Will Iraq Be a Global Gas Pump?
Michael T. Klare : Oil
Is Iraq finally fated to become what it was going to be anyway, even before the chaos and catastrophe set in: a giant gas pump for an energy-starved planet?
Michael T. Klare : Oil
Is Iraq finally fated to become what it was going to be anyway, even before the chaos and catastrophe set in: a giant gas pump for an energy-starved planet?
Ann Jones : Migration & Immigration
Hardship and haunting memories mark the lives of the 2 million Iraqis in exile.

Robert Dreyfuss
For the first time in six years, there's light at the end of the tunnel in Iraq. A nationalist Shiite-Sunni alliance provides a perfect opportunity for Obama to accelerate the withdrawal of US forces.
Robert Scheer : George W. Bush
The loathing that led an Iraqi to hurl shoes at Bush serves as the world's final verdict on US folly in Iraq. It's also a caution for Obama as he ponders Afghanistan.
Tom Hayden : US Foreign Policy
The US-Iraq Security Pact signals the war is ending--though not soon enough--and challenges peace activists to broaden their agenda against new quagmires.
David Enders : Jails & Prisons
What will the United States do with 20,000 Iraqis in legal limbo?
Allen McDuffee : George W. Bush
Everyone was baffled by the President's use of the term "time horizon" for withdrawal from Iraq. But when you consider the term's origin on Wall Street, it makes perfect, cynical sense.
Anyone who thinks Blackwater is in serious trouble is dead wrong. Business has never been better for Blackwater and its future looks bright.
Tom Engelhardt : George W. Bush Administration
In Bush's wars, the singer dies, the bride does not get a chance to run away, and the event might be relabeled my big, fat, collateral damage wedding.
Mainstream media should consider these leads as they change gears from no-comment to hot-pursuit when it comes to the story of Iraq's most sought after commodity.
Will Bush make America the ultimate POW by launching an attack on Iran?
A conversation with Andrew Bacevich about what conservatives and progressives can hope for in the post-Bush era.
Robert Scheer : Media Analysis
Ahmadinejad's triumphal visit to Baghdad highlights the abject failure of the Bush doctrine. But US media yawned.
In I'jaam: An Iraqi Rhapsody, novelist Sinan Antoon explores themes of love, loss, identity and resistance in the face of political oppression.
Barbara Crossette : US Foreign Policy
The United Nations' chief troubleshooter and mediator, Lakhdar Brahimi, considers what should come next in Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan and how US foreign foreign policy went so far astray.
Mohamad Bazzi : US Foreign Policy
The bad boy of Iraqi politics is going back to school. al-Sadr's plan to become an ayatollah has enormous implications for Iraqis and the United States.
Bill Weinberg : Activism & Organizing
The secular left brings together unionists, women's organizations and students.
