Non-combat combat troops (video)

Phyllis Bennis

March 2009

Rebranding will not change fact that US troops in Iraq will be involved in combat

PART 1: Rebranding will not change fact that US troops in Iraq will be involved in combat

PART 2: Debt owed to Iraqi people can only be paid after ending occupation

Director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies

Phyllis Bennis is a fellow of both TNI and the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington DC where she directs IPS's New Internationalism Project. Phyllis specialises in U.S. foreign policy issues, particularly involving the Middle East and United Nations. She worked as a journalist at the UN for ten years and currently serves as a special adviser to several top-level UN officials on Middle East and UN democratization issues. A frequent contributor to U.S. and global media, Phyllis is also the author of numerous articles and books, particularly on Palestine, Iraq, the UN, and U.S. foreign policy.