http://dir.salon.com/topics/baghdad/?source=rss&aim=baghdad en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT By Arnon Grunberg Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:06:00 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 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:06:00 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 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:06:00 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 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:06:00 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. Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:06:00 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. Alex Koppelman Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:06:00 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 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:06:00 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 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:06:00 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 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:06:00 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 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:06:00 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 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:06:00 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 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:06:00 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 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:06:00 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 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:06:00 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 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:06:00 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 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:06:00 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 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:06:00 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 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:06:00 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. Tim Grieve Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:06:00 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 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:06:00 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 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:06:00 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. Alex Koppelman Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/02/20/iraq_violence/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/02/20/iraq_violence/index.html?source=rss After a brief period of calm, a series of deadly attacks hit Iraq. By Mark Benjamin Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/02/20/mccain/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/02/20/mccain/index.html?source=rss As John McCain eyes the White House in '08, he is at war with himself over Bush's escalation in Iraq. By Gregory Levey Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/02/15/israel_despair/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/02/15/israel_despair/index.html?source=rss Top Israeli officials admit last summer's war against Hezbollah was a failure -- and denounce President Bush's actions in the Middle East. By Sen. Russ Feingold Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/02/02/feingold/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/02/02/feingold/index.html?source=rss Why I oppose the Warner-Levin compromise resolution on the Iraq war.