World Leaders

US to Hussein: WMD A-OK US to Hussein: WMD A-OK

New documents detail how Rumsfeld and Reagan let Iraq know it was just fine to keep using chemical weapons against Iran and the Kurds.

Dec 30, 2003 / Column / Robert Scheer

A Visit With Castro A Visit With Castro

Brilliant, spirited, but he's stayed too long.

Dec 24, 2003 / Feature / Arthur Miller

Saddam’s Inglorious End Saddam’s Inglorious End

"The enemies of a free Iraq have lost their leader," said George Bush following the capture of Saddam Hussein.

Dec 18, 2003 / The Editors

How to Kill Saddam How to Kill Saddam

The last time I saw pictures of a man in need of a haircut being displayed as a trophy of the American Empire it was Che Guevara, stretched out dead on a table in Vallegrande, a ...

Dec 18, 2003 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

Memo Memo

To: Commander, Coalition Forces From: Karl Rove, Supreme Commander

Dec 18, 2003 / Column / Calvin Trillin

We Got Him…Now What? We Got Him…Now What?

The capture of Saddam Hussein is being treated as a celebratory occasion, but it is one that the Bush Administration might come to regret.

Dec 17, 2003 / Column / Robert Scheer

The Bubble The Bubble

The explosions in Istanbul during George W.

Nov 26, 2003 / Maria Margaronis

The Bubble The Bubble

To Londoners, even many who did not oppose the war, Bush's visit felt like an assertion of absolute, arrogant power.

Nov 21, 2003 / Feature / Maria Margaronis

Blair, Triumphant Blair, Triumphant

In the end, Tony Blair had nothing to fear but fear itself. As the Labour Party assembled for its annual conference here on Britain's Yiddish Riviera, the news looked grim.

Oct 9, 2003 / D.D. Guttenplan

Putin’s War Putin’s War

There's been scant notice of refugees being brutally driven out of Chechnya.

Sep 25, 2003 / Feature / Matt Bivens

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