Toothless in Babylon Toothless in Babylon
In the gray dawn of the twenty-first century, only a handful of lawmakers dare to stand up and be counted on matters of war and peace.
Oct 4, 2007 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn
The State Department’s Hired Guns The State Department’s Hired Guns
Why did the State Department tolerate--and pay to conceal--the crimes of its Blackwater guards in Iraq?
Oct 3, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer
Northern Ireland, South Africa in Secret Iraq Peace Talks Northern Ireland, South Africa in Secret Iraq Peace Talks
Peacemakers from countries that have moved from sectarian strife towards national reconciliation met with Iraq Sunnis and Shi'as in an effort to resolved the crisis.
Sep 28, 2007 / Feature / Tom Hayden
The Best Wars of Their Lives The Best Wars of Their Lives
A historian plugs some suspicious gaps in two revisionist histories of Vietnam.
Sep 27, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Rick Perlstein
Making a Killing Making a Killing
Who will mete out justice for America's merchants of death?
Sep 27, 2007 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill
Specialist Town Takes His Case to Washington Specialist Town Takes His Case to Washington
As a wounded soldier battles to right a wrong, the cavalry arrives.
Sep 27, 2007 / Feature / Joshua Kors
End the Shadow War End the Shadow War
Blackwater USA should answer for the crimes of its soldier-contractors in Iraq. Calls for withdrawal from Iraq must also include private security contractors.
Sep 27, 2007 / Editorial / The Editors
How Bush’s Iraqi Oil Grab Went Awry How Bush’s Iraqi Oil Grab Went Awry
Want proof the Iraq War was all about oil? Here it is.
Sep 26, 2007 / Feature / Dilip Hiro
Biden One-Ups Bush Biden One-Ups Bush
Instead of spending even more money armoring soldiers' vehicles, he should work harder at trying to end the war.
Sep 26, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer
Bush’s War Funding Safety Net Bush’s War Funding Safety Net
Even if Congress refused to authorize more money for the Iraq debacle, the White House could make an end run via an obscure Civil War statute.