‘State Dept. Study Foresaw Trouble In Iraq’ ‘State Dept. Study Foresaw Trouble In Iraq’
--Headline, New York Times, October 19
Oct 23, 2003 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Strange Bedfellows Strange Bedfellows
One reason the Bush Administration gave for going to war in Iraq was Saddam Hussein's alleged ties to terrorists.
Oct 23, 2003 / Editorial / Laura Rozen
Big Bucks in Iraq Big Bucks in Iraq
In early October, Iraq's US-appointed Governing Council awarded the country's first mobile phone licenses to three companies from the Middle East.
Oct 23, 2003 / Editorial / Tim Shorrock
Many Peaces, One War Many Peaces, One War
Iraq lies in ruin, the US military occupation is generating a sustained guerrilla resistance, crime is rampant in Baghdad and an Iraqi civil war along ethnic and religious line...
Oct 23, 2003 / Editorial / Christian Parenti
The Growing Disquiet The Growing Disquiet
In the end, George W. Bush got Congress to approve the $87 billion he insisted on for the occupation and reconstruction of Iraq.
Oct 23, 2003 / Editorial / The Editors
Bolivia’s Protests of Hope Bolivia’s Protests of Hope
The latest installment in the battle over privatization in Latin America.
Oct 22, 2003 / Feature / Jimmy Langman
The One-State Solution The One-State Solution
Is Zionism a failed ideology? This question will strike many people as absurd on its face.
Oct 16, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Lazare
A High-Level Food Fight A High-Level Food Fight
The so-called clash of civilizations is not limited to militant Islam against superpower Christianity, nor to wealthy nations opposed by a multitude of poor ones.
Oct 16, 2003 / Feature / William Greider
Abrams and Novak and Rove? Oh My! Abrams and Novak and Rove? Oh My!
Even though the Joseph Wilson affair has convulsed the capital for many weeks, much of what makes it important is still ignored.
Oct 16, 2003 / Column / Eric Alterman
Is Syria Next? Is Syria Next?
Shortly after 9/11, the government received an extraordinary gift of hundreds of files on Al Qaeda, crucial data on the activities of radical Islamist cells throughout the Midd...
Oct 16, 2003 / Editorial / The Editors