World

Iraq Woos Its Neighbors Iraq Woos Its Neighbors

With the drumbeat for war on Iraq growing louder in Washington by the day, the latest United States-backed Iraqi opposition group--the Iraqi Military Alliance--was established ...

Aug 1, 2002 / Editorial / Dilip Hiro

Macbeth in Mesopotamia Macbeth in Mesopotamia

Concerning the impending or perhaps imminent intervention in Iraq, we now inhabit a peculiar limbo, where the military options are known while the political and moral options are n...

Aug 1, 2002 / Column / Christopher Hitchens

Israel, There and Here Israel, There and Here

Refugee camp invasions. Suicide bombers. House demolitions. Suicide bombers. Arrests of children, curfews, roadblocks, collective punishments, dropping one-ton bombs on densely...

Aug 1, 2002 / Column / Katha Pollitt

9/11: The Satire 9/11: The Satire

I don't know if it's some childhood image left over from Victory at Sea or from a book of pictures my uncle brought back from the service, but when I think about the war in the Pa...

Aug 1, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Hal Gelb

Brits and Drugs Brits and Drugs

"Tell me about the hash bars." "OK, what do you want to know?" "It's legal there, right?" "It's legal, but it ain't 100 percent legal."

Jul 31, 2002 / Feature / Stacey Butterfield

What Are They Reading? What Are They Reading?

Roane Carey has edited two collections of writings on the Middle East: The New Intifada (Verso, 2001) and The Other Israel (The New Press, 2002).

Jul 25, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Roane Carey

Our Gang in Venezuela? Our Gang in Venezuela?

The National Endowment for Democracy has been busy--and far from alone.

Jul 18, 2002 / Feature / David Corn

Librarians Under Siege Librarians Under Siege

It used to be a matter of flashing a badge and appealing to patriotism, but these days federal agents are finding it a little harder to get librarians to spy. Under an obscure pro...

Jul 18, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Laura Flanders