World Leaders

Saddam the Phoenix Saddam the Phoenix

Thanks principally to the reports of Barton Gellman in the Washington Post since last October, we know that US intelligence services fatally misused the United Nations Special C...

Apr 29, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Dilip Hiro

Whistleblower’s Trill on Iraq Whistleblower’s Trill on Iraq

Iraq is out of the news, mostly, except for the occasional report of a missile fired from a US jet flying over it on patrol. And Maj. Scott Ritter is off the air.

Apr 29, 1999 / Books & the Arts / William M. Arkin

Battle Hymn Battle Hymn

We're bombing you back to the Stone Age, Slobo, To teach you that you must behave. When all of our bombing is finished, Slobo,

Apr 15, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin

The Myth and Milosevic The Myth and Milosevic

Whoever does not fight at Kosovo... May nothing bear fruit that his hand sows.      --Serb epic

Apr 1, 1999 / Editorial / Marlene Nadle

Srebrenica Revisited Srebrenica Revisited

During the Balkan war of 1912, Leon Trotsky was a war correspondent for a group of liberal Russian and Ukrainian newspapers.

Apr 1, 1999 / Column / Christopher Hitchens

Anatoly Chubais press conference

The Harvard Boys Do Russia The Harvard Boys Do Russia

After seven years of economic “reform” financed by billions of dollars in U.S.

May 14, 1998 / Feature / Janine R. Wedel

Why Say No? Why Say No?

Alex on the pathetic handshake between Rabin and Arafat.

Oct 4, 1994 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn

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