http://dir.salon.com/topics/baghdad/?source=rss&aim=baghdad en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:08:00 PDT By Juan Cole Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/08/19/cole/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/08/19/cole/index.html?source=rss Nearly 100 dead, 500 wounded in six bombings in Baghdad By Anna Badkhen Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:08:00 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 Sarah Hepola Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/08/05/baghdad_high/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/08/05/baghdad_high/index.html?source=rss In the HBO documentary "Baghdad High," four high schoolers film their lives in a war zone. By Arnon Grunberg Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/08/04/green_zone/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/08/04/green_zone/index.html?source=rss 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 Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/06/03/iraq_dispatch/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/06/03/iraq_dispatch/index.html?source=rss Winning "hearts and minds" is in some sense like a seduction. But what happens if American largesse here runs out? By Mark Benjamin Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/04/09/petraeus_crocker/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/04/09/petraeus_crocker/index.html?source=rss The top U.S. general gave Congress an upbeat assessment of the war Tuesday. Here's the reality behind the rhetoric. By Salon staff Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/03/21/iraq_books/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/03/21/iraq_books/index.html?source=rss 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 Juan Cole Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/03/19/iraq_five/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/03/19/iraq_five/index.html?source=rss How President Bush and his advisors have spent each year of the war peddling mendacious tales about a mission accomplished. Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/politics/2008/03/13/video_iraq1103/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/politics/2008/03/13/video_iraq1103/index.html?source=rss Footage of an attack that destroyed an Iraqi apartment complex. By Alex Koppelman Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/02/01/baghdad/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/02/01/baghdad/index.html?source=rss Nearly simultaneous suicide attacks at two markets in the Iraqi capital reportedly kill at least 64. By Jennifer Daskal Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/12/14/blackwater/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/12/14/blackwater/index.html?source=rss 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 Juan Cole Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/12/04/iraq/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/12/04/iraq/index.html?source=rss 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 Dahr Jamail Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/11/28/iraq_civilian_deaths/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/11/28/iraq_civilian_deaths/index.html?source=rss How the Pentagon has used "tactical perception management" to obscure the killing of Iraqi civilians by U.S. forces. By P.W. Singer Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/10/02/blackwater/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/10/02/blackwater/index.html?source=rss 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 Mark Benjamin Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/09/05/reconciliation/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/09/05/reconciliation/index.html?source=rss As plans to stabilize Iraqi politics go nowhere fast, experts warn that the latest U.S. tactics could lead to greater civil war. By David J. Morris Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/08/21/fallujah/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/08/21/fallujah/index.html?source=rss 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 Hooman Majd Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/07/16/iran/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/07/16/iran/index.html?source=rss The White House is foolish not to recognize that the only way out of the Iraq mess now includes serious negotiations with Iran. By Thomas Powers Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/07/02/tenet_iraq/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/07/02/tenet_iraq/index.html?source=rss Unraveling the former CIA chief's cover story about bogus intelligence -- and the grand scheme that launched the war. By Juan Cole Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/06/28/iraq_surge/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/06/28/iraq_surge/index.html?source=rss As the U.S. takes sides in Iraq's splintering civil war, a top Republican warns Bush's policy will fail. By Marc Perelman Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/06/11/ahlam/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/06/11/ahlam/index.html?source=rss 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 Mohamad Bazzi Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/05/31/syria/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/05/31/syria/index.html?source=rss The chaos in Iraq has emboldened Bashar Assad's authoritarian regime and given Syria new power to meddle in the Middle East. By Riverbend Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/04/28/riverbend/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/04/28/riverbend/index.html?source=rss 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 Tim Grieve Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/04/10/baghdad/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/04/10/baghdad/index.html?source=rss A White House spokesman says anti-American protests in Iraq are just another sign of progress. By Mark Benjamin Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/04/09/injured_soldiers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/04/09/injured_soldiers/index.html?source=rss 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 Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/03/26/fort_irwin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/03/26/fort_irwin/index.html?source=rss 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.