Showing results for: Afghanistan (page 263)
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.
John McCain’s Iraq problem
Juan Cole
His rosy statements about Iraq were aimed at GOP primary voters, but they suggest the would-be president doesn't understand the war he'd be fighting.
More secret prisons?
Alex Koppelman
The Associated Press reports that detainees suspected of involvement in terrorism are now being moved to Ethiopia, a country notorious for human rights abuses.
Fox’s Ann Coulter 2.0
Rebecca Traister
Conserva-babe and star-in-the-making Rachel Marsden has a, um, colorful past. What was Fox thinking?
Army deployed seriously injured troops
Mark Benjamin
Soldiers on crutches and canes were sent to a main desert camp used for Iraq training. Military experts say the Army was pumping up manpower statistics to show a brigade was battle ready.
Fred Hiatt and Iraq — Together Forever
Glenn Greenwald
The latest pro-war Washington Post Editorial illustrates how the Iraq disaster was spawned and why we are not leaving any time soon.
Freed CIA prisoner renders his version of the truth
Matthias Gebauer
Despite orders to remain silent, radical imam Abu Omar tells of being abducted by the CIA, shuttled to Egypt and tortured for a year.
Howard Kurtz, Michael Barone & Argument by Anecdote
Glenn Greenwald
It is vital to find a way to combat one of the right wing's favorite (and most deceitful) tactics -- argument by anecdote.
Four years, five speeches
Tim Grieve
The president's Iraq war anniversary remarks show just how far we've come.
Clinton, Obama dodge questions about homosexuality
Tim Grieve
Among the top three Democratic presidential contenders, only Edwards says out of the box that Peter Pace was wrong.
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