Letter from Ground Zero Letter from Ground Zero
In the past 200 years, all of the earth's great territorial empires, whether dynastic or colonial, or both, have been destroyed. The list includes the Russian empire of the cza...
Apr 17, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Jonathan Schell
The Kurds Take a City The Kurds Take a City
By 9 am on April 10, the day Kirkuk fell, columns of Iraqi troops who were supposed to be defending the city fled to the Baghdad Garage, the main transportation terminal, and s...
Apr 17, 2003 / Eliza Griswold
Are We Safer? Are We Safer?
The Bush Administration and its cheerleaders in the media are claiming that the "remarkable success" of the US war in Iraq proves its opponents were "spectacularly wrong"--even...
Apr 17, 2003 / Stephen F. Cohen
Tomorrow in Baghdad Tomorrow in Baghdad
Even before US forces could establish order in the cities of Iraq and bring humanitarian relief to its people, the Bush Administration unleashed a barrage of threats against Sy...
Apr 17, 2003 / The Editors
History? What History? History? What History?
Allowing the looting of Iraq's museums is another indication of our contempt for the Mideast -- and our unfitness to rule it
Apr 16, 2003 / Column / Robert Scheer
The US vs. the UK The US vs. the UK
A comparison of media coverage of the Iraq war.
Apr 11, 2003 / Feature / Russ Baker
Hour of Media Shame Hour of Media Shame
One casualty of the war on Iraq has been the image of the Western media.
Apr 11, 2003 / Feature / Kanak Mani Dixit
Letter From Afghanistan Letter From Afghanistan
Little "nation-building" is under way, and the country is on the edge of civil war.
Apr 10, 2003 / Feature / Scott Baldauf
Among the Gilded Paupers Among the Gilded Paupers
The quest for El Dorado, the mythic city of gold, is at the heart of the tumultuous history of the Americas.
Apr 10, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Anderson Tepper
Unfit to Be King Unfit to Be King
He might have the toughest detail this war has to offer.
Apr 10, 2003 / Geoffrey Gray