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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
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
If Austin Powers were French -- and funny: He might be the star of "OSS 117," a deadpan, borderline-brilliant satire of postwar spy movies and preening Euro-idiocy in the Middle East.; Andrew O'Hehir 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
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
When my finger was on the button for Israel: I was a young law student applying for a part-time internship. To my amazement, I was soon casting votes at the U.N. and working for Ariel Sharon.; By Gregory Levey Apr 22, 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
How Iraq spawned wider terrorist chaos: As experts long warned, Islamic militants steeped in urban warfare against U.S. troops in Iraq have expanded their violent campaign beyond Iraq's borders.; By James Martin Apr 14, 2008
"Petroleum perpetuates patriarchy": Blame oil, not fundamentalism, for keeping the Middle East's women down.; Lynn Harris Apr 2, 2008
The fine art of battling oil addiction: Why I hope the president of Nigeria will make good on his plans to attend my show on oil politics.; By Dan Hoyle Mar 25, 2008
Bomb, bomb Iran?: John McCain's gaffe about an Iran-al-Qaida connection revealed how he and his hard-line allies are itching to target the mullahs next.; By Joe Conason Mar 21, 2008
Five years of Iraq lies: How President Bush and his advisors have spent each year of the war peddling mendacious tales about a mission accomplished.; By Juan Cole Mar 19, 2008
Of war and cancer: Five years after Bush invaded Iraq, anti-Americanism has metastasized. But we can still beat it.; By Gary Kamiya Mar 18, 2008
A new face for American diplomacy: Barack Obama is perceived by Muslims abroad like no other candidate. He would begin a presidency with tremendous potential to heal U.S. relations with much of the world.; By Hooman Majd Feb 21, 2008
Getting through these dark times: Foreign policy whiz Samantha Power sheds light on a legendary diplomat killed in Iraq, advising Barack Obama and how America can emerge from the Bush era.; By Leigh Flayton Feb 18, 2008
Journalism's last line of defense: A nervous news industry is killing off its ombudsmen. But after facing enraged NPR listeners when I had that role, I know the public has the most to lose.; By Jeffrey Dvorkin Feb 12, 2008
The blind giant of the Middle East: Israel's disastrous Second Lebanon War showed we've become an existential danger to ourselves. Our future depends on fundamental change.; By David Grossman Feb 11, 2008
Bush's delusions die in Gaza: The mass jailbreak of Gazans into Egypt revealed the bankruptcy of both Israel's policy of collective punishment and Bush's attempt to make Mideast peace.; By Gary Kamiya Jan 29, 2008
Egypt's Gaza nightmare: Palestinians have flooded into Egypt en masse since militants blew open a border wall. Is it a blessing in disguise for Israel?; By Pierre Heumann Jan 28, 2008
"The mother of all photo ops": Bush says he's "optimistic" about Middle East peace. Where have we heard that before?; Tim Grieve Nov 27, 2007
The real two-state solution: President Bush's peace summit for Israelis and Palestinians ignores a painful truth -- one that we are already living in the Middle East.; By Aluf Benn Nov 26, 2007
Mike Huckabee's Middle East miscue: In a Sunday morning interview, the cheerful conservative muffs an easy foreign-policy exam.; Walter Shapiro Nov 25, 2007
Bush and Musharraf's grand illusion: Democracy for Pakistan was never the deal -- and as Musharraf's latest power grab throws his nation into turmoil, Bush will gladly go along.; By Juan Cole Nov 6, 2007
"Seven countries in five years": Wesley Clark's new memoir casts more light on the Bush administration's secret strategies for regime change in Iran and elsewhere.; By Joe Conason Oct 12, 2007
Israel's rising right wing: Together, an enigmatic billionaire and a resurgent Bibi Netanyahu could put Israel on the war path. Dick Cheney, AIPAC and Iran are all watching closely.; By Gregory Levey Oct 9, 2007

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