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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.
I’m a conflicted feminist
Cary Tennis
My family taught me to be an independent woman, but now they want me to find a man.
The world press on the war
Compiled by Laura McClure
The Israel paper Haaretz reports that thousands of Arab volunteers
are pouring across the Syrian border into northern Iraq to fight.
Talking with the enemy
Phillip Robertson
The thin men sitting in the hut are the lucky ones: Iraqi soldiers who escaped U.S. bombs and Saddam's "execution committees."
Down from the mountains to die
Phillip Robertson
Three Islamist zealots descend a mountain in a driving rainstorm to kill their Kurdish enemies -- and themselves.
The world press on the war
Compiled by Laura McClure
A senior editor for aljazeera.net says his station is a threat to American media control -- and blames the Pentagon for shutting down the site.
Bush’s human rights hypocrisy
Salon Staff
An Amnesty International report slams the U.S. for insisting that the Geneva Conventions apply in Iraq, but not in Guantanamo.
The world press on the war
Compiled by Laura McClure
Destroying Iraqi civilians in the name of liberating them is an obscenity, one U.K. newspaper says.
Make wanderlust, not war
Jeff Greenwald
Americans should stop listening to the fear-mongers and travel overseas. It's the best way to start bringing the U.S. back into the world community.
The war in the dark
Phillip Robertson
In the north, the Kurds watch the Turks and wait for a decisive U.S. strike against Iraqi forces -- and meanwhile hold their fire.
Iraq’s X factor: The tribes
Ferry Biedermann
More than three-quarters of Iraqis belong to tribes. Some of them have been paid off or threatened into backing Saddam -- but their real allegiance is to themselves.
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