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No Refuge from Iraq in Canada

Conscientious objectors from the U.S. military who are seeking refuge in Canada are rightly confused about the rules… more

vol. 32, iss. 09    , ,

Why Democrats Won’t Stop the War

The nationwide opposition to the Iraq War is based on a host of populist impulses. Some people hate… more

vol. 32, iss. 06    , ,

Merc is the New Crack

America's deadly dependence on private security contractors in Iraq

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Why Iraq is Getting Worse

A new civil war between Shiites erupts within the old civil war between Sunnis and Shiites

vol. 31, iss. 10    ,

Extending Tours, Stressing Troops

Despite a growing body of medical research, the Pentagon is extending tours of duty to their longest levels since World War II, precipitating the first time in history that active-duty soldiers will spend more time in combat than at home

vol. 31, iss. 09    , , ,

Counterinsurgency 101

General Petraeus says he thinks the war in Iraq is winnable. His recent manual suggests otherwise.

vol. 31, iss. 03    ,

Spoils of War

Oil, the U.S.-Middle East Free Trade Area and the Bush Agenda

vol. 31, iss. 01    , ,

I Hate to Say We Told You So, But

Now that the Bush administration has sustained massive, serial repudiations of its tragic folly in Iraq--from the Iraq… more

vol. 31, iss. 01    ,

Iraqi Health Care: Hostage to War

Zainab may be one of the 655,000 Iraqis who would be alive today if the Bush administration hadn't… more

vol. 31, iss. 01    ,

A Nation Is Not a Plate

The United States should be held responsible for its crimes and destruction in Iraq with a withdrawl and reparations.

vol. 30, iss. 11   

Halliburton Hearts Congress

Do partisanship and cronyism trump congressional oversight and corporate accountability?

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Route-Stepping? Our Way to WWIII

Scare-tactic allusions to war allow Bush to push an extremist agenda.

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The Neocons Lexicon

Republican term "Islamofacism" conflates the war on terro as a battle between the Enlightenment and Theocracy.

vol. 30, iss. 10    , , ,

9/11 Refracted

Post-9/11 reporting has been full of commercialization, ideology and manipulation, not unbiased reporting.

vol. 30, iss. 10    , , ,

Privatized Warfare: The Summer of Discontent

A new documentary by Robert Greenwald - "Iraq For Sale" - details the corporate profiteering of the increasingly privatized U.S. military.

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Bird-Dogging Hillary Clinton

Operation "Bird-Dog Hillary" is part of an effort by CODEPINK to get Sen. Clinton to support bringing the troops home from Iraq.

vol. 30, iss. 09    , ,

Iraq on the Big Screen

Who should define what a war is "about"? By any ethical standard, that right should fall to the… more

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