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War Profiteering War Profiteering

Even before US troops arrived in Baghdad, looting broke out--in Washington.

Apr 24, 2003 / Editorial / The Editors

Did Bush Deceive Us in His Rush to War? Did Bush Deceive Us in His Rush to War?

Now that the war has been won, is it permissible to suggest that our emperor has no clothes?

Apr 23, 2003 / Column / Robert Scheer

A Skewed History of Asia A Skewed History of Asia

Paul Wolfowitz is busy turning history on its head.

Apr 17, 2003 / Feature / Tim Shorrock

Letter From Belgrade Letter From Belgrade

A well-trained army can depose a dictator. But changing a regime is another matter.

Apr 17, 2003 / Feature / Brian Whitmore

Of Courage and Resistance Of Courage and Resistance

At the center of our moral life are the great stories of those who have said no.

Apr 17, 2003 / Feature / Susan Sontag

Bush Goes AWOL Bush Goes AWOL

One of the many maddening feats of this Administration is that in choosing to fight the war on terror by going to war with Iraq, George W. Bush has inspired new terrorist threa...

Apr 17, 2003 / Column / Eric Alterman

On The Halliburton Corporation’s Iraq Contracts On The Halliburton Corporation’s Iraq Contracts

A lot of folks die. At last the war ends. The world is made safe For Dick Cheney's friends.

Apr 17, 2003 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Letter from Ground Zero Letter from Ground Zero

In the past 200 years, all of the earth's great territorial empires, whether dynastic or colonial, or both, have been destroyed. The list includes the Russian empire of the cza...

Apr 17, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Jonathan Schell

The Kurds Take a City The Kurds Take a City

By 9 am on April 10, the day Kirkuk fell, columns of Iraqi troops who were supposed to be defending the city fled to the Baghdad Garage, the main transportation terminal, and s...

Apr 17, 2003 / Editorial / Eliza Griswold

Are We Safer? Are We Safer?

The Bush Administration and its cheerleaders in the media are claiming that the "remarkable success" of the US war in Iraq proves its opponents were "spectacularly wrong"--even...

Apr 17, 2003 / Editorial / Stephen F. Cohen

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