http://dir.salon.com/topics/phillip_robertson/?source=rss&aim=phillip_robertson en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 14 Jul 2006 06:07:00 PDT By Phillip Robertson Fri, 14 Jul 2006 06:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/07/14/kidnapping/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/07/14/kidnapping/index.html?source=rss A search for Sadr City's killing fields goes terribly wrong. By Phillip Robertson Fri, 14 Jul 2006 06:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/07/13/morgue/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/07/13/morgue/index.html?source=rss The Baghdad morgue, where Iraqis come every day to collect the bodies of slain relatives and comrades, is the alpha and omega of Iraq's civil war. By Phillip Robertson Fri, 14 Jul 2006 06:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/07/12/baghdad/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/07/12/baghdad/index.html?source=rss A savage outbreak of retaliatory killings has pushed Iraq to the brink of civil war. In the first of three exclusive reports, our correspondent investigates the Mahdi Army's Baghdad death squads. By Phillip Robertson Fri, 14 Jul 2006 06:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/08/26/culture/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/08/26/culture/index.html?source=rss Iraqi culture was reborn when Saddam fell, only to die again. A report from Baghdad's fear-haunted literary cafes. By Phillip Robertson Fri, 14 Jul 2006 06:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/07/27/sniper/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/07/27/sniper/index.html?source=rss Yasser Salihee was an Iraqi journalist. Joe was an American sniper. On June 24, 2005, fate brought them together on a Baghdad street. By Phillip Robertson Fri, 14 Jul 2006 06:07:00 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. By Phillip Robertson Fri, 14 Jul 2006 06:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/04/18/marla/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/04/18/marla/index.html?source=rss While others argued, Marla acted. She gave her young life to help the innocent victims of the Iraq war. At 28, she represented the best of America. By Phillip Robertson Fri, 14 Jul 2006 06:07:00 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 Phillip Robertson Fri, 14 Jul 2006 06:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/08/28/najaf/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/08/28/najaf/index.html?source=rss As peaceful demonstrators poured into Najaf and the Mahdi fighters finally agreed to lay down their arms, Iraqi police incited an ominous new wave of violence. By Phillip Robertson Fri, 14 Jul 2006 06:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/08/13/najaf/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/08/13/najaf/index.html?source=rss Al-Mahdi fighters blame the U.S. for violating the cease-fire, and fighting rages in the streets of Najaf and Sadr City. As the Black Hawk swooped down to provide cover for U.S. fighters, I could see the laces on the gunner's boots. By Phillip Robertson Fri, 14 Jul 2006 06:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/07/12/patrol/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/07/12/patrol/index.html?source=rss Sgt. Reggie Butler saw his gunner buddy die inches away from him as they patrolled in Sadr City. "I'll do everything I can to bring all the soldiers back," he says. "Anything." By Phillip Robertson Fri, 14 Jul 2006 06:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/06/17/bose/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/06/17/bose/index.html?source=rss Dr. Sudip Bose joined the Army to help pay his medical school bills. Now he's a surgeon in Iraq, saving the lives of Americans as well as the Iraqis who are trying to kill them. By Phillip Robertson Fri, 14 Jul 2006 06:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/05/28/fake/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/05/28/fake/index.html?source=rss Hours after a deal was struck, armed Mahdi army forces are back in Najaf -- abetted by fresh volunteers. By Phillip Robertson Fri, 14 Jul 2006 06:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/05/22/najaf/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/05/22/najaf/index.html?source=rss A terrified Iraqi bookstore owner denounces the Mahdi Army as "barbarians" as Muqtada al-Sadr prepares for martyrdom at the hands of American troops. By Phillip Robertson Fri, 14 Jul 2006 06:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/05/15/najaf/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/05/15/najaf/index.html?source=rss The young Al-Mahdi Army soldiers said nothing as we drove past. The U.S. Army had just blasted their cemetery stronghold with Apaches, and they didn't care about anything. By Phillip Robertson Fri, 14 Jul 2006 06:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/05/08/torture/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/05/08/torture/index.html?source=rss An Al-Jazeera cameraman detained and tortured at Abu Ghraib recalls beatings, threats and photos of torture victims used as screen savers on military PCs. By Phillip Robertson Fri, 14 Jul 2006 06:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/05/01/arrested/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/05/01/arrested/index.html?source=rss On the way to Najaf, I fell into the wrong hands. By Phillip Robertson Fri, 14 Jul 2006 06:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/04/27/militia/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/04/27/militia/index.html?source=rss From Najaf to Baghdad, I track the men who are menacing the U.S. occupation. They're young, desperate and dangerous -- and their ranks are growing. By Phillip Robertson Fri, 14 Jul 2006 06:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/04/17/najaf/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/04/17/najaf/index.html?source=rss Inside the Iraqi cleric's stronghold, the al Mehdi militia hunker down for a showdown with the U.S. that they believe they can -- and will -- win. By Phillip Robertson Fri, 14 Jul 2006 06:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/04/14/baghdad/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/04/14/baghdad/index.html?source=rss The silent streets of Baghdad tell an ominous tale: A year after Saddam's fall, the hope and optimism that followed the American invasion are dead. By Phillip Robertson Fri, 14 Jul 2006 06:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/05/07/iraq_theater/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/05/07/iraq_theater/index.html?source=rss In a ruined theater, in front of a weeping audience, a group of dissident artists stages the capital's first uncensored play in decades. By Phillip Robertson Fri, 14 Jul 2006 06:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/05/01/abu_ghraib/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/05/01/abu_ghraib/index.html?source=rss Hamid al Mokhtar wrote novels and poems. For this, he was imprisoned and tortured for eight years at the vast Abu Ghraib prison complex in Baghdad. Today, he goes back to the scene of his nightmares. By Phillip Robertson Fri, 14 Jul 2006 06:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/04/26/graves/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/04/26/graves/index.html?source=rss Mass graves are discovered every day in northern Iraq. And in Mosul, an old friend of Uday Hussein is taking charge. The resonance is eerie. By Phillip Robertson Fri, 14 Jul 2006 06:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/04/21/mosul/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/04/21/mosul/index.html?source=rss A report from the most violent place in Iraq. By Phillip Robertson Fri, 14 Jul 2006 06:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/04/12/mosul_falls/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/04/12/mosul_falls/index.html?source=rss Abandoned by the Iraqi army and unprotected by Kurds or Americans, Mosul burns, as looters dismember its ancient splendors and its archaeological heritage is smashed to bits.