Media Mouse has posted this week's Iraq Watch news update. This week's update looks at the following topics:
- DNC: Democrats refuse to take anti-war stance - The Democratic Party refuses to take a position against the war in Iraq, makes plans for a continued occupation.
- Saddam Hussein Update - A look at the latest news on Hussein, who suffered from a stroke this week and how the United States would likely prefer him to die than go to trial since he may reveal embarassing information about the US.
- Labor Update - Articles on the Bush administration's hostility to labor organizing in Iraq and US unions increasing opposition to the occupation.
- Violence on the Rise in Iraq - Despite a dramatic increase in reported violence since the United States so-called "transfer of sovereignty," much of the violence is not being reported in the corporate press.
Read More: Iraq Watch.