Occupying Iraq, State Department–Style Occupying Iraq, State Department–Style
Eight disastrous years after we invaded, it is sad but altogether true that Iraq does not matter much in the end.
Jun 7, 2011 / Peter Van Buren
‘Work for Peace’: A Movement to Bring the Troops and Tax Dollars Home ‘Work for Peace’: A Movement to Bring the Troops and Tax Dollars Home
Progressives launch drive to get Democratic senators to reshape national priorities—cut the military-industrial complex, support “Medicare for All.”
May 31, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
Video: Tracking the Army’s Secret Detainee Abuse Task Force Video: Tracking the Army’s Secret Detainee Abuse Task Force
The Army's on-the-ground investigative team in Iraq has failed to hold torturers and abusers accountable for their crimes.
Memo Noting the Founding of the Detainee Abuse Task Force Memo Noting the Founding of the Detainee Abuse Task Force
This memo, dated August 17, 2004, notes that "On 28 Jul 04, the Detainee Abuse Task Force, was formed by USACIDC to investigate all allegations of Iraqi Detainee abuse involving Co...
May 14, 2011 / The Nation
January 2011 Response to Freedom of Information Act Request January 2011 Response to Freedom of Information Act Request
In this letter, the Army's associate deputy general counsel writes that the CID "never created an official 'Detainee Abuse Task Force.'"
May 14, 2011 / The Nation
Memo From the Detainee Abuse Task Force Memo From the Detainee Abuse Task Force
One of more than twenty CID documents from 2004 and 2005 obtained by the ACLU that reference the Detainee Abuse Task Force. This one, dated October 6, 2004, refers to five abuse ca...
May 14, 2011 / The Nation
Inside the Detainee Abuse Task Force Inside the Detainee Abuse Task Force
Former agents say Army accountability after Abu Ghraib was a whitewash.
May 13, 2011 / Feature / Joshua E.S. Phillips
Slide Show: Iraqi Kurdistan’s Democratic Challenge Slide Show: Iraqi Kurdistan’s Democratic Challenge
The protests sweeping the Middle East have motivated thousands of Kurds from all walks of life to demonstrate in cities across Iraqi Kurdistan, an autonomous region in northern Ira…
May 4, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation
Iraq’s Revolt: Is Maliki Mubarak? Iraq’s Revolt: Is Maliki Mubarak?
Iyad Allawi, Muqtada al-Sadr mull an anti-Maliki alliance as the prime minister cracks down on protests.
Mar 8, 2011 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
Nation Conversations: Carne Ross on Diplomacy and WikiLeaks Nation Conversations: Carne Ross on Diplomacy and WikiLeaks
The former British diplomat recounts his own whistleblowing and the benefits and dangers of the WikiLeaks dipomatic cables dump.
Jan 19, 2011 / Audio / The Nation