Armed Conflicts

Cashing In on Terror Cashing In on Terror

What a boondoggle 9/11 has been for the merchants of war.

Oct 31, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer

Making a Killing Making a Killing

Who will mete out justice for America's merchants of death?

Sep 27, 2007 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill

Blackwater: Hired Guns, Above the Law Blackwater: Hired Guns, Above the Law

Acting with impunity and immune from prosecution, a shadow army funded by US taxpayers is fueling the spiraling violence in Iraq.

Sep 21, 2007 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill

The Mercenary Factor The Mercenary Factor

Who elected Blackwater and other hired guns to rule the world? The banning of Blackwater in Iraq sheds more light on the checkbook imperialism fueling Bush's state of perpetual war...

Sep 19, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer

Why We’re Losing the War on Terror Why We’re Losing the War on Terror

Going on the offensive has only made us more vulnerable.

Sep 6, 2007 / Feature / David Cole and Jules Lobel

Saving Iraq Saving Iraq

Dire predictions aside, it's not too late for a unified, nationalist Iraq to emerge from the rubble.

Jun 27, 2007 / Feature / Bob Dreyfuss

Who Will Get the Oil? Who Will Get the Oil?

War and corruption have decimated Iraq's oil supply, and Western companies are angling for a cut of what's left.

Mar 1, 2007 / Feature / Christian Parenti

Pity the Region Pity the Region

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.

Jan 19, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Augustus Richard Norton

Pacifying Iraq: Insurgent Scenarios 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 demand...

Jan 10, 2006 / Feature / Tom Hayden

Language of the Heart Language of the Heart

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.

Dec 29, 2005 / Cindy Sheehan

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