Nation Topics - Iraqi Reconstruction and Occupation | The Nation

The streets of Baghdad are a swamp of crime and uncollected garbage.
Battered local businesses are going bankrupt, unable to compete with
cheap imports.

Under cover of darkness in the early morning hours of March 18, Qusay
Saddam Hussein carted off nearly $1 billion in hard currency from Iraq's
central bank.

Clarification: George W. Bush's proclamation of Al Qaeda as "not a problem anymore" was a reference to top Al Qaeda
operatives, not the entire organization. (06/04/03)

The failure to provide for postwar needs has deepened distrust of US intentions.

When Bush (sans flight suit) delivered a photo-op victory speech to the
men and women of the USS Abraham Lincoln, he solemnly noted, "We've
begun the search for hidden chemical and biological w

The new UN resolution doesn't even try to bring the Iraqi occupation into line with international law.

It turns out the threat is not from Iraq but from us.

With Baghdad conquered, the fog of prewar has started to clear.

It was the best of wars. It was the worst of wars. But did the war in
Iraq change anyone's mind?

Tom Friedman doesn't care if the United States ever finds weapons of
mass destruction in Iraq.