Letter From Baghdad Letter From Baghdad
The failure to provide for postwar needs has deepened distrust of US intentions.
May 15, 2003 / Feature / Steve Negus
WMD? MIA WMD? MIA
When Bush (sans flight suit) delivered a photo-op victory speech to the men and women of the USS Abraham Lincoln, he solemnly noted, "We've begun the search for hidden chemical...
May 15, 2003 / Editorial / David Corn
Whose Problem, Whose Solution? Whose Problem, Whose Solution?
The new UN resolution doesn't even try to bring the Iraqi occupation into line with international law.
May 14, 2003 / Feature / Ian Williams
The WMD Follies The WMD Follies
It turns out the threat is not from Iraq but from us.
May 13, 2003 / Column / Robert Scheer
Now They Tell Us Now They Tell Us
With Baghdad conquered, the fog of prewar has started to clear.
May 1, 2003 / Feature / David Corn
Reflections on a War Reflections on a War
It was the best of wars. It was the worst of wars. But did the war in Iraq change anyone's mind?
May 1, 2003 / Editorial / Charles Glass
Weapons of Mass Delusion? Weapons of Mass Delusion?
Tom Friedman doesn't care if the United States ever finds weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
May 1, 2003 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Militants at the Crossroads Militants at the Crossroads
When Ayatollah Abdel Majid al-Khoei was stabbed to death earlier this month by a mob in Shiite Islam's holiest mosque, the bloody event was widely described as a blow to the forc...
Apr 24, 2003 / Feature / Ari Z. Weisbard
Letter From Ground Zero Letter From Ground Zero
In Baghdad this week, one Mohammed Mohsen Zubaidi, an Iraqi businessman with ties to the Iraqi National Congress, has shown up claiming to be the city's governor.
Apr 24, 2003 / Editorial / Jonathan Schell
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It’s the Oil, Stupid It’s the Oil, Stupid
On the second day of the invasion of Iraq, US commandos seized two Iraqi offshore oil terminals in the Persian Gulf, capturing their defenders without a fight.
Apr 24, 2003 / Editorial / Michael T. Klare