Showing results for: Afghanistan (page 263)
George Tenet cashes in on Iraq
Tim Shorrock
The former CIA chief is earning big money from corporations profiting off the war -- a fact not mentioned in his combative new book or heard on his publicity blitz.
Northern exposure
Gregory Levey
American soldiers are fleeing the Iraq war for Canada -- and U.S. officials may be on their trail. North of the border is no longer the safe haven it was during the Vietnam era.
America’s shadow army in Iraq
Jeremy Scahill
The Democrats' "withdrawal" plan overlooks a big part of the occupation: Legions of military contractors from U.S. corporations.
“My fellow Americans: Major combat operations in Iraq have ended”
Salon Staff
President Bush's "mission accomplished" speech, four years later.
George Tenet on the staircase with the neocons
Juan Cole
In his book and on TV, former CIA Director George Tenet remembers all the things he should've said before we invaded Iraq but didn't.
Beyond the Multiplex
Andrew O'Hehir
A movie about the Bush-Cheney policy of torture that will make you shake with rage. Plus: Alec Baldwin's unintended laugh lines.
“We cannot stay as an occupying force in the Middle East”
Myra MacPherson
Sen. Chuck Hagel talks about his presidential ambitions and why he sided with Democrats on Iraq.
America’s dangerous trigger finger
David J. Morris
Why the killing of civilians by U.S. Marines in Afghanistan and Iraq could have profound strategic consequences.
From Norman Rockwell to Abu Ghraib
Sidney Blumenthal
To understand how Bush justifies a torture policy that is the bane of our nation, consider the sentimental cowboy art that decks his Oval Office walls.
The Pat Tillman and Jessica Lynch frauds
Glenn Greenwald
There is nothing unusual about these frauds. They are the natural, and common, byproduct of our political and media institutions.
The Pentagon’s chronic neglect of Iraq vets
Mark Benjamin
Military officials knew long ago about the failure to take care of America's war wounded at the beleaguered Walter Reed hospital.
The biofuel scramble for Brazil
Andrew Leonard
If the foreign investment in the Brazilian ethanol industry constitutes a new "Great Game," who might end up the loser? A lesson from Afghanistan.
“America at a Crossroads” veers to the right
Gary Kamiya
The highly touted PBS series on Islam and terrorism casts a cold eye on Bush's Iraq disaster -- but fails to examine Mideast history or America's failed policies in the region.
Embarrassment of riches
Laura Miller
In his new book, misery junkie William Vollmann asks people around the globe, Why are you poor?
Al-Qaida’s next generation
Yassin Musharbash
Young jihadists have climbed the ranks in Pakistan and Afghanistan, restoring the group's chain of command -- and ability to plan attacks.
It’s like bringing them home sooner, only different
Tim Grieve
The Pentagon extends Iraq duty for Army units.
Cheney in charge
Tim Grieve
A retired general turns down the White House "war czar" job because he figures the vice president's views still prevail.
VA report found Walter Reed problems in 2004
Mark Benjamin
A task force learned nearly three years ago that wounded vets were unhappy with the hospital. So why does Bush want to promote the task force co-chair?
Real inconvenient truths
Camille Paglia
Our failed political dynasties, Pelosi's stylish appeal and George W. Bush as Queen Victoria. Plus: The hot air about global warming.
Iraq: Why the media failed
Gary Kamiya
Afraid to challenge America's leaders or conventional wisdom about the Middle East, a toothless press collapsed.
A 17-year-old madam, Kabul’s beauty school and more
Tracy Clark-Flory
Afghan women can make up to $200 per haircut.
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