Operation Endless Deployment Operation Endless Deployment
The war with Iraq is part of a larger plan for global military dominance.
Oct 3, 2002 / Feature / William D. Hartung, Michelle Ciarrocca, and Frida Berrigan
Blair, the Go-Between Blair, the Go-Between
When Tony Blair rose to address a packed House of Commons on Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction, Albert Finney had just won an Emmy for his performance as Winston Chu...
Oct 3, 2002 / Maria Margaronis
War Plans and Pitfalls War Plans and Pitfalls
The arrangements are in place. What's missing is any sense they could go awry.
Oct 3, 2002 / Feature / Michael T. Klare
The Generals Speak The Generals Speak
"There are people in this city that believe that the military campaign against Iraq will not be difficult, especially because of the enormous advances in technology and the willi...
Oct 3, 2002 / Feature / Elizabeth Cline and Mosi Secret
Graham Greene, Roll Over Graham Greene, Roll Over
A few months ago, novelist Alan Furst, in one of those New York Times "Writers on Writing" pieces, told how, on a magazine assignment to the Soviet Union back in 1983, he sudde...
Oct 3, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Peter Schrag
There’s No, No In Your Eyes There’s No, No In Your Eyes
As Sung to Saddam Hussein by George W. Bush
(With apologies to Eddy Howard, and anybody who becomes collateral damage)
Sep 26, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Beyond Good and Evil Beyond Good and Evil
So now it's official.
Sep 26, 2002 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Afghanistan Imperiled Afghanistan Imperiled
Extremist forces are making a comeback as American attention turns to Iraq.
Sep 26, 2002 / Feature / Ahmed Rashid
Marking a Massacre Marking a Massacre
A recent anniversary passed by without receiving much notice in the mainstream media.
Sep 26, 2002 / Feature / Roane Carey
Bush Jumps the Gun With Preemptive Strikes Bush Jumps the Gun With Preemptive Strikes
President Bush's recently announced strategic global doctrine, which for the first time justifies a preemptive US strike against any regime thought to possess weapons of mass des...
Sep 26, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer