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Hoping for magic from Americans: The Iraqi government still can't provide its citizens with basic security and services. So many look to Americans -- for everything.; By Anna Badkhen May 15, 2008
My fiancé suddenly joined the Marines: He's a little crazy. Should I wait around for six years?; By Cary Tennis May 14, 2008
Buying security in Baghdad: At a U.S. combat outpost in the Iraqi capital, money is just as important as guns. Plus: Tensions flare in a neighborhood council.; By Anna Badkhen May 12, 2008
Who's the superpower now?: As oil prices drain the U.S. of military power and influence, Russia is rising as a world force again.; By Michael T. Klare May 12, 2008
Bradleys used to be considered impregnable: As the hatch closes, I think about the four men from the platoon I'm with who were charred to death in one of these fighting vehicles.; By Anna Badkhen May 10, 2008
Double, double toil and trouble in Berkeley: Code Pink witches take on the U.S. Marines Corps, and broomsticks fly.; Katharine Mieszkowski May 9, 2008
Rumsfeld blamed generals for lack of forces in postwar Iraq: Newly released Pentagon files have the former secretary of defense faulting military commanders for inadequate troop strength.; Vincent Rossmeier May 9, 2008
Killing by the numbers: In 2007 elite U.S. snipers executed an unarmed Iraqi prisoner in cold blood. Have the insidious tactics that led to atrocities in Vietnam reemerged in Iraq?; By Mark Benjamin and Christopher Weaver May 9, 2008
Guns and water coolers in Iraq: U.S. soldiers drink water, lots of it, in scorching hot Baghdad. Plus, patrolling the streets with a less than disciplined Iraqi army squad.; By Anna Badkhen May 9, 2008
The Iraq movie we've been waiting for: Nick Broomfield's pulse-pounding "Battle for Haditha" turns the infamous 2005 civilian massacre into a haunting classic about the inhumanity of war.; Andrew O'Hehir May 8, 2008
Helicopter travel in Iraq: Military travel is grueling, especially for a soldier with a hole in his face from a sniper bullet who's trying to get back home to Missouri.; By Anna Badkhen May 7, 2008
Back to Baghdad: A reporter flies over the Iraqi capital on her 10th reporting trip, and sees empty swimming pools, kids playing on a grassless field, entire houses buried in trash.; By Anna Badkhen May 5, 2008
Dem candidates weigh in on "Mission Accomplished": Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama issue statements about the five-year anniversary of the speech President Bush gave from the deck of an aircraft carrier.; Alex Koppelman May 1, 2008
Audit shows more problems with Iraqi security forces: In a report, the Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction highlights continuing difficulties accounting for Iraqi forces.; Alex Koppelman Apr 25, 2008
Interrogating Abu Ghraib: Errol Morris on his film "Standard Operating Procedure," why Lynndie England and others took photographs, and how the infamous images conceal as much as they reveal (podcast and video).; Andrew O'Hehir Apr 25, 2008
What will they really do about Iraq?: McCain, Clinton and Obama have all made broad pronouncements about how they'd handle the war as president. But how do their plans hold up under scrutiny?; By Mark Benjamin Apr 17, 2008
Iraq: The ten commandments: In honor of Charlton Heston, here are 10 lessons we should engrave on our foreign policy tablets as we prepare to leave Iraq.; By Gary Kamiya Apr 15, 2008
Dick Cheney was never a "grown-up": A hard look at how one man changed the face of neoconservatism.; By Sidney Blumenthal Apr 14, 2008
Once upon a time, Dad went to war: Books had always helped me in a crisis. But could I find one that explained to my kids why their father was in Iraq?; By Alison Buckholtz Apr 11, 2008
Sizing up Petraeus on Iraq: The top U.S. general gave Congress an upbeat assessment of the war Tuesday. Here's the reality behind the rhetoric.; By Mark Benjamin Apr 9, 2008
The Iran boogeyman is back: Gen. Petraeus is reportedly going to blame Iran for why we need to stay in Iraq. If he does, it'll be destructive propaganda.; By Gary Kamiya Apr 8, 2008
Theirs not to reason why: What's mysterious to civilians about the military is the Semper Fi part, the discipline to carry out a mission about which you're deeply skeptical.; By Garrison Keillor Apr 2, 2008
Terror and loathing: Martin Amis may not know much about Islam and 9/11, but he knows what he hates.; By Laura Miller Apr 2, 2008
Why al-Maliki attacked Basra: The three reasons the Iraqi prime minister launched his ill-fated assault on the Sadrists of southern Iraq.; By Juan Cole Apr 1, 2008
McCain's Vietnam obsession: The former POW's Senate career has been marked by his outspoken determination never to repeat Vietnam mistakes. So why does he support the Iraq war?; By Mark Benjamin Apr 1, 2008

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