Turning Point in Iraq Turning Point in Iraq
When asked why the United States should not invade Iraq and overthrow Saddam Hussein, a prescient critic said, "Once you've got Baghdad, it's not clear what you do with it.
Apr 8, 2004 / The Editors
Letter From Ground Zero Letter From Ground Zero
The Iraqi struggle for independence from American rule has begun in earnest.
Apr 8, 2004 / Jonathan Schell
The More We Try, the Worse Iraq Gets The More We Try, the Worse Iraq Gets
It is the beginning of the end for the United States in Iraq. No amount of glib optimism from Bush Administration soothsayers can conceal that reality.
Apr 6, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer
Let’s Make Enemies Let’s Make Enemies
Are you dismayed at US policy in Iraq? Write your elected reps and tell them so. Click here.
Apr 1, 2004 / Column / Naomi Klein
Fighting for Oil–Still Fighting for Oil–Still
Although media attention has been focused on civil violence in the Baghdad area, Iraq's vast and vulnerable network of oil pipelines and pumping stations has become a major battl...
Apr 1, 2004 / Michael T. Klare
Trying Saddam Trying Saddam
The capture of Saddam Hussein has raised the question of how best to hold him accountable for the horrendous human rights violations committed by his regime.
Mar 18, 2004 / Balakrishnan Rajagopal
A Vote for Honesty A Vote for Honesty
Click here to read Lowenberg's dispatch from the March 20 peace march in Madrid.
Mar 18, 2004 / Samuel Loewenberg
The Empire Backfires The Empire Backfires
The first anniversary of the American invasion of Iraq has arrived.
Mar 11, 2004 / Feature / Jonathan Schell
What Have We Done? What Have We Done?
In the weeks leading up to the Iraq war, neoconservatives in and around the Bush Administration counseled the President against seeking a second United Nations Security Council r...
Mar 11, 2004 / The Editors
Sectarianism in Iraq Sectarianism in Iraq
Saddam Hussein's capture on December 13 ended the role of the minority Sunni Arabs as Iraq's ruling group since 1638, when the Sunni Ottoman Turks captured Mesopotamia (then comp...
Jan 15, 2004 / Dilip Hiro