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Veiled intentions
Norah Vincent
The burqa is a powerful symbol misused by Islamists and Western feminists alike.
“We were wrong”
Wagner James Au
Now when will Nader, Moore, Steinem, Chomsky -- and the other leftists who were monumentally mistaken about the war in Afghanistan -- join me in admitting it?
When should we fight?
King Kaufman
With the war on terrorism expanding, Salon talks to a group of average Americans about the U.S. military's role in the world today.
Keeping the peace in Kabul
Phillip Robertson
As sporadic fighting breaks out around the country, our reporter tags along with a British-led peacekeeping force trying to maintain order in the Afghan capital.
Reactions to the State of the Union
Compiled by Salon staff
Paul Begala, former Gore campaign manager Donna Brazile and others react to the president's address to Congress.
The state of the other union
Joan Walsh
Clinton gives liberal fans an alternative view: Tough on terror, bullish on foreign aid -- and sharp on why the right hates him so.
“Mistakes were made”
Gary Kamiya
An open letter from Osama bin Laden, managing partner and CEO, al-Qaida.
General Motors gets tub-thumped
Iain Aitch
British pop rockers Chumbawamba take the car company's money and run straight to the anti-globalization movement.
What we won’t hear from the president
Joe Conason
The real state of the union: Deficits, debt and an endangered Social Security program.
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Oliver North
Joan Walsh
The Fox News house pundit and Iran-Contra scandal survivor spars with Salon's news editor over Bush, Clinton, bin Laden and whether his own Contra allies were terrorists.
The kitschification of Sept. 11
Daniel Harris
America hid from the harsh realities of the attack behind a maudlin curtain of heavenly firemen and weeping angels.
Neil Bush says Arab P.R. machine not as good as Israel’s
Jake Tapper
In a controversial speech, the president's younger brother tells Saudi audience Arabs must play U.S. media game better.
Magic carpet ride
Phillip Robertson
I went to visit an Afghan opium bazaar -- but they wouldn't open their stalls until I returned with the police.
Houston under siege
Katharine Mieszkowski
Residents of Enron's hometown can't stop comparing the collapse of the energy trader to Sept. 11.
Love, Jalalabad style
Phillip Robertson
Since the Taliban fell, weddings are a time to sing and drink and party. But some things haven't changed: Nadar didn't meet his bride until their wedding day.
Are we victorious yet?
Max Garrone
With the al-Qaida network shattered but Osama bin Laden still at large, "Black Hawk Down" author Mark Bowden and other national security experts discuss when the U.S. will be able to declare victory over terrorism.
Refugees the U.N. won’t see
Phillip Robertson
At the Sar Shahi refugee camp, the thousands of widows, amputees, children and unemployed men who occupy the acres of patchwork tents find themselves in assistance limbo.
A passage through Peshawar
Phillip Robertson
Manzoor the fixer takes care of everything I need -- permits, bribes, even a bodyguard -- and then says goodbye at the Afghanistan border.
Stuck outside of Kabul … with the nuclear blues again
Phillip Robertson
Musharraf is afraid of losing a war, while Vajpayee is afraid of losing an election. It's hideous politics that makes rational people like me want to drink too many gin and tonics.
Noam Chomsky
Suzy Hansen
The nation's most implacable critic of U.S. foreign policy argues that the war is unjust, America is the biggest terrorist state and intellectuals always support official violence.
Don’t blame Clinton
Joe Conason
Conservatives who once ridiculed and obstructed the former president's aggressive efforts to fight terrorism are now trying to pin Sept. 11 on him. They have a lot of nerve. Part 2 of a debate.
I was a cowboy for the CIA
Laura Miller
A tough-guy field agent blasts wimpy pencil pushers and "politics" for keeping him from lassoing terrorist evildoers. He's right -- but you wouldn't want his kind in charge, either.
Cold, hard facts
Norah Vincent
The new Cold War will be dirty and covert -- and the Vietnam-era left better get used to it.
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