11 GIs Killed; 70 Dead in Oct.; Bush: This is their Tet; Maliki Sees Sistani Iraqi guerrillas killed 11 US troops on Wednesday, one of […]

Year One of the Empire Bush: Resistance is Illogical Bush and a supine, cowardly Congress shredded the US Constitution on Tuesday, abolishing the right of […]

31 Percent Increase in Iraq Poverty 60 Percent Unemployment 30 Bodies Found in Baghdad Sabrina Tavernise reports that US troops were called in by the […]

130 Killed in Wave of Sectarian Attacks Bush called Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Monday to reassure him that it was not true that the […]

The End of Press Freedom in Iraq? Al-Zaman, the Times of Baghdad, reports [Ar.] that press freedom may soon be a thing of the past […]

Bloodbath in Kirkuk; Sunni Radicals seek Islamic Republic; Sunni Party Challenges Confederacies Al-Zaman [Ar.] reports that 5 car bombings killed 11 [late reports say 13], […]

Murtha on Administration Name-Calling Rep. John P. Murtha is among the bravest men in the US Congress. He minds chickenhawks like Dick Cheney and George […]

Over 90 Dead in Civil War Violence Shiite Militiamen Kill 27 Sunnis at Balad Two more US troops were announced killed on Saturday. Enraged by […]

Corey Robin on “Liberty versus Security” Corey Robin’s review essay in the London Review of Books raises a raft of important questions about civil liberties […]