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  • Pakistan turns scary for Bush's war on terror

    The unraveling of Pervez Musharraf's presidency has dealt a severe blow to Bush's fatally flawed policy in the region.
    By Juan Cole February 20, 2008

  • Our shameful Guantanamo anniversary

    The appalling fact that innocents have been locked up and abused at the U.S. prison for six long years is not the only reason we must close it now.
    By Anthony D. Romero January 11, 2008

  • Inside the CIA's notorious "black sites"

    A Yemeni man never charged by the U.S. details 19 months of brutality and psychological torture -- the first in-depth, first-person account from inside the secret U.S. prisons. A Salon exclusive.
    By Mark Benjamin December 14, 2007

  • For the CIA's eyes only

    Was the agency's destruction of two video recordings of harsh interrogations by the CIA a coverup?
    By Mark Benjamin December 8, 2007

  • Why Bush's troop surge won't save Iraq

    The influx of U.S. troops brought a relative lull in violence -- but the failing state remains in political chaos and is headed for collapse.
    By Juan Cole December 4, 2007

  • Bush and Musharraf's grand illusion

    Democracy for Pakistan was never the deal -- and as Musharraf's latest power grab throws his nation into turmoil, Bush will gladly go along.
    By Juan Cole November 6, 2007

  • Pakistan's election reckoning

    How Saturday's poll could determine the fate of Musharraf, Bhutto -- and bin Laden.
    By Husain Haqqani October 6, 2007

  • What you missed while watching "Rescue Me"

    Salon watches another GOP debate so you don't have to: Fox News men get plucky! Dems take heat for Larry Craig! McCain surges at Romney! And much more.
    By Michael Scherer September 6, 2007

  • Fallujah catches its breath

    Despite Bush's deceptive rhetoric and mishandling of the war, the Marines I rode with here have won a delicate peace in this once-deadly city.
    By David J. Morris August 21, 2007

  • A surge of phony spin on Iraq

    Bush's backers are peddling a sunny view of the president's strategy -- despite Iraq's political chaos and soaring death counts.
    By Juan Cole August 7, 2007

  • Bush's incompetence gives al-Qaida new life

    The White House hints at military action as the terror organization regroups in northern Pakistan and the Musharraf government begins to wobble.
    By Juan Cole July 24, 2007

  • "A persistent and evolving terrorist threat"

    A top-level intelligence report made public Tuesday warns of more terrorist attacks inside the United States.
    July 18, 2007

  • Surging toward disaster in Iraq

    As the U.S. takes sides in Iraq's splintering civil war, a top Republican warns Bush's policy will fail.
    By Juan Cole June 28, 2007

  • American goodwill, in shackles

    How Bush hardliners and even mainstream pundits have hogtied one of our greatest potential strengths in the war on terrorism.
    By P.W. Singer June 26, 2007

  • Plot discovered to blow up all-girls school in Iraq

    U.S. soldiers found numerous explosives rigged to blow up the Huda Girls School in Tarmiyah.
    By Catherine Price May 4, 2007

  • The reason we haven't noticed American Muslims condemning terrorism

    Actually, they do, but until recently it was often in ways that their fellow Americans had a hard time hearing.
    By Paul M. Barrett March 1, 2007

  • Dear Mr. President: Al-Qaida isn't the problem in Iraq

    A new Pentagon report says that the army of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr is the biggest threat in Iraq.
    By Alex Koppelman December 19, 2006

  • The Scandal Sheet

    Don't just read it and weep -- pin it on your wall, fax it to Nancy Pelosi. A dozen reasons to throw the bums out of Washington.
    By Mark Follman and Tracy Clark-Flory November 6, 2006

  • The road to 9/11 and beyond

    In a riveting new book that ranges from ancient Mecca to the corridors of the FBI, Lawrence Wright brings to life the fanatics behind 9/11 -- and the turf wars that caused U.S. intelligence to miss it.
    By Mark Follman August 30, 2006

  • Death of a useful demon

    Zarqawi's death is good news. But for the White House, which used him to falsely link Saddam and al-Qaida, it's too late.
    By Joe Conason June 9, 2006

  • Bush's bogus document dump

    The administration seeded its new public archive of Iraq documents with jihadist materials completely unrelated to Saddam.
    By Fritz Umbach April 13, 2006

  • Bush's illegal spying

    The president defied a major Supreme Court ruling to authorize hundreds of wiretaps inside the U.S.
    By David Cole December 20, 2005

  • A history of violence

    Robert Dreyfuss explains how America's meddling in the Middle East unleashed the current deadly wave of Islamic fundamentalism.
    By James Norton November 28, 2005

  • Cooking up some intel for Iran next?

    Could the hunt for the elusive Osama bin Laden lead to Tehran?
    By Mark Follman June 20, 2005

  • The whitewasher in chief

    Vice President Cheney dubs Guantánamo a model prison. Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter marches along behind him, talking up the facility's fine dining.
    By Mark Follman June 14, 2005
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