Letter From Ground Zero Letter From Ground Zero
A new justification for our war on Iraq has been born out of the war itself.
Oct 30, 2003 / Jonathan Schell
Occupiers and the Law Occupiers and the Law
An explosive legal obstacle, currently ignored, lurks beneath the surface of the Iraq war debate--international law likely to ensnare and possibly crumple the American conquero...
Oct 30, 2003 / William Greider
Bush’s Credibility Gap Bush’s Credibility Gap
In response to the news that coordinated suicide bombs in Baghdad had killed several dozen people and wounded 200, George W. Bush pointed to the attacks as a sign of success.
Oct 30, 2003 / The Editors
Against the War but Married to It Against the War but Married to It
Opposition to the war among military families is bubbling beneath the surface.
Oct 23, 2003 / Feature / Karen Houppert
‘State Dept. Study Foresaw Trouble In Iraq’ ‘State Dept. Study Foresaw Trouble In Iraq’
--Headline, New York Times, October 19
Oct 23, 2003 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Strange Bedfellows Strange Bedfellows
One reason the Bush Administration gave for going to war in Iraq was Saddam Hussein's alleged ties to terrorists.
Oct 23, 2003 / Laura Rozen
Big Bucks in Iraq Big Bucks in Iraq
In early October, Iraq's US-appointed Governing Council awarded the country's first mobile phone licenses to three companies from the Middle East.
Oct 23, 2003 / Tim Shorrock
Many Peaces, One War Many Peaces, One War
Iraq lies in ruin, the US military occupation is generating a sustained guerrilla resistance, crime is rampant in Baghdad and an Iraqi civil war along ethnic and religious line...
Oct 23, 2003 / Christian Parenti
The Growing Disquiet The Growing Disquiet
In the end, George W. Bush got Congress to approve the $87 billion he insisted on for the occupation and reconstruction of Iraq.
Oct 23, 2003 / The Editors
Abrams and Novak and Rove? Oh My! Abrams and Novak and Rove? Oh My!
Even though the Joseph Wilson affair has convulsed the capital for many weeks, much of what makes it important is still ignored.
Oct 16, 2003 / Column / Eric Alterman