U.S. Women Working in Iraq Continue to be Sexually Assaulted While Their Rapists Go Free
16 Apr 2008
Sexual assault crimes by military contractors are going unprosecuted, not for a lack of legal tools, but a lack of will.

The Ever-Shifting Rationale for the Occupation of Iraq
16 Apr 2008
The point of the occupation is the occupation itself, and the justifications will always keep coming.

The Man Who Would Be Bush
15 Apr 2008
How do we explain voter support for McCain in light of the nation’s widespread, bipartisan rejection of the Bush administration?

1776: The Greatest Counter-Insurgency Failure Ever
15 Apr 2008
Would General Petraeus have been able to keep the colonies in the fold?

Iraq: Still a Quagmire
15 Apr 2008
A new assessment finds that the decrease in violence over the past six months has not led to political reconciliation.

Five Years Later, Fallujah is Still in Tatters
15 Apr 2008
The city remains sealed. Many residents refer to it as a big jail.

Portland Couple Has Refused to Pay Taxes for 30 Years to Protest Military Funding
14 Apr 2008
More than 40 percent of every income tax dollar in 2007 went toward military spending.

The Bush Admin’s How-to Guide for Using Religious Warfare to Destroy Iraq
14 Apr 2008
Using a mixture of cultural ignorance, incompetence and a touch of cronyism, the U.S has turned a patriotic nation against itself.

Iraqi Gov Fires 1,300 Cops and Soldiers after Basra Fiasco
14 Apr 2008
921 police and soldiers were fired in Basra.

Iraq’s Ruined Library Soldiers On
13 Apr 2008
Five years ago, U.S. troops watched as mobs sacked Iraq’s National Library and Archives. Despite little outside help, a cultural treasure soldiers on.

Many Iraqis Feel They’ve Gone From One Dictator to the Next
13 Apr 2008
After five years of occupation and suffering, many Iraqis have become skeptical of all political and religious leaders.

Why Americans Are Tuning out the Disaster in Iraq
12 Apr 2008
Most Americans don’t want to hear, see or feel anything about Iraq, whether they support the war or oppose it.

In Basra Battles, Media Quislings Offered Barely Half the Story
11 Apr 2008
Muqtada al-Sadr reflects the views of most Iraqis; October’s elections could position him as a new nationalist leader, and a unifying force.

Conflict of Interest Redefined: U.S. Politicos Invested in Iraq, Afghanistan
10 Apr 2008
Political class stands to rake it in by continuing occupations.

The Petraeus-Crocker Show: Best Song and Dance Team to Hit Washington in Years
10 Apr 2008
Iraq may be calmer on the surface, but strife simmers beneath.

An Iraqi Contractor Gets Prosecuted While Blackwater’s Contract is Renewed
9 Apr 2008
As a translator who fled Saddam becomes the face of a “crackdown” on contractors, Blackwater is rewarded with another year in Iraq.

If Dems Talk About ‘Winning’ in Iraq, Everybody Loses
9 Apr 2008
The Petraeus hearings trapped Democrats into talking about whether the ‘surge’ is working, not that the U.S. has no right to be there.

Iraqi Ministry Doctors Figures on Power Output
9 Apr 2008
The entire enterprise is built on falsehoods.

Petraeus’s Betrayal
8 Apr 2008
By undercutting the widespread support for getting out of Iraq, General Petraeus betrayed the American public.

Who Are Iraq’s ‘Outlaws’?
8 Apr 2008
Sadr’s militia refuses to disarm; issue further dividing Parliament.

Dems Miss Opportunity to Challenge Surge
8 Apr 2008
Petraeus’ testimony was predictable: Progress is real, we must stay the course. But Democrats missed an opportunity to undercut the White House story.

Exhausted, Overextended Troops Ready to ‘Unravel’
7 Apr 2008
General Petraeus calls for a pause against troop withdrawal, disregarding the fact that our military is nearly broken.

Don’t Betray Us, General: Admit That Iraq Keeps Getting Worse and That the Surge Failed
7 Apr 2008
Gen. David Petraeus ought to level with the American public about the dire state of affairs in Iraq in his testimony to Congress this week.

Cost of Occupation in Iraq: $3 Trillion Estimate Was Too Low
7 Apr 2008
Notwithstanding Bush’s response, our original estimate of the cost of the Iraq war was too conservative: in reality, it will be much higher.

Embarrassed U.S. Tries to Distance Itself from Disastrous Basra Attacks
7 Apr 2008
The effort is an indication that the operation was viewed as a major embarrassment just as Gen. David Petraeus is about to testify before Congress.