War on Terror

Erik Prince testifies

Blackwater’s Black Ops Blackwater’s Black Ops

Internal documents reveal the firm's clandestine work for multinationals and governments.

Sep 15, 2010 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill

The ‘American Way of War’ Quiz The ‘American Way of War’ Quiz

To weigh your skills, take the eleven-question pop quiz below, and see if you deserve to be a four-star general, a gun-totin’ mercenary or a mere private.

Sep 14, 2010 / Tom Engelhardt and Nick Turse

The Pentagon Triumphant on the Media Battlefield The Pentagon Triumphant on the Media Battlefield

The military's media megaphone and the U.S. global military presence.

Sep 7, 2010 / Tom Engelhardt

GOP Angry Obama Didn’t Praise Bush in Speech GOP Angry Obama Didn’t Praise Bush in Speech

Jeremy Scahill asks why former President George Bush deserves positive recognition for his contributions to the Iraq War.

Sep 2, 2010 / Press Room

Unhappy Anniversary Unhappy Anniversary

Pet peeves about journalism, the New York Times's new public editor and some responses to "All Apologies."

Sep 2, 2010 / Eric Alterman

Two Minutes to Midnight? Two Minutes to Midnight?

Cutting through the media's bogus bomb-Iran debate.

Aug 24, 2010 / Tony Karon

Obama’s Plan for Iraq Is the Petraeus-Bush Iraq Plan Obama’s Plan for Iraq Is the Petraeus-Bush Iraq Plan

"The idea that Obama is making good on a campaign promise to end the war is playing with words,” says The Nation's Jeremy Scahill.

Aug 3, 2010 / Press Room

Obama’s Plan for Iraq is the Petraeus-Bush Iraq Plan Obama’s Plan for Iraq is the Petraeus-Bush Iraq Plan

"The idea that Obama is making good on a campaign promise to end the war is playing with words,” says The Nation's Jeremy Scahill.

Aug 3, 2010 / Democracy Now!

Newt Gingrich’s Lost Marbles Speech: ‘The Sharians Are Coming! The Sharians Are Coming!’ Newt Gingrich’s Lost Marbles Speech: ‘The Sharians Are Coming! The Sharians Are Coming!’

A psychotic outburst at the American Enterprise Institute.

Aug 2, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss

Huge Fly Swatter, No Flies: Top Secret America’s Vast Counterterrorism Machine Huge Fly Swatter, No Flies: Top Secret America’s Vast Counterterrorism Machine

Literally millions of Americans are employed to battle Osama bin Laden and his minions, a Post series reports, arrayed against a threat that barely exists.

Jul 19, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss

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