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The neocons’ next war
Sidney Blumenthal
By secretly providing NSA intelligence to Israel and undermining the hapless Condi Rice, hardliners in the Bush administration are trying to widen the Middle East conflict to Iran and Syria, not stop it.
The Fix
Salon Staff
Mel Gibson checks himself into rehab. LAPD reopens Notorious B.I.G. case. Plus: Lindsay Lohan, partying no more?
The “hiding among civilians” myth
Mitch Prothero
Israel claims it's justified in bombing civilians because Hezbollah mingles with them. In fact, the militant group doesn't trust its civilians and stays as far away from them as possible.
Is Israel facing a quagmire?
Matthias Gebauer
As many as 14 Israeli troops were killed by Hezbollah forces Wednesday, raising the specter of a grinding guerrilla war Israelis don't want.
Psychological warfare
Mark Benjamin
Angered that their professional organization has adopted a policy condoning psychologists' participation in "war on terror" interrogations, many psychologists are vowing to stage a battle royal at the APA's annual meeting.
Big Feminism takes on Big Oil
Sarah Goldstein
Ms. Magazine looks at how the U.S. government's energy policies deplete women's rights here and abroad.
What’s one more war?
Joe Conason
Instead of learning from their bloody mistakes, the neocons see Lebanon as a chance to repeat them.
Killing a nation, one airstrike at a time
Mitchell Prothero
From Beirut to the Beqaa Valley to the south, Israel is methodically smashing Lebanon into the dust. A report from the ground.
Is freedom still marching?
Tim Grieve
A year ago, the president celebrated "remarkable developments" in the Middle East. Have they all gone to "shit"?
The terrorist in the cornfield
Tim Grieve
The DHS says Indiana is first in the nation when it comes to terrorism targets.
The disbeliever
Steve Paulson
Sam Harris, author of "The End of Faith," on why religious moderates are worse than fundamentalists, 9/11 led us into a deranged holy war, and believers should be treated like alien-abduction kooks.
London bombing — one year later
Sean Kenny
While it's business as usual in the tube, many Brits fear their liberties are under siege, and relations with Muslims are more strained than ever.
The imperial presidency crushed
Sidney Blumenthal
The Supreme Court's rejection of kangaroo military tribunals shackles Bush's legacy to Nixon's -- and could even land him in the dock for war crimes.
U.S. agitprop on Africa
Michael Scherer
In the spirit of Kim Jong Il, a Pentagon scribe tries to spin a growing U.S. military presence off the coast of Africa.
The cost of war
Tim Grieve
A new Congressional Research Service report says the Bush administration is spending $9.7 billion a month in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The Zarqawi effect
Juan Cole
Bush's Mideast policies have turned a brutal terrorist into an icon of resistance -- and made violent fundamentalism more popular.
The Bush code of secrecy
Mark Follman
How the White House is covering up CIA abductions, brutal interrogations and spying on Americans.
A kinder, gentler war on terror
Andrew O'Hehir
New Republic editor Peter Beinart admits he was wrong about Iraq -- but still calls for liberals to fight the "new totalitarianism rising from the Islamic world." Yet many on the left don't believe his bogeyman even exists.
Fear and smear
Joe Conason
The GOP is back to its old Rove tricks, attacking Democrats as unpatriotic cowards. If only they could lead as well as they demagogue.
The subject is Iraq, but it’s all about 9/11 again
Tim Grieve
Think Progress posts what it says is the House majority leader's plan for the Iraq debate.
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