Fallujah

Huge Rise In Birth Defects In Falluja (Video)

guardian.co.uk | Martin Chulov in Falluja | Posted 11.13.2009 | World


Doctors in Iraq's war-ravaged enclave of Falluja are dealing with up to 15 times as many chronic deformities in infants and a spike in early life canc...

The Stigma of PTSD

Jeremiah Workman | Posted 10.26.2009 | Living


Jeremiah Workman

Nutcase. Psycho. Unbalanced. These are some of the words I've been tagged with since being diagnosed with PTSD. Our society's image of the returning warrior with PTSD has been framed by Hollywood.

The War at Home

Jeremiah Workman | Posted 10.17.2009 | World


Jeremiah Workman

I learned the hard way that the war doesn't stop when our boots touch home soil again, it just changes form. We're tough guys who don't need help. For generations, that's been the ethos in the military.

Snake Eyes in Afghanistan

Derrick Crowe | Posted 11.24.2009 | World


Derrick Crowe

None of the credible options in Afghanistan offer real chances for rolling back the insurgent reaction to our presence or reducing terrorism against the United States.

Iraqi Shot After Throwing Slipper At US Patrol

AP | ABDUL-QADIR AL-SAADI | Posted 11.17.2009 | World


FALLUJAH, Iraq — American Marines shot and wounded an Iraqi man in the former flash point city of Fallujah believing he was throwing a grenade a...

Camp Bucca: Military Closes Largest Detention Camp In Iraq

AP | JASON KEYSER | Posted 11.16.2009 | World


CAMP BUCCA, Iraq — The U.S. military on Wednesday closed Camp Bucca, an isolated desert prison that was once its largest lockup in Iraq, as it m...

Falluja Violence Tests Iraq Leading Up To US Withdrawal

New York Times | Posted 07.25.2009 | World


Falluja was supposed to be a success story, not a cautionary tale. After all, by last year the city, a former insurgent stronghold, was considered on...

Iraq's "Teflon Don"

Dahr Jamail | Posted 03.15.2009 | World


Dahr Jamail

Today, 34-year-old Sheik Aifan Sadun may be the richest man in Falluhah, thanks to his alliance of self-interest with U.S. forces.

Blackwater Expanding Domestic Reach

Mike Papantonio | Posted 02.28.2009 | Politics


Mike Papantonio

The congressmen and advocacy groups that are trying to shut Blackwater down are being branded as un-American, unpatriotic liberals by the Prince family loyalists.

Reading The Pictures: 4,000 U.S. Combat Deaths, and Just a Handful of Images

Michael Shaw | Posted 08.04.2008 | Media


Michael Shaw

2008-07-28-shaw_727.jpgThe military has been so effective in muting the war, and the war photographer, that many of our best shooters have found themselves turning to the technique of irony.

Military Mom: The Loneliness Of Speaking The Truth On Iraq

Deanie Mills | Posted 06.06.2008 | Home


Deanie Mills

Most assumed, as a marine mom, I'd welcome loads of faux-patriotic e-mail forwards decorated with flags and words like OUR HEROES!!! interspersed with diatribes against anyone who dared question Bush's war-machine.