Killing Reconciliation Killing Reconciliation
How brutal raids are sabotaging the political strategy the US claims to support in Afghanistan.
Oct 27, 2010 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill
Afghanistan: Are We Succeeding or Not? Does It Matter? Afghanistan: Are We Succeeding or Not? Does It Matter?
The military and the intelligence agencies are putting out contradictory reports about whether the surge in Afghanistan is working, or not? In the end, Obama can choose to get...
Oct 27, 2010 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
The High Price of Patriotism The High Price of Patriotism
It’s over for the US in Afghanistan, but that doesn’t mean the death and destruction are about to stop. Quagmires don’t just go away.
Oct 27, 2010 / Robert Scheer
Jeremy Scahill: Inside the WikiLeaks Torture Documents Jeremy Scahill: Inside the WikiLeaks Torture Documents
Documents recently released by WikiLeaks confirm that the Pentagon knew about the real civilian death toll in Iraq, and that security forces were torturing detainees.
Oct 26, 2010 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Jeremy Scahill: Inside the WikiLeaks Torture Documents Jeremy Scahill: Inside the WikiLeaks Torture Documents
Documents recently released by WikiLeaks confirm that the Pentagon knew about the real civilian death toll in Iraq, and that security forces were torturing detainees.
Crocker on Iraq: Baghdad Will Ask US to Extend Its Military Role Crocker on Iraq: Baghdad Will Ask US to Extend Its Military Role
A former ambassador to Iraq says that in spite of Iran's clout in Iraq, the next Iraqi government—led once again by Prime Minister Maliki—will ask the US to stay on pas...
Oct 25, 2010 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
Digging in for the Long Haul in Afghanistan Digging in for the Long Haul in Afghanistan
How permanent are America's Afghan military bases?
Oct 21, 2010 / Nick Turse
West Bank Stories West Bank Stories
Obama has paid an enormous price for pushing Israel to keep promises it has already made to freeze settlement expansion, and for what?
Oct 20, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman
Forgetting Afghanistan Forgetting Afghanistan
It's not hard to understand why Americans want to forget all about Afghanistan. But remembering the war would demand a necessary reckoning.
Oct 20, 2010 / Beneath the Radar / Gary Younge
Can Karzai Cut Pakistan Out of a Deal With the Taliban? No Can Karzai Cut Pakistan Out of a Deal With the Taliban? No
The Afghan president also faces armed resistance to a Taliban deal from his erstwhile allies in the old, anti-Taliban Northern Alliance, who are rearing and preparing for civil war...
Oct 20, 2010 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss