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What the president's declining approval ratings suggest about Americans' judgment -- and the prospects for redefeating Bush.
By James K. Galbraith
May 22, 2004
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Gen. Boykin, the Bible-thumping crank who said Bush "was appointed by God," is at the center of the Abu Ghraib scandal.
By Sidney Blumenthal
May 20, 2004
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Rumsfeld and his minions are treating Congress as if it's on a need-to-know basis about Iraq -- from the number of private contractors there to how taxpayers' money is being spent to our military strategy.
By Robert Schlesinger
May 20, 2004
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Steyn slams Bush for torture apology, Hagelin blames abuses on American porn culture; Savage calls for U.S. to kill "thousands" of Iraqi prisoners and drop an H-bomb on an Arab capital. Plus: Heartland hard-liners dub same-sex marriage licenses "death certificates."
By Mark Follman
May 19, 2004
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The stories sound familiar: Muslim prisoners beaten and sexually humiliated by American guards. But it happened in Brooklyn, not Baghdad.
By Michelle Goldberg
May 19, 2004
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The more we find out about what happened at Abu Ghraib, the less it looks like a case of renegade soldiers.
By Eric Boehlert
May 18, 2004
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With our highly idealistic war in Iraq turning monstrous, Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness" is frighteningly relevant -- again.
By Charles R. Larson
May 18, 2004
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According to a Pentagon-ordered report, sexual violence against female soldiers is rampant -- and not nearly enough is being done to stop it.
By Cathy Hong
May 18, 2004
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Defending the administration's enemy-combatant policy, the Justice Department told the Supreme Court that the U.S. doesn't torture prisoners. Just hours later, the Abu Ghraib story broke. Did the U.S. intentionally mislead the court?
By Tim Grieve
May 17, 2004
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If the Bush administration is truly committed to the nation's sovereignty, it should let Iraqis retake control of their own oil revenues.
By Andrew Cockburn
May 17, 2004
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I didn't get it till I saw the pictures!
By Arianna Huffington
May 14, 2004
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Growing sentiment in the Army: Support our troops, impeach Rumsfeld.
By Sidney Blumenthal
May 13, 2004
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The Iraq torture nightmare: Taranto says beheading video shows who's really evil; Sullivan says team Bush humiliated U.S. unforgivably; Brooks calls for a whole new plan; Coulter declares women "too vicious" for military.
By Mark Follman
May 12, 2004
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Were the U.S. soldiers who "made it hell" for Iraqi prisoners simply following orders?
By Robert Scheer
May 12, 2004
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CIA veteran Bob Baer says torture was forbidden when he worked for the agency. "Now contractors are sent out to torture people to death and then hide it."
By Mary Jacoby
May 12, 2004
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An Al-Jazeera cameraman detained and tortured at Abu Ghraib recalls beatings, threats and photos of torture victims used as screen savers on military PCs.
By Phillip Robertson
May 8, 2004
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Thanks to Bush's neocon cabal, the Arab world now hates the U.S. as much as it does Israel.
By Steven A. Cook
May 7, 2004
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Female soldiers were supposed to be a civilizing influence on the military. Then came Abu Ghraib.
By Cathy Hong
May 7, 2004
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Long before Abu Ghraib, senior officers warned that Bush appointees in the Pentagon were undermining prisoner safeguards.
By Joe Conason
May 7, 2004
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Human Rights Watch's Kenneth Roth says America's use of coercive interrogation techniques inevitably leads to nightmares like Abu Ghraib.
By Tim Grieve
May 6, 2004
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Conservatives debate torture by the U.S. military in Iraq: Some call it "sickening" while others claim it could save lives. Plus: The clash of civilizaciones.
By Mark Follman
May 5, 2004
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Abu Ghraib was an infamous prison under Saddam. Now, for Iraqis seeking relatives detained by the U.S. military, it is still a place where men disappear.
By Jen Banbury
March 3, 2004
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Hamid al Mokhtar wrote novels and poems. For this, he was imprisoned and tortured for eight years at the vast Abu Ghraib prison complex in Baghdad. Today, he goes back to the scene of his nightmares.
By Phillip Robertson
May 1, 2003
The imperial Pentagon
Right Hook
The prisoner-abuse scandal at home
How high does it go?
"Exterminate all the brutes"
When will the U.S. military tackle the problem of sexual abuse?
Trust us
Raiding Iraq's piggy bank
Strategic decision
Right Hook
"The place is broken"
"Sometimes they pretended to kill me"
The Great Satan
How could women do that?
Lack of protection
Right Hook
"Guantanamo on steroids"
A poet returns to hell
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