Nearly 100 dead, 500 wounded in six bombings in Baghdad
By Juan Cole Aug 19, 2009
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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
August 11, 2008
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In the HBO documentary "Baghdad High," four high schoolers film their lives in a war zone.
By Sarah Hepola
August 5, 2008
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Welcome to Baghdad's post-decadent stronghold: Menacing Peruvian mercenaries, Chinese prostitutes, concealed beer and doughnuts -- and Iraqis eyeing a foreboding future.
By Arnon Grunberg
August 4, 2008
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Winning "hearts and minds" is in some sense like a seduction. But what happens if American largesse here runs out?
By Arnon Grunberg
June 3, 2008
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The top U.S. general gave Congress an upbeat assessment of the war Tuesday. Here's the reality behind the rhetoric.
By Mark Benjamin
April 9, 2008
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While clouds of destruction hang over Iraq, a set of new books sheds light on how America bungled the war, and on the hope that lingers in small Iraqi towns.
By Salon staff
March 21, 2008
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How President Bush and his advisors have spent each year of the war peddling mendacious tales about a mission accomplished.
By Juan Cole
March 19, 2008
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Footage of an attack that destroyed an Iraqi apartment complex.
March 13, 2008
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Nearly simultaneous suicide attacks at two markets in the Iraqi capital reportedly kill at least 64.
By Alex Koppelman
February 1, 2008
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New testimony from witnesses and victims provides the most in-depth, harrowing account to date of the U.S. security firm's deadly rampage in Iraq.
By Jennifer Daskal
December 14, 2007
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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
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How the Pentagon has used "tactical perception management" to obscure the killing of Iraqi civilians by U.S. forces.
By Dahr Jamail
November 28, 2007
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Outsourcing the war to private military contractors such as Blackwater has shattered the United States' moral authority and its ability to win wars like that in Iraq.
By P.W. Singer
October 2, 2007
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As plans to stabilize Iraqi politics go nowhere fast, experts warn that the latest U.S. tactics could lead to greater civil war.
By Mark Benjamin
September 5, 2007
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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
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The White House is foolish not to recognize that the only way out of the Iraq mess now includes serious negotiations with Iran.
By Hooman Majd
July 16, 2007
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Unraveling the former CIA chief's cover story about bogus intelligence -- and the grand scheme that launched the war.
By Thomas Powers
July 2, 2007
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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
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Ahlam Al-Jabouri did fearless humanitarian work under the U.S. Army in Iraq -- but when her life was torn apart by sectarian hatred, U.S. authorities were MIA.
By Marc Perelman
June 11, 2007
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The chaos in Iraq has emboldened Bashar Assad's authoritarian regime and given Syria new power to meddle in the Middle East.
By Mohamad Bazzi
May 31, 2007
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I'm finally leaving Iraq. But it's hard to decide which is more frightening: Car bombs and militias, or leaving everything you know and love.
By Riverbend
April 28, 2007
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A White House spokesman says anti-American protests in Iraq are just another sign of progress.
By Tim Grieve
April 10, 2007
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Salon has uncovered further evidence that the military sent soldiers with acute post-traumatic stress disorder, severe back injuries and other serious war wounds back to Iraq.
By Mark Benjamin
April 9, 2007
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Soldiers on crutches and canes were sent to a main desert camp used for Iraq training. Military experts say the Army was pumping up manpower statistics to show a brigade was battle ready.
By Mark Benjamin
March 26, 2007