Armed Conflicts

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 / Jonathan Schell

It’s the Oil, Stupid

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 / Michael T. Klare

War Profiteering War Profiteering

Even before US troops arrived in Baghdad, looting broke out--in Washington.

Apr 24, 2003 / The Editors

On The Halliburton Corporation’s Iraq Contracts On The Halliburton Corporation’s Iraq Contracts

A lot of folks die. At last the war ends. The world is made safe For Dick Cheney's friends.

Apr 17, 2003 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Letter from Ground Zero Letter from Ground Zero

In the past 200 years, all of the earth's great territorial empires, whether dynastic or colonial, or both, have been destroyed. The list includes the Russian empire of the cza...

Apr 17, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Jonathan Schell

Tomorrow in Baghdad Tomorrow in Baghdad

Even before US forces could establish order in the cities of Iraq and bring humanitarian relief to its people, the Bush Administration unleashed a barrage of threats against Sy...

Apr 17, 2003 / The Editors

Unfit to Be King Unfit to Be King

He might have the toughest detail this war has to offer.

Apr 10, 2003 / Geoffrey Gray

The Reckoning in Iraq The Reckoning in Iraq

Emerging from their meeting in Belfast the day before US forces announced Baghdad had fallen, George W.

Apr 10, 2003 / The Editors

Why International Law Matters Why International Law Matters

Pre-emptive war flagrantly contradicts the UN's legal framework.

Feb 20, 2003 / Feature / Richard Falk

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