Dispatch From France Dispatch From France
Following the first attack at 3 am French time, the morning papers were ready with generic "War Is Here" headlines, accompanied by full-page images of dark skies.
Mar 27, 2003 / Feature / Mark Cramer
Dispatch From China Dispatch From China
The pedicab driver stretched out in the passenger seat, his legs thrown over the bicycle seat, half dozing and half listening to the latest news updates in the hours after Amer...
Mar 27, 2003 / Feature / Jen Lin-Liu
Dispatch From Israel Dispatch From Israel
As I was driving home from work late Wednesday night, it became clear that the assault would begin within hours.
Mar 27, 2003 / Feature / Neve Gordon
Dispatch From Philippines Dispatch From Philippines
Walden Bello was in Baghdad March 14-17 as a member of the Asian Peace Mission, a delegation of parliamentarians and members of civil society from different countries in Asia.
Mar 27, 2003 / Feature / Walden Bello
Dispatch From Egypt Dispatch From Egypt
My neighbor, who like many Egyptians prefers not to see his name in print, asked me about my nationality the morning the war broke out. "French?" he inquired hopefully. America...
Mar 27, 2003 / Feature / Steve Negus
Dispatch From Nigeria Dispatch From Nigeria
The gym is the last place to look for an impassioned discussion of global politics in Nigeria, a country that is currently pre-occupied with gasoline scarcity, rising political...
Mar 27, 2003 / Feature / Waziri Adio
The Rockets’ Red Glare The Rockets’ Red Glare
The fierce tableau of smoke and flames that US bombs created over Baghdad--a visual message of America's awesomely destructive power--brought to mind Shelley's meditation on an...
Mar 27, 2003 / The Editors
Dispatch From India Dispatch From India
The Indian public has long been suspicious of the US arguments for military action against Iraq and the legitimacy of any "regime change" executed by a superpower with imperial...
Mar 27, 2003 / Feature / Praful Bidwai
Chickens in a Darkening Sky Chickens in a Darkening Sky
Suddenly the sky is dark with chickens coming home to roost, and bedtime reading is Thucydides' account of the disastrous Athenian siege of Syracuse.
Mar 27, 2003 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Dispatch From Germany Dispatch From Germany
I came across a sign the other day, inelegantly scrawled on cardboard and stuck to a telephone pole. It read Fuck Bush.
Mar 27, 2003 / Feature / Paul Hockenos