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
Iran Nukes Call Bush’s Bluff Iran Nukes Call Bush’s Bluff
Tehran's religious fanatics move closer to wreaking nuclear havoc, and what can Bush do about it? Nothing.
May 16, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer
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
The New Face of Warfare The New Face of Warfare
Child soldiering has become a defining feature of modern warfare. And the United States has been all too complicit in the trend.
May 10, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Fatin Abbas
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
George Tenet’s Evasions George Tenet’s Evasions
His new memoir proves how hard it is to tell the truth about oneself, but how easy it is to blame others.
May 2, 2007 / David Corn
Showdown on the War Showdown on the War
Despite the Administration's crude and dishonest attacks on efforts to end the war, Congressional Democrats can't back down now.
May 2, 2007 / The Editors