Iraq War - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/iraq_war/?source=rss&aim=iraq_war en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT "The Hurt Locker" By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/06/26/hurt_locker/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/06/26/hurt_locker/index.html?source=rss Could an Iraq war movie actually be good? Kathryn Bigelow's unsettling film is more than explosions and gore Biden in Baghdad By Gabriel Winant Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/07/02/biden_iraq/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/07/02/biden_iraq/index.html?source=rss The vice president, now the administration's point man on Iraq, drops in to talk to officials, troops Defusing bombs at 115 degrees By Andrew O'Hehir Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/06/26/bigelow/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/06/26/bigelow/index.html?source=rss Action queen Kathryn Bigelow and writer Mark Boal talk about "The Hurt Locker," their pulse-elevating Iraq drama It is summer 2009, and John McCain is president By Michael Lind Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/06/16/president_mccain/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/06/16/president_mccain/index.html?source=rss In which the author imagines what America would be like if the GOP's man had won. Critics of Obama, take note. "This cycle of suspicion and discord must end" Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2009/06/04/obama_speech/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2009/06/04/obama_speech/index.html?source=rss The full text of President Obama's speech at Cairo University Obama, Muslim-world rock star By Juan Cole Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/06/03/obama/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/06/03/obama/index.html?source=rss They like him, they really like him! Well, maybe not so much in Egypt. But they're willing to give him a chance. Bush is gone, but Halliburton rolls on By Pratap Chatterjee Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/06/03/chatterjee/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/06/03/chatterjee/index.html?source=rss Dick Cheney's former company spun off KBR in 2007 -- yet paid a huge fine for the military contractor 3 months ago. Another round for democracy By Joe Conason Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2009/05/22/obama_cheney/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2009/05/22/obama_cheney/index.html?source=rss Cheney's hostile speech only highlighted President Obama's commitment to American standards of liberty Our unending war of terror By Noam Chomsky Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/05/19/chomsky/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/05/19/chomsky/index.html?source=rss Bush's embrace of torture was horrific, but it was hardly the first time Americans have acted like terrorists. The 13 people who made torture possible By Marcy Wheeler Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/05/18/torture/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/05/18/torture/index.html?source=rss The Bush administration's Torture 13. They authorized it, they decided how to implement it, and they crafted the legal fig leaf to justify it. We tortured to justify war By Joe Conason Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2009/05/14/cheney/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2009/05/14/cheney/index.html?source=rss Dick Cheney keeps saying "enhanced interrogation" was used to stop imminent attacks, but evidence is mounting that the real reason was to invent evidence linking Saddam Hussein to al-Qaida. They're Obama's wars now By Gene Lyons Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/05/14/lyons/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/05/14/lyons/index.html?source=rss George W. Bush may have started the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, but it's up to the new president to resolve them. Army suicides soar past 2008's pace By Mark Benjamin Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2009/05/12/ocpa/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2009/05/12/ocpa/index.html?source=rss The day after the shooting at a combat stress clinic in Iraq, new data released to Salon shows soldiers committing suicide at a record-setting pace. Is combat stress the reason? Two groups call for probe following Salon exposé By Mark Benjamin and Michael de Yoanna Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2009/05/05/vets/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2009/05/05/vets/index.html?source=rss A veterans organization and a government watchdog group have asked the House Armed Services Committee to investigate a veterans healthcare scandal exposed by Salon. The Democrats have no more excuses By David Sirota Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/05/01/democrats_specter/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/05/01/democrats_specter/index.html?source=rss With Arlen Specter and Al Franken, the Democrats will have 60 votes in the Senate. They can no longer blame Republicans for standing in the way of a progressive agenda. Cheney's painful war for torture By Gene Lyons Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/04/30/lyons/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/04/30/lyons/index.html?source=rss President Obama must fight back against the former vice president by launching investigations into the Bush administration's interrogation policies. Farewell to the American Century By Andrew Bacevich Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/04/30/bacevich/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/04/30/bacevich/index.html?source=rss Americans have perpetuated a mythic version of the past that never even approximated reality and today has become downright malignant. Why can't conservatives admit George Bush broke America? By Glenallen Walken Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/04/27/wingnut/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/04/27/wingnut/index.html?source=rss From his undisclosed location, our undercover Wingnut explains why the right thinks George Bush has been unfairly criticized and will be vindicated by history. The Army investigates itself again By Mark Benjamin Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2009/04/23/army_medical/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2009/04/23/army_medical/index.html?source=rss Why is the Army sending sick troops back into combat? You won't learn the answer from a new internal report. The shaming of America By Gene Lyons Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/04/23/lyons/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/04/23/lyons/index.html?source=rss Judge Jay S. Bybee provided the legal framework for torture to the Bush administration. If he had even a particle of decency, he'd resign. Torture planning began in 2001, Senate report reveals By Mark Benjamin Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/04/22/benjamin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/04/22/benjamin/index.html?source=rss Bush officials said they only tortured terrorists after they wouldn't talk. New evidence shows they planned torture soon after 9/11 -- and used it to find links between al-Qaida and Saddam. Rumsfeld: Architect of torture By Mike Madden Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/04/22/madden/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/04/22/madden/index.html?source=rss The secretary of defense began laying the groundwork for detainee abuse years before Abu Ghraib. The two Obamas By Michael Lind Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/04/21/obama/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/04/21/obama/index.html?source=rss Obama is a better foreign-policy president than domestic-policy president. Unfortunately, so was Jimmy Carter. Time to be bold. While you were out By Mike Madden Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/04/10/obama/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/04/10/obama/index.html?source=rss Back from Baghdad, the president clears out his in box and talks healthcare, pirates and mortgages. He will fix your muffler AND refinance your home. "This report does not find pressure to change clinical diagnoses" Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2009/04/09/each/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2009/04/09/each/index.html?source=rss A summary of an Army investigation says some soldiers with PTSD may not get the diagnoses they deserve -- but nobody in the Army did anything wrong.