Patrick Cockburn

Patrick Cockburn is the author of Muqtada: Muqtada al-Sadr, the Shia Revival, and the Struggle for Iraq (Scribner).

Obama in Iraq: The Gift of a Timetable

July 21, 2008

An Iraqi government desperate for credibility could receive no better gift than Obama's exit plan.
Shown Up by Sadr, Again

April 3, 2008

To the humiliation of the US and Iraqi governments, the cleric's forces have faced down the Iraqi Army and are in control of Basra and half of Baghdad.

Around the Nation | The week we went Rouge. Plus, Moyers on Afghanistan.
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Health Care Bill Advances, as Harry Reid Trumps Sarah Palin | The death panelist-in-chief rallied her followers to "KILL THE BILL." But 60 senators decided to follow the real leader.
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Palin as the Church Lady | Going Rogue book tour brings passive-aggressive rightwing Christianity to the fore.
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Slacker Friday | The "Second Amendment" sale; the raving paranoids of the right.
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Chongqing: Socialism in One City | China is managing the most important event in the world: the urbanization of half a billion people. Fast.
Robert Dreyfuss
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Toward Copenhagen | A guide to joining the movement against climate change.
Peter Rothberg
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