http://dir.salon.com/topics/anna_badkhen/?source=rss&aim=anna_badkhen en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT Articles by Anna Badkhen on Salon By Anna Badkhen Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/08/14/iraq_women/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/08/14/iraq_women/index.html?source=rss Cultural repression by the Muslim militias has waned slightly, but women still miss freedoms they enjoyed under Saddam Hussein. By Anna Badkhen Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/08/11/iraqi_specialforces/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/08/11/iraqi_specialforces/index.html?source=rss Capable Iraqis training for special operations roll over sharp gravel and run in the scorching heat. But they are terrified of the U.S. military's leaving. By Anna Badkhen Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/08/06/sons_of_iraq/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/08/06/sons_of_iraq/index.html?source=rss The U.S. signed up legions of sketchy Iraqi fighters to help stop sectarian violence. Now, most may lose their security jobs -- but remain armed and angry. By Anna Badkhen Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/08/05/iraq/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/08/05/iraq/index.html?source=rss In a Baghdad neighborhood pacified by the surge, the locals fear the day the U.S. military departs, because they don't trust their own government to keep them safe. By Anna Badkhen Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2008/07/10/generation_kill/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2008/07/10/generation_kill/index.html?source=rss From battlefield chaos to soldier-strength profanity, HBO's "Generation Kill" faithfully captures Marine Corps life during the invasion. By Anna Badkhen Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/06/12/iraqi_refugees/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/06/12/iraqi_refugees/index.html?source=rss Thanks to a law meant to quell sectarian violence, returning refugees who find their homes occupied cannot kick them out. By Anna Badkhen Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/23/goodbye_baghdad/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/23/goodbye_baghdad/index.html?source=rss Unlike many who would also like to leave, today I board a cargo plane and fly away. By Anna Badkhen Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/22/broken_hearts/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/22/broken_hearts/index.html?source=rss In a tiny room in Baghdad, U.S. soldiers connect with their friends and family back home. Sometimes hearts break. By Anna Badkhen Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/21/services/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/21/services/index.html?source=rss With pools of open sewage in the streets and little electricity, life for most Iraqis remains bleak. By Anna Badkhen Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/20/bread/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/20/bread/index.html?source=rss Iraqis scrimp to pay for black market power so their food won't rot in the desert heat. Plus: Shopping for bread in a Bradley. By Anna Badkhen Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/17/paradise/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/17/paradise/index.html?source=rss On patrol with U.S. soldiers in Risala, sewage seeps through the dirt and pools underfoot. By Anna Badkhen Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/15/baghdad_dispatch/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/15/baghdad_dispatch/index.html?source=rss The Iraqi government still can't provide its citizens with basic security and services. So many look to Americans -- for everything. By Anna Badkhen Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/12/baghdad/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/12/baghdad/index.html?source=rss At a U.S. combat outpost in the Iraqi capital, money is just as important as guns. Plus: Tensions flare in a neighborhood council. By Anna Badkhen Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/10/bradleys/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/10/bradleys/index.html?source=rss As the hatch closes, I think about the four men from the platoon I'm with who were charred to death in one of these fighting vehicles. By Anna Badkhen Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/09/iraq_latrines/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/09/iraq_latrines/index.html?source=rss U.S. soldiers drink water, lots of it, in scorching hot Baghdad. Plus, patrolling the streets with a less than disciplined Iraqi army squad. By Anna Badkhen Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/07/iraq_traveling/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/07/iraq_traveling/index.html?source=rss Military travel is grueling, especially for a soldier with a hole in his face from a sniper bullet who's trying to get back home to Missouri. By Anna Badkhen Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/05/05/baghdad/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/05/05/baghdad/index.html?source=rss A reporter flies over the Iraqi capital on her 10th reporting trip, and sees empty swimming pools, kids playing on a grassless field, entire houses buried in trash.