Two Blackwater Guards Arrested on Murder Charges Two Blackwater Guards Arrested on Murder Charges
The Blackwater guards are charged with killing two Afghan civilians in May 2009.
Jan 7, 2010 / Jeremy Scahill
Blackwater Injustice Blackwater Injustice
A federal judge has dismissed all charges against the five Blackwater operatives accused of gunning down fourteen innocent Iraqis in Baghdad's Nisour Square in 2007.
Jan 7, 2010 / Editorial / Jeremy Scahill
The Terror Trap The Terror Trap
The attempted airliner attack on Christmas Day demonstrates that the best antidote to terrorism is not military action but good intelligence, police work and appropriate security m...
Jan 7, 2010 / Editorial / The Editors
The Transformation of Hamas The Transformation of Hamas
Palestine's Islamic movement has subtly changed its uncompromising posture on Israel.
Jan 7, 2010 / Feature / Fawaz A. Gerges
Imposing Middle East Peace Imposing Middle East Peace
Forceful outside intervention is the only alternative to an unstable and dangerous status quo.
Jan 7, 2010 / Feature / Henry Siegman
Blackwater Settles Massacre Lawsuit Blackwater Settles Massacre Lawsuit
Blackwater will pay families of dead Iraqis $100,000 each, and says it is "pleased" with the outcome.
Jan 6, 2010 / Jeremy Scahill
Blind in Afghanistan Blind in Afghanistan
One of the paradoxes of America's bumbling intervention in Afghanistan is that the United States knows next to nothing about the country it is occupying.
Jan 6, 2010 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
Blackwater and the Khost Bombing: Is the CIA Deceiving Congress? Blackwater and the Khost Bombing: Is the CIA Deceiving Congress?
Two Blackwater contractors died in a December 30 suicide bombing at a CIA station in Afghanistan, suggesting that the company is more enmeshed in CIA business than the agency admit...
Jan 6, 2010 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill
Federal Judge Dismisses All Charges in Iraq Massacre Federal Judge Dismisses All Charges in Iraq Massacre
A federal judge has dismissed all charges against the five Blackwater operatives accused of gunning down 14 innocent Iraqis in Baghdad's Nisour Square in September 2007.
Dec 31, 2009 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill
The Global War on Stealth Underwear The Global War on Stealth Underwear
There is no "war" against terrorism. Not if by war one means doing the obvious and checking a highly suspicious air traveler's underwear to see if explosives have been sewn in.
Dec 30, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer