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Sold to Mr. Gordon, Another Bridge! Sold to Mr. Gordon, Another Bridge!

The New York Times's credulous reporting of flimsy "evidence" regarding Iranian weapons in Iraq is enabling Bush's anti-Iran propaganda drive.

Feb 15, 2007 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn

War Drums on Iran War Drums on Iran

Congress and the media must challenge unsourced White House allegations of Iran's involvement in Iraq or risk a disastrous, widening war.

Feb 15, 2007 / Editorial / The Editors

Bush’s Somalia Strategy Enables an Ethiopian Despot Bush’s Somalia Strategy Enables an Ethiopian Despot

Washington is all too happy to overlook the undemocratic excesses of Ethiopia's Meles Zenawi, who has pledged his support for Bush's "war on terror."

Feb 15, 2007 / Feature / Paul Wachter

Wanted: A Binding Resolution on Iran Wanted: A Binding Resolution on Iran

As debate unfolds on a non-binding Iraq resolution, the House should consider exacting a promise from President not to invade Iran.

Feb 14, 2007 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman

Mission to Caracas Mission to Caracas

Hugo Chávez's critics may mock his ideas of twenty-first-century socialism as empty rhetoric. But maybe it's magical realism--still a fiction, but one to be nourished as a r...

Feb 14, 2007 / Editorial / Victor Navasky

Thelma and Louise Imperialism Thelma and Louise Imperialism

Are Bush and Cheney so wedded to their delusions that they might gun the car and head directly over the cliff in a confrontation with Iran?

Feb 14, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Tom Engelhardt

Levin’s Pursuit of Douglas Feith Levin’s Pursuit of Douglas Feith

Sen. Carl Levin is determined to get to the bottom of how Douglas Feith's false intelligence helped lead the US to a disastrous and illegal war.

Feb 14, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer

Feith-Libby Lies Exposed Feith-Libby Lies Exposed

A new Pentagon report documents how the Bush Administration fooled us once with lies about Iraq's Al Qaeda ties. Will that keep them from fooling us again on Iran?

Feb 13, 2007 / Feature / Bob Dreyfuss

In Gaza, Circles of Hell In Gaza, Circles of Hell

Dante's circles of hell provide an apt metaphor for the Palestinian experience in Gaza. And it can only get worse.

Feb 12, 2007 / Feature / Jen Marlowe

Will the Watada Mistrial Spark an End to the War? Will the Watada Mistrial Spark an End to the War?

Now that Lieut. Ehren Watada's court-martial has ended in mistrial, his case could focus America's attention on how we came to fight an illegal war and what we must do to end it.

Feb 9, 2007 / Feature / Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith

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