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  • An Iraq-9/11 link? A report says Bush was told no -- in 2001

    The White House won't provide a copy of a Sept. 21, 2001, PDB to the Senate Intelligence Committee.
    By Tim Grieve November 23, 2005

  • The White House counterattack shoots -- and misses -- again

    The target this time: Michigan Sen. Carl Levin.
    By Tim Grieve November 14, 2005

  • Judgment day for Saddam

    The trial of the former dictator could be cathartic -- but it could also plunge Iraq deeper into chaos.
    By Georg Mascolo, Erich Wiedemann and Bernhard Zand October 19, 2005

  • The road to hell

    In the definitive book about the Iraq war, liberal hawk George Packer tells the whole story of America's worst foreign-policy debacle -- and reveals how good intentions can go terribly wrong.
    By Gary Kamiya October 7, 2005

  • For Bush, bin Laden is blowing in the wind

    The president says that terrorists would have caused Katrina if they could have.
    By Tim Grieve September 22, 2005

  • Christopher Hitchens' last battle

    The British hawk gives 10 reasons why Americans should be proud of the Iraq war. He goes 0 for 10.
    By Juan Cole September 5, 2005

  • Look in the mirror, Mr. President

    A Reaganite Republican says Bush should apologize for his grievous failures on Iraq.
    By Doug Bandow August 1, 2005

  • Another Valerie Plame?

    A former CIA officer says he was fired for questioning the agency's conclusions, including those about Saddam Hussein's nuclear plans.
    By Tim Grieve August 1, 2005

  • Empty words

    Trying to revive his political credibility, Bush succeeded only in reminding us how clueless and reckless he has been as commander in chief.
    By Sidney Blumenthal June 30, 2005

  • More on the Saddam-9/11 link -- or not

    The office of North Carolina Rep. Robin Hayes stands by his claim -- sort of -- that Saddam Hussein was "very much involved" in the attacks of 9/11.
    By Tim Grieve June 30, 2005

  • GOP congressman: Saddam had a hand in 9/11

    In an interview with CNN, Republican Rep. Robin Hayes says that anyone who hasn't seen evidence of Saddam's involvement just hasn't looked in the right places.
    By Tim Grieve June 29, 2005

  • The last laugh

    History will hold Bush and Blair accountable for their lies in the run-up to the Iraq war, even if the D.C. press corps just finds them funny.
    By Joe Conason June 10, 2005

  • The revenge of Baghdad Bob

    Bush's ludicrous statements about Iraq are increasingly reminiscent of the propaganda spouted by the former spokesman for the Iraqi regime -- except that they're not funny.
    By Juan Cole June 9, 2005

  • Battling Iraq's insurgency -- in Syria

    Will the U.S. take military action against the Baath-friendly nation across the border?
    By Mark Follman May 24, 2005

  • When suicide bombings are newsworthy

    The right wing wants the "liberal media" cameras shut off. But if all the journalists in Iraq suddenly packed up and went home, the streets there would be no less bloody.
    By Mark Follman May 12, 2005

  • Afraid to tell the truth

    A secret memo publicized in Britain confirms the lies on which Bush based his Iraq policy. Why has it received so little notice in the U.S. press?
    By Joe Conason May 6, 2005

  • Bush White House turns its back on Gulf War vets

    The Supreme Court represents the last chance for a group of Gulf War POWs to be compensated for their suffering at Saddam's hands. The Bush administration wants the case thrown out.
    By Page Rockwell April 22, 2005

  • Where the Iraqis really do throw flowers

    The Kurds love American GIs. But will the good feelings continue if the U.S. has to rein in Kurdish ambitions?
    By David Axe March 25, 2005

  • Mr. Magoo goes to the World Bank

    The problem with Paul Wolfowitz isn't that he's an evil genius. It's that he has been consistently, astonishingly, unswervingly wrong about foreign policy for 30 years.
    By Michael Lind March 17, 2005

  • Democracy -- by George?

    President Bush and his supporters are taking credit for spreading freedom across the Middle East. Here's why they're wrong.
    By Juan Cole March 16, 2005

  • Hiding behind false outrage

    Long before the U.S. occupation, the U.N. Security Council closed its eyes to Saddam's misuse of humanitarian funds, increasing Iraqis' suffering. It's time for its members to apologize.
    By Michael Soussan February 12, 2005

  • "A military in extremis"

    Still living in a fantasy world, the administration has no strategy for maintaining the current number of U.S. forces in Iraq for two more years.
    By Sidney Blumenthal January 27, 2005

  • If you like Iraq, you'll love Iran

    Kenneth Pollack says the Bush administration doesn't have a clue about what to do in Iran and doesn't have much time to get it right.
    By Jeff Horwitz December 22, 2004

  • The day I almost led the Iraqi army

    Right after the fall of Baghdad, hundreds of desperate disbanded troops asked me -- a middle-aged journalist -- to give them jobs. That's when I knew everything was going terribly wrong.
    By Richard Leiby November 23, 2004

  • History of complicity

    Did the first President Bush, in 1991, and President Reagan, in the late '80s, cynically choose to ignore Saddam's use of chemical weapons against Iraqis?
    By Barry Lando November 19, 2004
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