http://dir.salon.com/topics/bombing/?source=rss&aim=bombing en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST By Mark Benjamin Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/02/15/air_war/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/02/15/air_war/index.html?source=rss Inside a secret high-tech control center the U.S. Air Force targets enemies in Iraq and Afghanistan. But can they bomb them legally, and without killing innocents? A Salon exclusive. By Mitch Prothero Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/07/28/hezbollah/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/07/28/hezbollah/index.html?source=rss Israel claims it's justified in bombing civilians because Hezbollah mingles with them. In fact, the militant group doesn't trust its civilians and stays as far away from them as possible. By Mitchell Prothero Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/07/14/lebanon/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/07/14/lebanon/index.html?source=rss A report from Lebanon's south, ravaged by retaliatory Israeli strikes. By Basharat Peer Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/07/12/kashmir/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/07/12/kashmir/index.html?source=rss As a veteran of the conflict can testify, the train blasts weren't the only Kashmir-related violence in India on Tuesday. By Manish Vij Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/07/12/bombay_train/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/07/12/bombay_train/index.html?source=rss A New Yorker explains why he loves riding the rails in the Indian city, and why they're so vulnerable to attack. By Dilip D'Souza Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/07/12/india/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/07/12/india/index.html?source=rss On foot and by rickshaw, from train station to hospital, a Bombay writer surveys the aftermath of the bombings. By Juan Cole Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/03/01/worst/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/03/01/worst/index.html?source=rss As Americans finally begin to grasp the magnitude of the Iraq catastrophe, Bush's popularity hits a new low. Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tt/post/2005/07/15/post/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tt/post/2005/07/15/post/index.html?source=rss What's a hero? A patriot? TTers weigh in this week. Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tt/post/2005/07/08/post/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tt/post/2005/07/08/post/index.html?source=rss TTers from London and around the world weigh in with their reactions to the terrorist attack. By Mark Follman Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/03/13/madrid_bombing/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/03/13/madrid_bombing/index.html?source=rss A top Clinton-era expert on Europe and security warns that if the deadly Madrid bombings prove to be the work of al-Qaida, it could transform politics throughout Europe. By Laura Miller Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/review/2004/03/01/dresden/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2004/03/01/dresden/index.html?source=rss So the Allies ruthlessly -- and unjustifiably -- firebombed Germany's most beautiful city and murdered hundreds of thousands of people, right? Not quite, says a prominent British historian. By Ferry Biedermann Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/02/13/baghdad/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/02/13/baghdad/index.html?source=rss On the streets of Baghdad, Iraqis fear that neither Osama bin Laden nor the pope will be able to help them now. By Ferry Biedermann Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/06/21/israel/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/06/21/israel/index.html?source=rss In the aftermath of new Middle East violence, tensions have risen and hopes have all but collapsed. Now both Israelis and Palestinians are looking to Washington for answers. By Damien Cave and Max Garrone Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/10/31/civilian_casualties/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/10/31/civilian_casualties/index.html?source=rss With every heartbreaking picture of innocent victims, more of the world turns against the U.S. bombing. But the American military has taken more care to minimize civilian casualties than any other armed force in the world. By David Rieff Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/10/19/appeasement/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/10/19/appeasement/index.html?source=rss The peace-loving people of Berkeley believe that fighting evil makes one evil. By Damien Cave Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/10/12/nader/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/10/12/nader/index.html?source=rss "When are we going to learn from history?" he asks a cheering San Francisco audience. "When are we going to learn that we can't bomb our way to justice?" By Damien Cave Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/10/11/rebuilding_afghanistan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/10/11/rebuilding_afghanistan/index.html?source=rss There is no Marshall Plan for this tattered nation, and the lessons of trying to fix Cambodia, Bosnia and Somalia aren't inspiring. By Gary Kamiya Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/08/09/vidal/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/08/09/vidal/index.html?source=rss With his defense of Timothy McVeigh as a heroic freedom fighter in this month's Vanity Fair, the contrarian goes postal on us once and for all. By Kerry Lauerman Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/05/12/conspiracy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/05/12/conspiracy/index.html?source=rss The FBI's bizarre foul-up on the McVeigh case gives leaders of the dying militia movement a reason to revisit their glory days. By Michael Standaert Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/01/31/lockerbie/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/01/31/lockerbie/index.html?source=rss The split decision in the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing has relatives looking to Libya for restitution. By Laura Rozen Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/01/12/uranium/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/01/12/uranium/index.html?source=rss Did exposure to American depleted-uranium-tipped weapons cause the cancer deaths of some European peacekeepers who served in the Balkans? By Laura Rozen Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/02/10/embassy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2000/02/10/embassy/index.html?source=rss A former Army intelligence officer claims he knows what the CIA meant to hit when it hit the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade. By Jessie Deeter and Anne Senghs Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1999/09/01/beirut/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/1999/09/01/beirut/index.html?source=rss Is Beirut ready for tourism? Two journalists hit the ground in Lebanon to find out. By Laura Rozen Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/06/08/peace/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/06/08/peace/index.html?source=rss As diplomats wrangle, Serbian forces reportedly loot Kosovo cities. By Tom Hayden Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/05/27/hayden/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/05/27/hayden/index.html?source=rss The conflict in Yugoslavia is a war that NATO cannot win, and should not be fighting.