US Wars and Military Action

Danger: Green Zone Danger: Green Zone

Baghdad's Green Zone is swiftly becoming a very unsafe place for Americans. How much worse can it get?

May 23, 2007 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman

Want Out of Iraq? Call Your Senator Want Out of Iraq? Call Your Senator

Don't just get angry about the continuing Iraq debacle. Insist that your senators do something about it.

May 22, 2007 / Medea Benjamin

Graduates, Close Your Eyes Graduates, Close Your Eyes

A passionate critic of the Iraq War has this advice for the Class of 2007: Be afraid. And look within for answers to all the problems you have inherited.

May 21, 2007 / Tom Engelhardt

Why It Happened the Way It Did Why It Happened the Way It Did

Ian Kershaw's latest work analyzes ten decisions that shaped the outcome of World War II.

May 17, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Richard J. Evans

Training Iraq’s Death Squads Training Iraq’s Death Squads

The Army's plan to professionalize Iraq's police could backfire, as militia-infiltrated squads become more effective killers.

May 17, 2007 / Feature / Spencer Ackerman

The Iraq Information Crackdown The Iraq Information Crackdown

The Iraqi government bans news footage of street carnage and the Pentagon blocks soldiers' access to YouTube and MySpace. Can we assume from this that the surge is going badly?

May 16, 2007 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman

The Price of a Life The Price of a Life

Sure, the US government values the lives of innocents killed in combat. Just how much depends on whether they died in New York, Afghanistan or Iraq.

May 14, 2007 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt

While We Slept While We Slept

A new book on the history of Western complicity in Iraq takes an unsparing look at how the first Bush and Clinton administrations set the stage for disaster.

May 11, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Stanley I. Kutler

Outsourcing the War Outsourcing the War

Testimony to Congress on the impact of private military contractors in Iraq.

May 11, 2007 / Jeremy Scahill

Open Letter to Prince Harry Open Letter to Prince Harry

Be a prince of peace: Don't go to Iraq.

May 2, 2007 / Amir Soltani Sheikoleslami

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