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Jen Banbury

Rummy's scapegoat: Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinski -- former commander at Abu Ghraib -- says she was hung out to dry by the Pentagon.; By Jen Banbury Nov 10, 2005
Rage and danger in Kurdistan: Angry with the U.S. for betraying their dream of independence, the Kurds could ignite an Iraqi civil war.; By Jen Banbury Jul 22, 2004
Fleeing Baghdad: I didn't want to leave the nation my country tore apart. But then came warnings that our house was targeted. A farewell portrait of a place on the edge of the abyss.; By Jen Banbury Apr 7, 2004
"We are sleeping lions. We're waiting to eat Americans": For the first time, I've started to feel unsafe in Iraq.; By Jen Banbury Mar 20, 2004
"Guantanamo on steroids": Abu Ghraib was an infamous prison under Saddam. Now, for Iraqis seeking relatives detained by the U.S. military, it is still a place where men disappear.; By Jen Banbury Mar 3, 2004
The hermetically sealed conquerors: Hunkered down in their weird security zone, the Americans who run Iraq have almost no contact with the country or its people.; By Jen Banbury Feb 20, 2004
Inside the Green Zone: For Iraqis living in the surreal city within a city from which the U.S. runs Iraq, the invasion is already ancient history. What they want is electricity, water and a social life.; By Jen Banbury Feb 6, 2004
Enter the ayatollahs: Will Iraq turn into an Iranian-style theocracy or a more tolerant Muslim state? As zero hour for America's grand experiment approaches, Shiite leaders hold the key.; By Jen Banbury Jan 30, 2004
"God has given us victory!": Joyous Iraqis celebrate Saddam's capture, but no one knows if the tyrant's videotaped humiliation will end the guerrilla rebellion.; By Jen Banbury Dec 14, 2003
Out of the shadows: Armed only with ancient film, scraps of paper, broken buildings and an irrepressible passion to create, Baghdad's artists are emerging from the long darkness of Saddam.; By Jen Banbury Dec 11, 2003
Night raid in Baghdad: "Twenty-three hours of boredom and a minute of hell": Our reporter joins U.S. troops on a mission to find guerrillas.; By Jen Banbury Dec 4, 2003
Operation Iron Hammer: Make noise, kill cows: If the U.S. wants to capture or kill Iraqi insurgents, local residents ask, why is it providing advance notice of its attacks?; By Jen Banbury Nov 21, 2003
From Baghdad to Brooklyn and back: A deportee's strange, sad tale: All Iraq-born Anas wanted to do was raise his family in New York. But the U.S. kicked him out, and now he's a lost soul in a broken city.; By Jen Banbury Nov 13, 2003
Waiting for the command to start killing Americans: In Sadr City, a friendly young Shiite shopkeeper buys me a 7 Up, then says he wants his ayatollah to call for jihad. And he's not alone.; By Jen Banbury Nov 5, 2003
The severed foot: Yesterday's bombings left Iraqis scared, pissed off and just plain freaked out. They also left a grisly souvenir, which some giggling kids showed me in the tall grass.; By Jen Banbury Oct 29, 2003
Mystery roundup: Humor and history dominate our eclectic selection of 1998's best crime fiction.; By Suzette Lalime Dec 24, 1998
Like A Hole In The Head: Suzette Lalime Davidson review 'Like a Hole in the Head' by Jen Banbury; By Suzette Lalime Davidson May 1, 1998

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