Media Mouse has posted this week's Iraq Watch news update. This week's update looks at the following topics:
- The Costs of War - An excellent new study was released this week that examines the economic, social, and human costs of the invasion of Iraq.
- John Negroponte Sworn in as US Ambassador to Iraq - An examination of Negroponte's history of supporting human rights abuses in Honduras and what this history might mean for his work in Iraq.
- The "Reconstruction" of Iraq - David Enders, a Grand Rapids resident, reports on Bechtel's work on schools, a look at how little money is actually being spent on reconstruction, and unemployment in Iraq.
- US Stops Efforts to get War Crimes Immunity - The US stopped their effort to get a UN resolution protecting them from International Criminal Court prosecutions, but as various independent media outlets have reported, the US has ensured its exemption by other means.
- Another US Violation of International Law - When the United States announced that they will hold detainees after the June 30th "transfer of sovereignty," they announced that they will once again be violating international law.
- Bill O'Reilly Calls Iraqis a "Primitive Group" - More derogatory remarks from one of the purveyors of patriotism.
Read More: Iraq Watch.
