Sami Ramadani: The Same Bombs, the Same Lies — Iraq, Gaza, and the Business of Death

Sami Ramadani—Iraqi writer and lecturer in sociology—details how the U.S. and NATO led the destruction of Iraq through war, sanctions, and economic occupation, killing over a million Iraqis and leaving a toxic legacy that continues to poison the land and people. From the death of half a million children under sanctions to the use of depleted uranium munitions and the corporate looting of Iraq’s state assets, Ramadani shows that genocidal warfare was used on Iraq. Today, the same tactics—sieges, starvation, displacement, and Western-backed bombardment—are being used against Palestinians in Gaza, with EU and U.S. governments continuing to supply arms and political cover to Israel. Ramadani exposes the deep continuity of imperial violence, the role of war as a profit engine, and how international law is discarded when it stands in the way of empire.