Iraq

The Idiot's Guide to Foreign Wars (Iraq Edition)

Take the very least you need to know about a distant country. Halve it. Add racial stereotypes. Put it in a US training manual.

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| Thu Mar. 3, 2011 1:01 AM PST

The Illustrated Etiquette Guide for Soldiers (Iraq War Edition)

Learn how to say "where are the prisoners kept?" in phonetic Arabic, plus cultural advice on hugging from the US military.

Slideshow by Jen Phillips

 | Thu Mar. 3, 2011 1:01 AM PST

Are GOPers Playing Politics With Military Gear?

The Army needs lifesaving gear, not Humvees. But the Humvee manufacturer lobbies an influential congressman.

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| Wed Mar. 2, 2011 4:31 PM PST

Army Gibberish: A Primer (Video)

Why haven't we found Bin Laden yet? Maybe because we haven't adequately operationalized the net-centric battlespace paradigm for optimal fires integration...

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| Sun Feb. 13, 2011 8:35 PM PST

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Corn on "Hardball": Is Rumsfeld Rewriting History?
Tue Feb. 8, 2011 4:34 PM PST

Rumsfeld's Memoir: Known and Unknown and Untrue

The ex-defense secretary says he may have made a "few misstatements" about Iraq's WMDs. A few?!

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| Tue Feb. 8, 2011 3:10 PM PST

Egypt, Afghanistan, Iraq...Zombies?

Why we need Daniel Drezner's "Theories of International Politics and Zombies."

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| Mon Feb. 7, 2011 4:00 AM PST

The State of the Union That Got Away

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| Mon Jan. 24, 2011 4:45 AM PST

Contractor Hid in Iraq for Seven Years Over US Rape Charge

He allegedly assaulted an underage girl, then hopped a flight to the war zone. How is that even possible?

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| Tue Jan. 11, 2011 7:18 PM PST

The Urge to Surge

War is a drug and Washington’s on a 30-year high.

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| Wed Jan. 5, 2011 4:00 AM PST

No Perle of Wisdom on START

More bad foreign policy advice from the neocon hawk who got everything wrong on Iraq.

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| Tue Dec. 21, 2010 4:00 AM PST

Does WikiLeaks Help Gunrunners?

Anti-trafficking experts say Cablegate and the war diaries tell shady arms dealers how to foil US and NGO counterproliferation efforts.

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| Thu Dec. 16, 2010 4:00 AM PST

Peace Meals: Dolmas With Ahmad

A war reporter's dolma recipe, plus a tale of food, family, and conflict.

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| Fri Nov. 26, 2010 4:00 AM PST

How to Schedule a War

The incredible shrinking withdrawal date.

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| Tue Nov. 23, 2010 5:15 PM PST

The New War Congress

An Obama-Republican war alliance?

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| Mon Nov. 22, 2010 1:16 PM PST

Bush Kept His "Mission Accomplished" Banner

Wanna see it? If you're headed to Dallas in the future, you may get your chance!

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| Thu Nov. 18, 2010 4:07 PM PST

Are Good Journalists "All Bad People"?

A war reporter defines "objectivity": videotaping a man who's bleeding to death without stopping to save his life.

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| Wed Nov. 17, 2010 6:21 PM PST

Twenty-First Century Blowback?

As prospects dim in Iraq, the Pentagon digs in deeper around the Middle East.

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| Tue Nov. 16, 2010 4:18 PM PST

Bush Photoshops Rove Out of Plame Scandal

In an act of historical airbrushing, the ex-president leaves a key player out of his account of the CIA leak case.

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| Tue Nov. 16, 2010 4:00 AM PST

George W. Bush's Omission Points

What's missing from W.'s memoir? How about the time he floated a plan to provoke a confrontation with Iraq.

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| Fri Nov. 12, 2010 4:00 AM PST