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The world press on the U.S. intelligence scandal
Compiled by Laura McClure
Saudi Arabia: If Blair goes down, he'll take Bush with him; Kenya: How do the parents of dead GIs feel about White House lies?
The Democrats’ brewing civil war
Michelle Goldberg
Deans, Greens and liberals say the party needs to scream the anti-Bush truth at the American people. New-Democratic centrists say Americans just aren't that left-leaning. The schism is wide, and it's going to get wider.
Is Iran next?
Mark Follman
Tehran is a year or two away from acquiring nuclear weapons. Is the Bush administration willing to go to war -- again -- to stop it?
A nation of scared sheep
Louise Witt
Why don't Americans care that Bush may have lied to them about Iraq? The answer lies deep in our reptilian brains.
The African press on Bush’s visit
Compiled by Laura McClure
From Kenya: "Bush's singular achievement has been to make America resented in Africa."
The world press: Stories from Iraq and Afghanistan
Compiled by Laura McClure
Maclean's: When the Taliban fell, women were supposed to get a better deal. It hasn't happened.
Why the U.S. must invade Canada — now
Steve Burgess
It didn't support the war, it's soft on pot and gays, its economy is rolling and U.S. troops are bored. Anyway, reasons to invade countries are no longer needed!
The world press on Iraq
Compiled by Laura McClure
Guardian: Relief groups have been told they must be an "arm of the U.S. government" in Iraq.
“To have freedom or to die”
Mark Follman
An Iranian dissident leader says a week of protests has set the stage for regime change. He welcomes President Bush's support, but warns against U.S. military action.
Letters
Salon Staff
Readers respond to "Bush's 9/11 Coverup?" by Eric Boehlert, and "Shocking Silence," by Andrew Sullivan.
The hyping of Saddam’s WMD
Jake Tapper
Last August, Bush said Saddam merely "desired" weapons of mass
destruction. A month later, as he began selling the Iraq war, his tone suddenly changed.
From the halls of Montezuma to the whores who give for free
Jason Feifer
A Nevada brothel is offering free sex to U.S. troops who fought in Afghanistan or Iraq.
Joe Conason’s Journal
Salon Staff
Yes, Sen. Warner, they still eat French fries in Kabul, because the French are helping to rebuild Afghanistan.
The world press on Iran
Mark Follman, Compiled by Laura McClure
The only American battleships left in Iran are 1970s Chevrolet Impalas.
Joe Conason’s Journal
Salon Staff
British reports debunk mobile "biological laboratories" described by the White House. Plus: A Bush counterterrorism assistant resigns -- and signs up with John Kerry.
Can Bush be toppled?
Joan Walsh, Mark Follman, Laura McClure
In Part 3 of our series, Tom Hayden, Paul Berman and Ross Mirkarimi say yes -- but they disagree about whether the Green Party should be accommodated or destroyed.
McCain calls for hearings
Jake Tapper
He still believes weapons of mass destruction will be found -- but says Congress should investigate whether intelligence was cooked.
How Ashcroft beats a full House
Jake Tapper
Critics deride his appearances before Congress as "carefully orchestrated," but he manages to come away from every face-off stronger than before.
Bush plunges into the Middle East quagmire
Aluf Benn
The president's sudden, passionate intervention surprised everyone. But Israeli officials doubt he's in it for the long haul.
Idiocy of the week
Andrew Sullivan
It was originally reported that 170,000 priceless artifacts were looted from Iraq's national museum. That number now stands at 33. Will overeager Bush critics issue corrections?
When terrorism was cool
Andrew O'Hehir
As a new film about the Weather Underground opens, former '60s revolutionary Mark Rudd wonders whatever possessed him -- and America.
“We don’t need a second Republican Party”
Michelle Goldberg
Kerry and Dean rouse the Democratic Party's left wing at a "Take Back America" conference -- but Kucinich's Bush roasting gets the biggest cheers.
The world press on a democratic Iran
Compiled by Laura McClure
Iranian students warn their clerics to wake up "or disappear, as other promised lands, thrones, kings, caliphs and emirs did."
The corrections, continued
Jake Tapper
Just a few more dateline problems, editing errors and minor examples of moral turpitude from the nation's newspaper of record.
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