Abu Musab al-Zarqawi

  • John McCain's Iraq problem

    His rosy statements about Iraq were aimed at GOP primary voters, but they suggest the would-be president doesn't understand the war he'd be fighting.
    By Juan Cole April 9, 2007

  • Bush? Never heard of him

    Desperate to appeal to voters but fleeing from an unpopular president, Republicans are embracing jingoism, nativism and even Jim Crow.
    By Sidney Blumenthal June 29, 2006

  • Surrealpolitik

    Ron Suskind's latest book offers new details about how the Bush White House has used theological certainty to mask political expediency -- facts be damned.
    By Sidney Blumenthal June 22, 2006

  • Fear and smear

    The GOP is back to its old Rove tricks, attacking Democrats as unpatriotic cowards. If only they could lead as well as they demagogue.
    By Joe Conason June 16, 2006

  • "Mission Accomplished" in a business suit

    Ignoring U.S. intelligence, Bush inflated Zarqawi, then made a pointless trip to Iraq to pose as a heroic dragon slayer. It doesn't work anymore.
    By Sidney Blumenthal June 15, 2006

  • Good things, bad presidents

    Zarqawi's death -- and its potential to raise Bush's ratings -- reminds us that in the White House, luck matters as much as competence.
    By Walter Shapiro June 9, 2006

  • Only one option?

    The choice between abrupt withdrawal and endless war in Iraq is false. We can negotiate an honorable exit -- in fact, we're already talking with the insurgents.
    By Joe Conason February 3, 2006

  • America's Achilles' heel

    The insurgents in Iraq know that keeping its oil flowing is crucial to U.S. success in the war -- and they're doing all they can to muck things up.
    By Robert Bryce August 16, 2004
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