Al-Ali, The Guardian/Comment is free, 20 March 2008

Blowback all over again by Seumas Milne, The Guardian/Comment is free, 20 March 2008

There must be a reckoning for this day of infamy by Seumas Milne, The Guardian, 20 March 2008

What is the real death toll in Iraq? Jonathan Steele & Suzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian, 19 March 2008

The woman who nearly stopped the war by Martin Bright, New Statesman, 19 March 2008

This is the war that started with lies, and continues with lie after lie after lie by Patrick Cockburn, The Independent, 19 March 2008

A gross failure that ignored history and ended with a humiliating retreat by Patrick Cockburn, The Independent, 17 March 2008

Iraq's Blood-Sodden Anniversaries by Patrick Cockburn, CounterPunch, 15/16 March 2008

A ‘legal war' would have been even worse by Brendan O'Neill, spiked, 11 March 2008

Critical mess by Khaled Diab, The Guardian/Comment is free, 6 February 2008

Iraqi scientist gave CIA information that should have prevented war, Daily Star, 5 February 2008

A Colony By Any Other Name by Robert Fantina, CounterPunch, 2/3 February 2008

US Invasion And Occupation Killed One Million In Iraq, Agence France Press, 31 January 2008

An unstable marriage by Jonathan Steele, The Guardian/Comment is free, 25 January 2008

Opium Fields Spread Across Iraq as Farmers Try to Make Ends Meet by Patrick Cockburn, ZNet, 24 January 2008

Only a full inquiry can avert another disaster like Iraq by Jonathan Steele, The Guardian, 24 January 2008

The farce of sovereignty by Jonathan Steele, The Guardian, 23 January 2008

'We had no idea we were not wanted' by Jonathan Steele, The Guardian, 22 January 2008

A failure to think by Jonathan Steele, The Guardian/Comment is free, 21 January 2008

Guys, I'm afraid we haven't got a clue ... by Jonathan Steele, The Guardian, 21 January 2008

Stress... by Layla Anwar, Information Clearing House, 14 January 2008

Indicting the Reader by Garda Ghista, Information Clearing House, 14 January 2008

Those who talk democracy should listen to Iraq's people by Seumas Milne, The Guardian, 9 January 2008

Straight Talk by Layla Anwar, Information Clearing House, 8 January 2008

Iraqi Public Opinion by Kevin Young, ZNet, 8 January 2008

 

Waiting for "Mr.Goodbar." by Layla Anwar

Information Clearing House, 31 December 2007

Is this the beginning of the end in Iraq? by Patrick Cockburn

The Independent, 29 December 2007

Turkey's Bombing of Iraq by Anthony DiMaggio

CounterPunch, 28 December 2007

Iraq Slashes Food Rations, Putting Lives at Risk by Ahmed Ali and Dahr Jamail

Inter Press Service, 28 December 2007

And The "Show" Goes On... by Layla Anwar

Information Clearing House, 27 December 2007

What If America Were Invaded and Occupied? by Dah Jamail

AlterNet, 21 December 2007

Mirage Of Improvement In Iraq by Dahr Jamail

Countercurrents.org, 18 December 2007

Basra is not a 'better place' by Maggie O'Kane

The Guardian/Comment is free, 17 December 2007

The Iraqi Holocaust: 90 Years of Imperial Genocide by Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed

ukwatch.net, 15 December 2007

What's Really Happened During the Surge? by Patrick Cockburn

CounterPunch, 12 December 2007

1.2 Million Killed, Over 3 Million Displaced by Voices UK

ukwatch.net, 9 December 2007

The surge is a sideshow. Only total US pullout can succeed by Jonathan Steele

The Guardian, 7 December 2007

Hostility is no help - the west must hug Tehran close by Simon Jenkins

The Guardian, 5 December 2007

On the Middle East: An Interview with Gilbert Achcar by Cihan Aksan and Jon Bailes

ZNet, 3 December 2007

Iraq as a Pentagon Construction Site by Tom Engelhardt

ZNet, 3 December 2007

Fact-Based Intelligence Prevails on Nukes and Iran by Ray McGovern

Common Dreams News Center, 3 December 2007

The Myths of Military Progress by Ron Jacobs

CounterPunch, 27 November 2007

The 'new' Iraq by James Denselow

The Guardian/Comment is free, 23 November 2007

Iraqi children bear the burden of an uncalled-for war by César Chelala

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 22 November 2007

Sleight of Hand Surge by Jeff Huber

Military.com, 21 November 2007

Israel's Syrian Airstrike Was Aimed at Iran by Gareth Porter

Inter Press Service, 20 November 2007

Invaders and allies ignore Iraq's humanitarian crisis by Haroon Siddiqui

The Toronto Star, 18 November 2007

Persian Contradictions by Vijay Prashad

ZNet, 15 November 2007 (This article is a premium sent to Sustainer Donors of Z/ZNet. To learn more, consult ZNet Sustainer Program)

Iraq: A Tale of One City, Now Two by Ali al-Fadhily

Inter Press Service, 12 November 2007

The Iraq war has become a disaster that we have chosen to forget by Madeleine Bunting

The Guardian, 5 November 2007

The calamity of Iraq has not even won us cheap oil by Geoffrey Wheatcroft

The Guardian, 2 November 2007

Soldiers in Silent Revolt in Iraq by Socialist Worker

ukwatch.net, 2 November 2007

Iraq's little-known humanitarian crisis by Haroon Siddiqui

The Toronto Star, 1 November 2007

With friends like these by Jason Burke

The Guardian, 31 October 2007

Iran: prepared for the worst by Omid Memarian

openDemocracy, 30 October 2007

Homeless in Iraq by Shirouk Alabayachi and Robert Lowe

The Guardian/Comment is free, 27 October 2007

Endgame for Iraqi Oil? by Jack Miles

TomDispatch, 26 October 2007

Attack Iran and you attack Russia by Pepe Escobar

Asia Times, 26 October 2007

Iraq: a far horizon by Paul Rogers

openDemocracy, 25 October 2007

"Come and see our overflowing morgues" by Mike Whitney

Information Clearing House, 24 October 2007

It's the Oil by Jim Holt

Information Clearing House, 20 October 2007

A catalogue of abuse by Phil Shiner

The Guardian, 19 October 2007

Awaiting justice by Amanda Noureddine

Al Ahram, 18-24 October 2007

Opening a new front by Seumas Milne

The Guardian/Comment is free, 11 October 2007

Claims of a turning point in Iraq are just wishful thinking by Seumas Milne

The Guardian, 11 October 2007

More bad news by Conor Foley

The Guardian/Comment is free, 10 October 2007

The fallout from an attack on Iran would be devastating by Seumas Milne

The Guardian, 5 October 2007

Hands off Iran: Why Iranian women don't need rescuing by the US by Deepa Kumar

ZNet, 3 October 2007

Brown should listen to the military and quit Iraq now by Jonathan Steele

The Guardian, 3 October 2007

So What About Iran? by Uri Avnery

Gush Shalom, 29 September 2007

Revealed: Saddam 'ready to walk away for $1bn' by Leonard Doyle

The Independent, 29 September 2007

Northern Irish, South Africa Leaders in Secret Peace Discussion with Iraqi Parties by Tom Hayden

The Huffington Post, 28 September 2007

My Meeting with Ahmadinejad by Stephen Zunes

Foreign Policy in Focus, 28 September 2007

Lost In Translation: Ahmadinejad And The Media by Ali Quli Qarai

Information Clearing House, 28 September 2007

Remember our real Iranian friends by Danny Postel

The Guardian/Comment is free, 24 September 2007

US Caused More Deaths in Iraq Than Saddam, Says Anti-War Tribunal

Pak Tribune, 19 September 2007

The Surge and the Al Qaeda Bunny by Greg Palast

Information Clearing House, 17 September 2007

Poll: Civilian Death Toll in Iraq May Top 1 Million by Tina Susman

Los Angeles Times, 14 September 2007

The Fakery of General Petraeus: What Iraqis Think About the Surge by Patrick Cockburn

CounterPunch, 11 September 2007

Ignominious end to futile exercise that cost the UK 168 lives by Patrick Cockburn

The Independent, 3 September 2007

An Inconvenient Truth by Andrew Cockburn

The Nation, September 10, 2007 issue

People power, Iran-style by Mehrad Vaezinejad

The Guardian/Comment is free, 28 August 2007

A dangerous acquiescence by Salim Lone

The Guardian, 20 August 2007

Towards peace in and with Iraq

Transnational Foundation, 16 August 2007

The U.N. Mirage in Iraq by Matthew Rothschild

The Progressive, 10 August 2007

Prospects of Armageddon by Abbas Edalat and Mehrnaz Shahabi

The Guardian, 7 August 2007

Israel's Jewish Problem in Tehran by Jonathan Cook

CounterPunch, 3 August 2007

Good news from Baghdad at last: the oil law has stalled by Jonathan Steele

The Guardian, 3 August 2007

The death of this crackpot creed is nothing to mourn by John Gray

The Guardian, 31 July 2007

Nearly a third of Iraqis need immediate emergency help as conflict masks humanitarian crisis

Oxfam, 30 July 2007

Four Million Iraqis on the Run by Patrick Cockburn

CounterPunch, 30 July 2007

Out of the shadows by Seumas Milne

The Guardian, 19 July 2007

Smokescreen for the War Blown Away by Patrick Cockburn

The Independent, 6 July 2007

The real casus belli: peak oil by David Strahan

The Guardian, 26 June 2007

The Day After We Strike Iran by Gary Leupp

CounterPunch, 15 June 2007

A deliberate torture policy by Phil Shiner

The Guardian, 14 June 2007

IRAQ: Child labour on the rise as poverty increases

IRIN, 12 June 2007

In Iraq's four-year looting frenzy, the allies have become the vandals by Simon Jenkins

The Guardian, 8 June 2007

Countdown to War on Iran by Alain Gresh

CounterPunch, 6 June 2007

Bomb Iran: For Israel and America! by Gary Leupp

CounterPunch, 6 June 2007

Iraqi Lawmakers Pass Resolution That May Force End to Occupation by Raed Jarrar and Joshua Holland

AlterNet, 5 June 2007

'Wiped off the Map' – The Rumor of the Century by Arash Norouzi

Antiwar.com, 26 May 2007

Where have all the good men gone? by Nosratollah Amini

The Guardian/Comment is Free, 24 May 2007

International Ignominy by Gilles d'Aymery

ukwatch.net, 21 May 2007

Time to Get Out of Afghanistan and Iraq by Patrick Seale

Middle East Online, 15 May 2007

The View from Baghdad: Blair's Departure by Patrick Cockburn

CounterPunch, 11 May 2007

A Small War Guaranteed to Damage a Superpower by Patrick Cockburn

TomDispatch, 10 May 2007

Majority of Iraqi Lawmakers Now Reject Occupation by Raed Jarrar and Joshua Holland

AlterNet, 9 May 2007

Soldiers admit: 'Iraq war is lost' by Simon Assaf

informationliberation, 6 May 2007

Human chattel by Houzan Mahmoud

Guardian Unlimited, 2 May 2007

Iraq's refugee crisis by Anna Husarska

Guardian Unlimited, 29 April 2007

Stealing from the Poor and Giving to the Rich by Ramzy Baroud

Information Clearing House, 27 April 2007

The Iraqi resistance only exists to end the occupation by Haifa Zangana

The Guardian, 12 April 2007

A Provocation Backfires by Justin Raimondo

Antiwar.com, 6 April 2007

A gulf of misunderstanding by Yvonne Roberts

Guardian Unlimited, 5 April 2007

Iran-UK Row: Anatomy of A Resolution by Nasim Zehra

Media Monitors Network, 4 April 2007

The legacy of Fallujah by Jonathan Holmes

The Guardian, 4 April 2007

US's Bungled Plan to Kidnap Iran's Top Spook Prompted Hostage Taking by Patrick Cockburn

CounterPunch, 3 April 2007

Counting the cost by Richard Horton

Guardian Unlimited, 27 March 2007

Four Years: One Million Iraqi Deaths by Gideon Polya

Countercurrents.org, 22 March 2007

In Iraq, public anger is at last translating into unity by Sami Ramadani

The Guardian, 20 March 2007

Fourth Iraq Invasion Anniversary and One million Iraqi deaths by Gideon Polya

Media Monitors Network, 19 March 2007

Baghdad Under Surge by Patrick Cockburn

CounterPunch, 15 March 2007

Iraq: The Failures of Democratization by Stephen Zunes

Foreign Policy in Focus, 14 March 2007

Iraq/Iran Interview: Milan Rai

ukwatch.net, 9 March 2007

Iraq's Other War by Yifat Susskind

CounterPunch, 8 March 2007

We have not been liberated by Haifa Zangana

Guardian Unlimited, 6 March 2007

Women in Iran: repression and resistance by Nasrin Alavi

openDemocracy, 5 March 2007

The Retreat from Basra by Patrick Cockburn

The Independent, 22 February 2007

Iraq: the beginning of the end by Paul Rogers

openDemocracy, 22 February 2007

Approaches to the Iranian problem, Letters

The Guardian, 12 February 2007

US Iraqi Holocaust And One Million Excess Deaths by Gideon Polya

Countercurrents.org, 7 February 2007

US "Victory" Against Cult Leader was a Massacre by Patrick Cockburn

CounterPunch, 31 January 2007

What's Really Going on in Baghdad by Patrick Cockburn

CounterPunch, 25 January 2007

The Iraqi Debacle Gilbert Achcar interviewed by Stephen R. Shalom and Chris Spannos

ZNet, 22 January 2007

A Fool's Errand in Baghdad by Mike Whitney

The Palestine Chronicle, 22 January 2007

Peace is Possible in Iraq by Lisa Farino and Medea Benjamin

Yes! 12 January 2007

There is no military solution for Iraq, only a political one by Jonathan Steele

The Guardian, 12 January 2007

The man who now holds Iraq's future in his hands by Patrick Cockburn

The Independent, 11 January 2007

Why the US is Not Leaving Iraq by Ismael Hossein-Zadeh

CounterPunch, 10 January 2007

Concessions in the pipeline by Dilip Hiro

Guardian Unlimited, 9 January 2007

Some Advice for George Bush: A 'Surge' in US Troops in Iraq Will Not Bring about Peace by Patrick Cockburn

The Independent, 8 January 2007

The Martyrdom of Saddam Hussein by Patrick Cockburn

CounterPunch, 4 January 2007

Iron Man, Tin God by Patrick Cockburn

CounterPunch, 1 January 2007

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