Training Iraq's Death Squads
Spencer Ackerman : Iraq
The Army's plan to professionalize Iraq's police could backfire, as militia-infiltrated squads become more effective killers.
2006
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Waltzing With Warlords
Five years after the United States ousted the Taliban, optimism about Afghanistan's future is evaporating. Three new books shed light on what went wrong.
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Who's Running Afghan Policy?
Even if the United States has the will to do the hard work necessary to rebuild Afghanistan, there are few signs that senior Administration officials are engaged.
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Pity the Region
Augustus Richard Norton : Middle East
Robert Fisk's The Great War for Civilization criticizes a self-righteous US foreign policy oblivious to the power of retributive justice in the Middle East.
2005
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Iraq: The Chaos Deepens
David Enders : US Foreign Policy
As elections near, guerrillas are conducting their own "shock and awe" campaign.
2004
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Hold Bush to His Lie
Naomi Klein : Transitional Governments
True democracy could still come to Iraq.
2003
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Travels With Izzi
Peter Davis : US Military Presence Abroad
US tactics in Iraq are designed to produce not conciliation but control.
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