US Wars and Military Action

Northern Ireland, South Africa in Secret Iraq Peace Talks Northern Ireland, South Africa in Secret Iraq Peace Talks

Peacemakers from countries that have moved from sectarian strife towards national reconciliation met with Iraq Sunnis and Shi'as in an effort to resolved the crisis.

Sep 28, 2007 / Feature / Tom Hayden

The Best Wars of Their Lives The Best Wars of Their Lives

A historian plugs some suspicious gaps in two revisionist histories of Vietnam.

Sep 27, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Rick Perlstein

Making a Killing Making a Killing

Who will mete out justice for America's merchants of death?

Sep 27, 2007 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill

Specialist Town Takes His Case to Washington Specialist Town Takes His Case to Washington

As a wounded soldier battles to right a wrong, the cavalry arrives.

Sep 27, 2007 / Feature / Joshua Kors

End the Shadow War End the Shadow War

Blackwater USA should answer for the crimes of its soldier-contractors in Iraq. Calls for withdrawal from Iraq must also include private security contractors.

Sep 27, 2007 / The Editors

How Bush’s Iraqi Oil Grab Went Awry How Bush’s Iraqi Oil Grab Went Awry

Want proof the Iraq War was all about oil? Here it is.

Sep 26, 2007 / Feature / Dilip Hiro

Biden One-Ups Bush Biden One-Ups Bush

Instead of spending even more money armoring soldiers' vehicles, he should work harder at trying to end the war.

Sep 26, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer

Bush’s War Funding Safety Net Bush’s War Funding Safety Net

Even if Congress refused to authorize more money for the Iraq debacle, the White House could make an end run via an obscure Civil War statute.

Sep 25, 2007 / Feature / Ryan Grim

Order 17 Order 17

A closer look at the US rule that gives military contractors like Blackwater a free pass to murder, terrorize and pillage their way through Iraq.

Sep 24, 2007 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt

Blackwater: Hired Guns, Above the Law Blackwater: Hired Guns, Above the Law

Acting with impunity and immune from prosecution, a shadow army funded by US taxpayers is fueling the spiraling violence in Iraq.

Sep 21, 2007 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill

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