Saving Iraq
Robert Dreyfuss : Iraq War
Dire predictions aside, it's not too late for a unified, nationalist Iraq to emerge from the rubble.
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Who Will Get the Oil?
Christian Parenti : Iraq
War and corruption have decimated Iraq's oil supply, and Western companies are angling for a cut of what's left.
2006
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Pity the Region
Augustus Richard Norton : Middle East
Robert Fisk's The Great War for Civilization criticizes a self-righteous US foreign policy oblivious to the power of retributive justice in the Middle East.
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Pacifying Iraq: Insurgent Scenarios
In informal but politically credible ways, factions of Iraq's armed national resistance are developing scenarios for an honorable withdrawal of US troops and a shared set of demands that could lead to peace.
2005
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Language of the Heart
Cindy Sheehan : Peace Activism
We need to learn a new language of peace and love that we can speak, even shout, to our leaders who only understand the language of greed and murder.
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The Question of Kurdistan
Christian Parenti : US Wars & Military Action
The Kurds have almost no natural resources and suffer from a culture of corruption. But their call for autonomy is a serious threat to the building of a united Iraq.
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Pyrrhic Victory in Iraq
For Iraqis fed up with the violence and chaos of the occupation, passage of the new Constitution is just one more US-imposed measure that will set the stage for civil war.
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Iraq: The Human Toll
The humanitarian crisis is further evidence of the abysmal failure of US policy.
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The Theater of Cruelty
Amitav Ghosh : Jails & Prisons
The abuses at Abu Ghraib were both a continuation and a divergence from historic prison practices.
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Even Bush's GOP Allies Are Breaking Ranks
Robert Scheer : George W. Bush Administration
Several Republicans in Congress now recognize that Bush's war in Iraq is only getting worse.
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Cheney Says Iraq Insurgents Are in 'Last Throes'
A poem on Dick Cheney and his penchant for war.
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The War Debate Reopens
: George W. Bush Administration
America has reached a turning point in its debate on the Iraq war.
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The War on Center Stage
Tim Robbins discusses Embedded, his play based on the Iraq war.
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After Downing Street
Steve Cobble : George W. Bush Administration
It is time for the Bush Administration to answer for its lies about Iraq.
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The Other Bomb Drops
Jeremy Scahill : George W. Bush Administration
Bush began the Iraq invasion before he went to Congress.
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So Much Hypocrisy
As Bush and his allies assail Newsweek, they continue to ignore the Downing Street memo.
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The US Is Its Own Worst Enemy in Iraq
The United States should leave the Iraqis alone and allow them to control their own affairs.
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Anti-war, Pro-democracy
The Democratic Party must become a strong voice against the occupation of Iraq.
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An Open Letter to Howard Dean
Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich : Democratic Party
Democrats can draw no clearer distinction with the President than over the Iraq war.
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What I Didn't See in Iraq
If things are so much better in Iraq, why are we not decreasing our forces there?
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With the GIs in Diyala
Back for a second tour in Iraq, the Third Infantry Division battles a persistent insurgency and growing ethnic tensions.
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GI Loses First Round in Canada Asylum Bid
Jeremy Hinzman fled north rather than be deployed in a war he regards as a "criminal enterprise."
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Missing WMD Report
David Corn : George W. Bush Administration
When is a priority not a priority? When it's after the election.
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Baghdad Under Siege
A growing detainee population, but still no control--two years after the US invasion, the war continues.
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Sects and Solidarity in Iraq
Despite talk of civil war, Sunnis and Shiites seem more united than divided.
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Now, the US Must Get Out of Iraq's Way
After the excellent election news, it's time for Bush to plan a pullout.
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Iraq: The Chaos Deepens
David Enders : US Foreign Policy
As elections near, guerrillas are conducting their own "shock and awe" campaign.
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Pomp and Improper Circumstance
Robert Scheer : George W. Bush
Bush will never be absolved of his immoral war.
2004
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Tim Spicer's World
Andrew Ackerman : US Intelligence/Covert Ops
Why was a notorious mercenary awarded a $293 million Pentagon contract?
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The Right's Assault on Kofi Annan
How the neocons created a "scandal" to punish a critic of US foreign policies.
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Kerry and the Gift of Impunity
Genuine impunity breeds a kind of delusional decadence.
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Falluja's Health Damage
Miles Schuman : Health & Disease
The US has caused a healthcare crisis in Falluja.
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Carlyle Covers Up
Have James Baker's business interests compromised his performance as debt envoy in Iraq?
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James Baker's Double Life
Naomi Klein : Presidential Election 2004
Bush's special envoy has a private interest in Iraqi debt, documents reveal.
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You Can't Bomb Beliefs
Naomi Klein : Journalists & Journalism
Progressives should oppose the US attack on Sadr, because it is an attack not on one man but on the possibility of Iraq's democratic future.
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Election Matters
The hypothetical is the only thing Kerry and his advisers can offer.
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Letter From Poland
Bush has managed to puncture Poles' image of America as essentially good.
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Supporting the Troops, Doubting the War
Iraq is changing lives and political sentiments in a small Midwest town.
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Iraqi Olympic Soccer Players Kick the Stuffing Out of Bush's Fantasy
Robert Scheer : George W. Bush
Team members do not want to be used as an ad for the presidential campaign.
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Kerry Made a Bush League Error on Iraq
Robert Scheer : Presidential Election 2004
His refusal to recant his war vote plays into the President's hands.
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Fables of the Reconstruction
The effort to rebuild Iraq looks less like an aid mission than a criminal racket.
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One More Chalabi Black Eye
Robert Scheer : George W. Bush Administration
A close alliance between Iraq and the fanatical ayatollahs of Iran is the most likely accomplishment of the US invasion.
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Fact of the Matter Is That Facts Didn't Matter
Robert Scheer : George W. Bush Administration
The Senate panel's report is a damning indictment of the Bush Doctrine.
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Senate WMD Report Whacks CIA, Not Bush
The panel says there was no immediate threat from Iraq.
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Even a Tyrant Is Entitled to Due Process
Robert Scheer : Saddam Hussein
Hussein's trial is shaping up as just US theatrics.
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The News From Planet Falluja
As the siege drags on, this insurgent stronghold descends into chaos.
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Born Under a Cloud of Irony
Robert Scheer : Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
The new, free Iraq may officially be in the hands of a former terrorist.
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Rehnquist, Cambodia & Abu Ghraib
The Chief Justice wrote a rationale for Nixon's invasion that is being used to justify torture.
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Shameless in Iraq
Naomi Klein : Outsourcing and Offshoring
In the run-up to June 30th, US occupation powers have been unabashed in their efforts to steal money that is supposed to aid a war-ravaged people.
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Al Qaeda Disconnect
Though Bush & Cheney insist on a connection, the 9/11 Commission states otherwise.
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Former Bush (41) and Reagan Officials Say Bush (43) Must Go
Katrina vanden Heuvel : US Foreign Policy
these old hands are taking a stand against the most arrogant and incompetent foreign policy in their lifetimes.
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Electorate Is Wising Up to the Iraq Blunder
Robert Scheer : Presidential Election 2004
So, you really can't fool all the people all the time.
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Chalabi's Long, Costly Charade
Now we can watch a familiar drama unfold as the United States turns on a lout whom it tried to sell as Iraq's George Washington.
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The Rebirth of the NYRB
Scott Sherman : Corporate Media & Consolidation
The highbrow literary magazine has re-emerged as a combative political actor.
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Do You Feel a Draft?
The main effect of bringing back the draft would be to further militarize the nation.
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Implausible Denial II
Seymour Hersh has been much more right than not in his reporting on the current Administration.
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The Moral Case Against the Iraq War
The crimes at Abu Ghraib are a direct expression of the kind of war we are waging in Iraq.
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Conditions of Atrocity
Robert Jay Lifton : Jails & Prisons
The crimes at Abu Ghraib are a direct expression of the kind of war we are waging in Iraq.
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Exporting America's Prison Problems
There's probably more scandal to come.
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Thread of Abuse Runs to the Oval Office
Robert Scheer : Donald Rumsfeld
Someone's lying--big-time--and neither Congress nor the media have begun to scratch the surface.
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Is Koppel a Commie?
Eric Alterman : Jails & Prisons
Even by the debased standards of Bush-era punditocracy discourse, Sinclair stands out as an impressively dumbed-down operation.
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Mutiny in Iraq
Who will follow the Bush clan off this precipice, and who will refuse to jump?
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Mission Unaccomplished
Bush remains a man on a mission--a dangerous one--to recast the world according to his limited views.
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Face the Iraq Fiasco, Senator
Kerry has to stop angling for position and confront Bush directly on the war.
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Rumsfeld's Police Secret
David Corn & Kristin V. Jones : Donald Rumsfeld
For a year, Rumsfeld and the Administration puffed up the numbers.
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Letter From Ground Zero
If truth must be an exile from the mainstream of politics, let it thrive on the margins.
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Iraq as Vietnam
William Greider : Journalists & Journalism
Of course, news people don't look backward.
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The Empire Backfires
Jonathan Schell : Nuclear Arms & Proliferation
If the engine of a train suddenly goes off the rails, a wreck ensues. Such is the war in Iraq, now one year old.
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The Battle for Iraqi Oil
Until there is a legitimate government in Iraq, it's unclear whether any new oil deals will stand.
2003
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Journalists Take Flak in Iraq
Laura Rozen : Journalists & Journalism
Reporters say harassment and intimidation by American soldiers is growing.
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The People's House
Rep. Sherrod Brown : Peace Activism
The people are asking for answers from the People's House.
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Stretched Thin, Lied to & Mistreated
Christian Parenti : US Military
On the ground with US troops in Iraq.
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Bring Them On? Bring Them Home!
Jacqueline Kucinich : Peace Activism
Family members of military personnel serving in Iraq announce the Bring Them Home Now Campaign.
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Travels With Izzi
US tactics in Iraq are designed to produce not conciliation but control.
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A New Solidarity Front in Iraq
Tim Shorrock : Labor Organizing & Activism
This fall will see a fact-finding mission to Iraq to evaluate the condition of workers and the status of the labor movement.
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Reading Iraq
Jonah Engle : US Foreign Policy
"If you want to avoid another Saddam Hussein, you have to work toward peace and democracy in the Middle East."
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Iraq's WMD Intelligence
Senator Robert C. Byrd : WMD
"What amazes me is that the President himself is not clamoring for an investigation."
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Selling (Off) Iraq
Tim Shorrock : Corporate Influence in Washington
How to "privatize" a country and make millions.
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Downsizing in Disguise
Paul Bremer has proved something of a gift when it comes to rolling out the red carpet for US multinationals.
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Letter From Baghdad
The failure to provide for postwar needs has deepened distrust of US intentions.
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WMD? MIA
David Corn : Biological & Chemical Weapons
Bush either misled the nation or he failed to move vigorously to counter the threat he himself had proclaimed.
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Whose Problem, Whose Solution?
The new UN resolution doesn't even try to bring the Iraqi occupation into line with international law.
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The WMD Follies
Robert Scheer : Biological & Chemical Weapons
Bush's bid for new kinds of nukes is a good way to start another insane arms race.
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Weapons of Mass Delusion?
Is it OK for the government to lie as long as things go well?
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Militants at the Crossroads
Ari Z. Weisbard : Islam & Muslims
For a group that has enjoyed US support, SCIRI has much in common with many anti-Western Islamic fundamentalists.
This Week: Katrina vanden Heuvel on the meaning of patriotism this July 4th. Plus, some of our most compelling interviews from the first half of 2008: Victor Navasky on the experts getting it wrong about Iraq; Stuart Klawans on Romanian film; and Arthur Danto on the state of contemporary art. (13mb mp3)
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