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The dangers of democracy
Michelle Goldberg
This season's intellectual pinup, Fareed Zakaria, author of "The Future of Freedom," explains why the romantic myth of freedom could harm Iraq -- and why power elites aren't so bad.
Ask the pilot
Patrick Smith
The pilot protests the destruction of a defenseless Iraqi airliner. Plus: Geeky details about flaps, ailerons, spoilers and slats. But not flaperons.
“Empire” by Niall Ferguson
Farhad Manjoo
In Niall Ferguson's new book, the British Empire was a good thing for everybody -- and the American empire now being born should take lessons from our stiff-upper-lipped forebears.
Heat-packing journalists
Christopher Orlet
Thanks to CNN, journalists approaching military checkpoints are now presumed armed -- if not dangerous.
Baghdad did not fall — it was handed over
Jalal Ghazi
The Arabic media is rife with speculation that the Saudi regime brokered a secret deal between the White House and Iraq's ruling party.
The war over the peace
Michelle Goldberg
The Pentagon, the State Department and the U.N. are fighting over who controls postwar Iraq. It's a battle that could be more critical than the military campaign.
Letters
Salon Staff
Readers respond to Salon foreign correspondent Phillip Robertson's coverage of the war in Iraq.
The last place we liberated
Jake Tapper
The White House calls Afghanistan a success story. But the failure to commit needed resources has left it a chaotic, increasingly dangerous country where violent warlords run amok. Are we going to repeat our mistake in Iraq?
“It’s a catastrophe for tyranny. It’s a great day”
Suzy Hansen
Pro-war liberal Paul Berman celebrates the fall of Baghdad. But the real fight for Iraqi freedom, he warns, lies ahead -- and will take years.
A battlefield far from the front
Mike McPhate, Jessi Hempel
With the anger of the Muslim world focused on Iraq, jihadis extend the war to volatile Kashmir -- leaving 24 Hindus dead and hope deeply strained.
“Am-ri-ka! Am-ri-ka! Am-ri-ka!”
Phillip Robertson
After suffering years of Saddam's ethnic cleansing and a night of U.S. bombing, the residents of Mahad greet Americans with chants and stories and shouts of joy.
How neoconservatives conquered Washington — and launched a war
Michael Lind
First they converted an ignorant, inexperienced president to their pro-Israel, hawkish worldview. Then 9/11 allowed them to claim Iraq threatened the U.S. The rest is on CNN tonight.
The world press on the war
Compiled by Laura McClure
While Baghdad celebrates, elsewhere in Iraq a U.S.-backed Iraqi militia is terrorizing residents.
The world press on the war
Compiled by Laura McClure
The International Federation of Journalists has accused U.S. military commanders of targeting non-embedded journalists -- particularly al-Jazeera.
How do you say “regime change” in Arabic?
Katharine Mieszkowski
Don't look for your tattered dictionary -- just pull out the Phraselator!
Fury and favor in the Arab world
Eric Boehlert
While Qatar welcomes Uncle Sam, Egyptian police torture antiwar protesters. If the war lasts long, some say, the scales may tip toward rage.
Give ’em hell, Kerry
Joan Walsh
The presidential candidate -- and decorated war veteran -- fires back at his GOP critics. Will the rest of the Democratic Party take his lead and fight fire with fire?
The world press on the war
Compiled by Laura McClure
In Bush's postwar Iraq, a former CIA director with Israeli connections may head the Information Ministry.
Village people
Phillip Robertson
In Sator, a Kurdish town caught between Iraqi guns and American bombs, the elder digs in his heels and refuses to budge.
The world press on the war
Compiled by Laura McClure
Inside a fetid Iraqi torture chamber, the BBC discovers the discarded identity cards of dozens of men.
Briefing for a descent into hell
Fred Branfman
A wide-eyed extraterrestrial is instructed about how a man named Bush became the most powerful leader on Earth -- and how he led the planet into chaos.
Rebuilding Iraq
Laura Miller
American officials are squabbling over how to put post-Saddam Iraq back together again. The fate of the entire region may rest on whether they get it right.
Protecting America
Steven Brill
In the second selection from "After," Tom Ridge is drafted for homeland security and Anthony Romero maneuvers the ACLU into the post 9/11-era.
The world press on the war
Compiled by Laura McClure
"It was insane ... I don't care if they nuke that bloody city": A harrowing report on the messy streetfighting in Nasiriya.
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