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Casualties Continue in Vietnam

The devastation of unexploded ordnance from the ‘American War.’

vol. 33, iss. 05    ,

Democrats Duck Bush Torture Probe

Despite overwhelming evidence of a systematic policy of illegal torture during the Bush era, Democrats appear to be shying away from their own recommendation for a special prosecutor to investigate these apparent war crimes.

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Closing America’s Torture Chambers

President Obama was courageous to issue an executive order to close Guantánamo by next January. Having litigated on behalf… more

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A Nation Divided

If the war in Iraq is winding down, what does peace look like?

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Always Look on the Bright Side of Genocide

When did the Holocaust become morally ambiguous?

vol. 33, iss. 03    ,

Israel, Gaza and the Left

One of the left's most significant ideological failings in recent years has been its habit of issuing shrill and… more

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War Without Warriors

Robots have the perverse side effect of making war seem easy.

vol. 33, iss. 03    , , ,

Attack of the Killer Robots

The Pentagon’s dream of a techno army is doomed to fail.

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Hamas, Gaza and Bush’s Legacy

One would have to have a heart of stone not to be appalled by the mass suffering visited upon… more

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Ban the Cluster Bomb

More than 100 countries have agreed to stop using them. Guess which one hasn't

vol. 32, iss. 12    ,

Bringing Baghdad to Denver Streets

DENVER -- "This is not street theater! This is real!" shouted a man wearing a baseball cap into a… more

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No Refuge from Iraq in Canada

Conscientious objectors from the U.S. military who are seeking refuge in Canada are rightly confused about the rules when… more

vol. 32, iss. 09    , ,

Why Democrats Won’t Stop the War

The nationwide opposition to the Iraq War is based on a host of populist impulses. Some people hate it… more

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The Fog of War Crimes

Who's to blame when 'just following orders' means murder?

vol. 32, iss. 01    , ,

McGovern Still on the Antiwar Path

The retired senator and former ambassador to the United Nations is stumping for a book he co-wrote with foreign policy analyst William R. Polk called Out of Iraq: A Practical Plan for Withdrawal Now while buttonholing dozens of members of Congress and urging our immediate withdrawal from Iraq

vol. 32, iss. 01    ,

The Accidental War

The Bush administration might not deliberately launch a war with Iran, heightened U.S.-Iran tensions could push some minor incident into a major conflict.

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The Disturbing Sounds of the Turkish March

The true problem with "militaristic humanism" resides not in "militaristic," but in "humanism," in the way a military intervention is presented as humanitarian aid

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Suffering Secondary Trauma

Finding Iris Chang: Friendship, Ambition and the Loss of an Extraordinary Mind explores the complexity of Chang's psychology as it formed around the demands of her profession and her personal struggles stemming from her writing about The Rape of Nanking

vol. 31, iss. 11    ,

Merc is the New Crack

America's deadly dependence on private security contractors in Iraq

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Why Iraq is Getting Worse

A new civil war between Shiites erupts within the old civil war between Sunnis and Shiites

vol. 31, iss. 10    ,

Extending Tours, Stressing Troops

Despite a growing body of medical research, the Pentagon is extending tours of duty to their longest levels since World War II, precipitating the first time in history that active-duty soldiers will spend more time in combat than at home

vol. 31, iss. 09    , ,

Counterinsurgency 101

General Petraeus says he thinks the war in Iraq is winnable. His recent manual suggests otherwise.

vol. 31, iss. 03    ,

Spoils of War

Oil, the U.S.-Middle East Free Trade Area and the Bush Agenda

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I Hate to Say We Told You So, But

Now that the Bush administration has sustained massive, serial repudiations of its tragic folly in Iraq--from the Iraq Study… more

vol. 31, iss. 01    ,

Iraqi Health Care: Hostage to War

Zainab may be one of the 655,000 Iraqis who would be alive today if the Bush administration hadn't launched… more

vol. 31, iss. 01    ,

What We Leave Behind

From Kosovo to Lebanon, cluster bomb casualties continue to mount

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A Nation Is Not a Plate

The United States should be held responsible for its crimes and destruction in Iraq with a withdrawl and reparations.

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Halliburton Hearts Congress

Do partisanship and cronyism trump congressional oversight and corporate accountability?

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Route-Stepping? Our Way to WWIII

Scare-tactic allusions to war allow Bush to push an extremist agenda.

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The Neocons Lexicon

Republican term "Islamofacism" conflates the war on terro as a battle between the Enlightenment and Theocracy.

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9/11 Refracted

Post-9/11 reporting has been full of commercialization, ideology and manipulation, not unbiased reporting.

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The Good War on Terror

How the Greatest Generation helped pave the road to Baghdad

vol. 30, iss. 09    , ,

Privatized Warfare: The Summer of Discontent

A new documentary by Robert Greenwald - "Iraq For Sale" - details the corporate profiteering of the increasingly privatized U.S. military.

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Bird-Dogging Hillary Clinton

Operation "Bird-Dog Hillary" is part of an effort by CODEPINK to get Sen. Clinton to support bringing the troops home from Iraq.

vol. 30, iss. 09    , ,

Iraq on the Big Screen

Who should define what a war is "about"? By any ethical standard, that right should fall to the besieged--those… more

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A Fundamental History Lesson

The rise of National Socialism proved politics and religion don't mix

vol. 29, iss. 22    ,
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