Training Iraq's Death Squads
Spencer Ackerman : Iraq
The Army's plan to professionalize Iraq's police could backfire, as militia-infiltrated squads become more effective killers.

Spencer Ackerman : Iraq
The Army's plan to professionalize Iraq's police could backfire, as militia-infiltrated squads become more effective killers.
Five years after the United States ousted the Taliban, optimism about Afghanistan's future is evaporating. Three new books shed light on what went wrong.
Even if the United States has the will to do the hard work necessary to rebuild Afghanistan, there are few signs that senior Administration officials are engaged.
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.
David Enders : US Foreign Policy
As elections near, guerrillas are conducting their own "shock and awe" campaign.
Naomi Klein : Transitional Governments
True democracy could still come to Iraq.
Peter Davis : US Military Presence Abroad
US tactics in Iraq are designed to produce not conciliation but control.


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