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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.
Support for al-Qaida plots on large right-wing blog
Glenn Greenwald
Regular Little Green Footballs commenters express their support for Khalid Sheik Mohammed's assassination plots.
The Army is ordering injured troops to go to Iraq
Mark Benjamin
At Fort Benning, soldiers who were classified as medically unfit to fight are now being sent to war. Is this an isolated incident or a trend?
Libby and the White House book club
Sidney Blumenthal
While Cheney's former aide prays for a presidential pardon, Bush and Rove hold forth in their neocon salon, and the coverup continues.
The private war of women soldiers
Helen Benedict
Many female soldiers say they are sexually assaulted by their male comrades and can't trust the military to protect them. "The knife wasn't for the Iraqis," says one woman. "It was for the guys on my own side."
Walter Reed, on the cheap
Mark Benjamin
The Pentagon's top civilian official in charge of military healthcare wanted more money for bullets and bombs, and fewer benefits for soldiers.
Slip sliding away, or Cheney on Afghanistan and Iraq
Tim Grieve
The vice president evolves before the VFW.
Neoconservative Eliot Cohen’s new position at the State Department
Glenn Greenwald
As they have done many times before, neoconservatives, with Iran in their sights, have installed one of their own at State to block any war-avoiding rapprochement.
The Iraq insurgency for beginners
Kevin Berger
A leading expert on the insurgency clarifies who is shooting whom in Iraq, the growing power of al-Qaida, the influence of Iran, and the only thing left for the U.S. to do.
Why do so many neoconservatives lack the courage of their convictions?
Glenn Greenwald
Those who desire war with Iran and punishment for domestic political opponents typically avoid stating their views clearly.
How Cheney bombed in Afghanistan
Sidney Blumenthal
The vice president slinks home from a disastrous trip where a failed assassination attempt was only the loudest proof that his war policies have emboldened al-Qaida and the Taliban.
It’s all fun and games until somebody invades Iran
Tim Grieve
Who was that mysterious "senior administration official"? Hint: His initials are Dick Cheney.
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