Saving Iraq
Robert Dreyfuss : Iraq War
Dire predictions aside, it's not too late for a unified, nationalist Iraq to emerge from the rubble.
2007
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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.
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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.
2005
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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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