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20 years after US invasion, Iraq is far from ‘liberal democracy'
(Spring 2023)
- Iraqi blood is on all of our hands (Nov/December 2019)
- Most American veterans say the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq were not
worth fighting' (July/August 2019)
- Civilians emerge
from Mosuls rubble starving, injured and traumatized (July/August 2017)
- U.K. Chilcot report on Iraq
war offers damning critique (July/August 2016)
- Iraqi city of Ramadi,
once home to 500,000, lies in ruins (Jan/February 2016)
- ISIS and the
curse of the Iraq War (Sept/October 2015)
- Iraqi fighters say
more U.S. advisors wont turn the tide (July/August 2015)
- U.S. claims that Ramadi
is a mere setback are delusional' (May/June 2015)
- For Iraqis, years after
U.S. invasion seem like unending war (March/April 2015)
- 2014 deadliest year in
Iraq for civilians since bloody 2006-7 (Jan/February 2015)
- The gall of Dick Cheney
about Iraq (July/August 2014)
- Iraqi military
breakdown fueled by corruption and politics (July/August 2014)
- U.S. plans nearly $1
billion arms deal with Iraq (May/Jume 2014)
- Iraqi forces, images
testify to atrocities in new fighting (March/April 2014)
- Iraqis fleeing the worst
fighting seen in years (Jan/February 2014)
- Photos of Marines burning
Iraqi bodies trigger investigation (Jan/February 2014)
- New Iraq War death
toll estimate: 461,000 dead (Nov/December 2013)
- Iraq ten years
later: way worse than a dumb war (July/August 2013)
- A decade after Iraq War
began, we should make amends (March/April 2013)
- Iraq War 10th
anniversary: A look back (March/April 2013)
- 10 years after Iraq
invasion, Sunnis chafe under Shiite rule (March/April 2013)
- Iraqi audit indicates money
laundering (Nov/December 2012)
- Iraqis face long future
of fear as attacks mount (July/August 2012)
- Human costs of the Iraq war
(July/August 2012)
- New tensions arise as
Iraqs displaced persons return home (May/June 2012)
- Wartime contracting records on fraud and
waste sealed for 20 years (Nov/December 2011)
- Fight for Iraqi womens
rights begins all over again (Nov/December 2011)
- Maliki broadens
dictatorial powers in Iraq (May/June 2011)
- War in Iraq has made U.S.
less safe (Dec. 5, 2010)
- British panel begins
inquiry on Iraq war; Blair to testify (Nov/December 2009)
- Iraqis hit by frenzy of
crime after years of war (Sept/October 2009)
- Lance Corporal Jeff Lucey,
USMC, veteran (Sept/Octoober 2009)
- The illusion of withdrawal in
Iraq (July/August 2009)
- Iraq war inquiry in Britain
(July/August 2009)
- U.S. inaugurates $700 million
embassy in Iraq (Jan/February 2009)
- Corruption in Iraqi
government remains untouchable (Nov/December 2008)
- Iraqi refugee crisis threatens
further Mideast instability (Sept/October 2008)
- Obamas plan for Iraq
(July/August 2008)
- Iraq war a major
debacle with outcome in doubt' (May/June 2008)
- A dangerous walk to work in Iraq
(March/April 2008)
- Bush to ignore prohibition on
permanent bases in Iraq (March/April 2008)
- Too Many Years, Too Many
Lives (March/April 2008)
- Bush, U.S. troops stuck in
the sand (Jan/February 2008)
- Real battle for Iraq set to
begin (Jan/February 2008)
- U.S. embassy in Baghdad a
symbol of corruption (Jan/February 2008)
- Invaders guide to Iraq -
1942 (Nov/December 2007)
- The Iraq war as we saw it
(Sept/October 2007)
- War is indeed hell
(Sept/October 2007)
- Five years and
continuing (Sept/October 2007)
- Iraq surge
hides the purge (Sept. 23, 2007)
- Dysfunctional Democracy
(May/June 2007)
- Iraq diaspora is a
humanitarian crisis (March/April 2007)
- Blame the Iraqis (March/April
2007)
- $ billions squandered in
Iraq (March/April 2007)
- Surge
wont work (2 February 2007)
- Bipartisan butchery (5
January 2007)
- Cakewalk now a
death march (Nov/December 2006)
- Aussie firm briefed on Iraq war
year before invasion (Nov/December 2006)
- Iraq burns, we shop
(Nov/December 2006)
- Iraq war increases terror threat
(Sept/October 2006)
- Army officer refuses to serve in
Iraq (July/August 2006)
- Leading by example, but
not U.S. (May/June 2006)
- The creep that brought us
the Iraq war (May/June 2006)
- Memories of a massacre in
Haditha (May/June 2006)
- U.S. troops in Iraq say end war
in 2006 (March/April 2006)
- Soldiers flee to Canada to avoid
Iraq duty (March/April 2006)
- Views of Iraq, three years
later (March 18, 2006)
- Our 'Dogs of War', three
years later (March 18, 2006)
- Iraq security 'out of control'
(Jan/February 2006)
- The True Costs of the
Iraq War (Jan/February 2006)
- Cost of Iraq war could reach $2,000 billion
(Jan/February 2006)
- The Problem in Iraq (Dec.
9, 2005)
- Nuremberg and Iraq -
(Nov. 29, 2005)
- Grieving for America [Iraq war]
(Nov/December 2005)
- Bush wanted to bomb Al-Jazeera
(Nov/December 2005)
- Powell calls his U.N. speech a
lasting blot on his record (Sept/October 2005)
- Internationalizing Iraq is our
best option (Sept/October 2005)
- Samaritans to Iraq fined
$20,000 (Sept/October 2005)
- Iraq must not be seen as a
failure (Sept/October 2005)
- ENOUGH! [Iraq war] (Sept.
24, 2005)
- LET GO & LET LIVE
[Iraq war] (Sept. 24, 2005)
- Panel indicts U.S., U.K. over
Iraq (July/August 2005)
- AFL-CIO calls for rapid'
return of U.S. troops (July/August 2005)
- Downing Street memo a smoking
gun (May/June 2005)
- Secret memo sets off
impeachment campaign (May/June 2005)
- British MP attacks Senate
charges (May/June 2005)
- Two years and
descending [Iraq war] (March 19, 2005)
- The children not left
behind [Iraq war] (March 19, 2005)
- An election to anoint an
occupation [Iraq war] (Jan/February 2005)
- How many more Iraqis must
die for our revenge? (Nov/December 2004)
- Prosecute war crimes,
group says (Nov/December 2004)
- Sarin probable Gulf war
syndrome cause (Nov/December 2004)
- Iffy propositions (Tri-City
Herald, October 26, 2004)
- Light at the end of the tunnel ?
(Sept/October 2004)
- Its between friends
(Sept/October 2004)
- Remembered in passing
(Sept/October 2004)
- Lies on the record (March/April
2004)
- Iraqi defector lied about WMD
(March/April 2004)
- Backpedaling on the rush to
war (Jan/February 2004)
- What they said (Jan/February 2004)
- Empty boots honor U.S. dead in
Iraq (Jan/February 2004)
- Suicide probe 'whitewash'
clears Blair (Jan/February 2004)
- Quagmire! (Sept/October 2003)
- To save face, the U.S. needs the
U.N. (July/August 2003)
- Intrigue surrounds scientist's
suicide (July/August 2003)
- The Truth Will Emerge (May/June 2003)
- Saving Private Lynch: Take 2 (May/June
2003)
- Mass graves legacy of Husseins
terror (May/June 2003)
- Gulf War II and Nuremberg (March/April
2003)
- Global voices (March/April 2003)
- Do you support the troops? (March/April
2003)
- Halabja poison gas not Iraq's
(March/April 2003)
- Evil and good (Iraq forum,
February 27, 2003)
- War and peace (Iraq forum, February 27, 2003)
- Bush Sr. rejected regime
change (Jan/February 2003)
- Others say ... (Jan/February 2003)
- Cities and counties
oppose war (Jan/February 2003)
- U.S. considers oil grab to pay
for war (Jan/February 2003)
- Huge death toll forecast
from war on Iraq (Nov/December 2002)
- Weapons inspectors
mission faces long odds (Nov/December 2002)
- High school student suspended
for voicing opposition to war (Nov/December 2002)
- "No 9-1-1939," speech
delivered at a rally for peace, September 28, 2002
- Loving 'enemy' brings big fines
(July/August 2002)
- Witness: Kathy Kelly, Voice in
the Wilderness
- U.S. knew sanctions would
kill kids (Sept/October 2001)
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