http://dir.salon.com/topics/fallujah/?source=rss&aim=fallujah en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Tue, 02 Oct 2007 04:10:00 PDT By P.W. Singer Tue, 02 Oct 2007 04:10:00 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 David J. Morris Tue, 02 Oct 2007 04:10:00 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 Eilene Zimmerman Tue, 02 Oct 2007 04:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/05/16/virtual_reality/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/05/16/virtual_reality/index.html?source=rss U.S. soldiers traumatized by Iraq are combating PTSD with a virtual reality treatment that plunges them back into the war zone. By Sidney Blumenthal Tue, 02 Oct 2007 04:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2006/06/08/haditha/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2006/06/08/haditha/index.html?source=rss The former president's secret campaign to oust the secretary of defense was rebuffed by President Bush, a source says. By Mark Benjamin Tue, 02 Oct 2007 04:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/06/08/marines/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/06/08/marines/index.html?source=rss Convinced that kids were spying on them, sick of seeing buddies blown apart, the Marines accused of the Haditha massacre cracked. Tim Grieve Tue, 02 Oct 2007 04:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/11/21/wp/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/11/21/wp/index.html?source=rss After an initial denial, the Pentagon now acknowledges that troops used the chemical on insurgents -- and can't rule out contact with civilians. By Phillip Robertson Tue, 02 Oct 2007 04:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/06/29/fallujah_bombing/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/06/29/fallujah_bombing/index.html?source=rss In the aftermath of the deadliest attack ever on American women soldiers, Marines unite around the need for military women in a war zone. Mark Follman Tue, 02 Oct 2007 04:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/05/10/combat/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/05/10/combat/index.html?source=rss The second anniversary of President Bush's major P.R. stunt comes and goes. By Mark Follman Tue, 02 Oct 2007 04:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/12/22/executions/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/12/22/executions/index.html?source=rss Conservative bloggers tar an AP photojournalist with complicity in Sunday's street execution in Baghdad -- another cheap shot at the "left-wing" media. By Mark Follman Tue, 02 Oct 2007 04:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/right_hook/2004/12/08/gay_friendly/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/right_hook/2004/12/08/gay_friendly/index.html?source=rss Andrew Sullivan says Republicans like "Will & Grace" because its characters are sexless and unthreatening. Meanwhile, Christian activist Joe Glover demands gays be driven from Washington. By Eric Boehlert Tue, 02 Oct 2007 04:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/11/12/arab_media/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/11/12/arab_media/index.html?source=rss Al-Jazeera's subdued coverage reveals some ambivalence in Arab views of the showdown. By David J. Morris Tue, 02 Oct 2007 04:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/11/12/fallujah/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/11/12/fallujah/index.html?source=rss The military's emphasis on capturing Fallujah reveals a mind-set stuck in Western frontier mode. By Graeme Wood Tue, 02 Oct 2007 04:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/10/31/prisoner/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/10/31/prisoner/index.html?source=rss The saga of a hapless New Zealander who ended up behind bars after seeking work in Iraq reveals the darker side of the U.S.-led coalition's operations. By Peter Dale Scott Tue, 02 Oct 2007 04:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/10/28/overstretch/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/10/28/overstretch/index.html?source=rss Vietnam proved that offensive occupations are doomed. In his arrogance, Bush is repeating the same blunder. By Phillip Robertson Tue, 02 Oct 2007 04:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/09/23/iraq_hell/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/09/23/iraq_hell/index.html?source=rss Salon's war correspondent on the Iraq inferno. By Sidney Blumenthal Tue, 02 Oct 2007 04:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2004/09/23/bush_delusion/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2004/09/23/bush_delusion/index.html?source=rss Bush lives in a world immune from the realities of Iraq. By Sam Gardiner Tue, 02 Oct 2007 04:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/09/22/psychological_warfare/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/09/22/psychological_warfare/index.html?source=rss In war, you deny information, spread lies and use psychological warfare. An expert on military information operations explains how Bush has mastered this technique -- and used it against the American people. By David J. Morris Tue, 02 Oct 2007 04:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/09/16/fallujah/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/09/16/fallujah/index.html?source=rss A journalist who was embedded with the U.S. Marines in Fallujah explains how the Bush White House lost the key battle of the Iraq war. By Jeff Horwitz Tue, 02 Oct 2007 04:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/09/08/us_casualties/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/09/08/us_casualties/index.html?source=rss U.S. casualties have spiked in Iraq over the last three months, but security expert John Pike says the Bush administration -- with the help of the media -- is succeeding in keeping the carnage out of view. By Steven A. Cook Tue, 02 Oct 2007 04:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/05/07/arab/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/05/07/arab/index.html?source=rss Thanks to Bush's neocon cabal, the Arab world now hates the U.S. as much as it does Israel. By Eric Boehlert Tue, 02 Oct 2007 04:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/05/06/images/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/05/06/images/index.html?source=rss The media are finally showing the war in its full horror. What took them so long? By Mark Follman Tue, 02 Oct 2007 04:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/right_hook/2004/04/28/fallujah_coffins/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/right_hook/2004/04/28/fallujah_coffins/index.html?source=rss Conservatives say Bush is drifting on Iraq and that Fallujah should be crushed, but they've been conspicuously quiet about the photos of flag-draped coffins. Plus: O'Reilly bashes Rummy! By Saad George Hattar Tue, 02 Oct 2007 04:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/04/16/kidnappers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/04/16/kidnappers/index.html?source=rss Driven by rage at the U.S. occupation, and hoping to split the shaky allied coalition, tribesmen are taking hostages -- and now killing them. By Juan Cole Tue, 02 Oct 2007 04:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/04/16/israel/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/04/16/israel/index.html?source=rss Outraged by President Bush's embrace of Ariel Sharon and the bloody U.S. assault on Fallujah, the Arab world is linking America's occupation with Israel's. That's ominous. By Husain Haqqani Tue, 02 Oct 2007 04:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/04/14/al_qaida/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/04/14/al_qaida/index.html?source=rss A new terrorist document shows that as the U.S. flails in Iraq, only al-Qaida seems to have a strategy.