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The road to 9/11 and beyond
Mark Follman
In a riveting new book that ranges from ancient Mecca to the corridors of the FBI, Lawrence Wright brings to life the fanatics behind 9/11 -- and the turf wars that caused U.S. intelligence to miss it.
Bush to widow: “No point” in talking about the war
Tim Grieve
The presidents meets with families of the fallen.
Dancing on land mines
Tamim Ansary
After 9/11, I told America it couldn't bomb Afghanistan back to the Stone Age -- it was already there. Since then, the story of my country has been one step up, two steps back.
Destination: Afghanistan
Ann Marlowe
Westerners who came here in the '70s left magnificent travel writing that captured the rugged, captivating land before war tore it apart.
Donald Rumsfeld and the not-so-volunteer military
Tim Grieve
The Marines prepare to call up 2,500 reservists.
What they went through
Garrison Keillor
Our countrymen died real deaths on Sept. 11, and we need to listen to their last words.
Israel’s debacle, courtesy of Bush
Sidney Blumenthal
With U.S. support, Israeli unilateralism was unfurled. The nation's security has never been so endangered, or its moral authority so tarnished.
What America doesn’t understand
Andrew Brown
Homegrown U.K. terror is a growing threat, multicultural "tolerance" can't combat it, and the war in Iraq will only make it worse.
The U.S. is “indefensible”
Alex Koppelman
Former Bush insider Ron Suskind discusses the London bomb plot, and says the president shouldn't claim we're safer than we were before 9/11.
Sore losers
Joe Conason
Connecticut voters did what they felt was best for the country -- and should ignore the right-wing scolds who support Bush's failed policies.
Psychologists group still rocked by torture debate
Mark Benjamin
In an angry response to Salon, the American Psychological Association defends its policy on participating in terror suspects' interrogation -- as some members still push for change.
Rumsfeld and the fine art of lying
Mark Follman
The defense secretary, testifying to the Senate about the war: "I have never painted a rosy picture."
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.
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