Green Zone

US Diplomats In Iraq Required To Carry Weapon At All Times, Even At The Pool

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Trying to escape Baghdad's sweltering summer with a quick Green Zone dip? Don't forget your poolside weapons etiquette if you work ...

Good Options for Iraq

Norman MacAfee | Posted 05.30.2008 | Politics


Norman MacAfee

Let us break up the world into two groups -- (1) the Bush coup group and its supporters and (2) everybody else.

Shout It Out: There's Still a War Going On!

R.T. Eby | Posted 05.12.2008 | Home


R.T. Eby

The media have stopped covering the war. Bush has given up trying to accomplish his mission. Meantime, PFC George Delgado may very well have been the 4,000th American death in the war.

Reading The Pictures: American Bombing Of Sadr City: Like Qana, But Without The Attention?

Michael Shaw | Posted 05.01.2008 | Media


Michael Shaw

2008-05-01-shaw_sadr_qana.jpgNow that the U.S. is actively bombing Sadr City, what is the difference between what the Americans are doing now, and what the Israelis did in Qana during the '06 Lebanon war?

U.S. Colonel Killed in Iraq -- On a Treadmill in the Green Zone

Greg Mitchell | Posted 04.10.2008 | Politics


Greg Mitchell

For years, the deaths of U.S. military personnel in Iraq have often been reported to the press and public by the Pentagon on extremely sketchy ways, while remaining "under investigation."

Patrick McHenry (R-NC): Timeline of a Young Chickenhawk

Brandon Friedman | Posted 04.09.2008 | Politics


Brandon Friedman

Congressman Patrick McHenry is having a bad week. If he wants to tell war stories so badly, he should resign his Congressional seat and go enlist. He's only 32.

Pentagon To Patrick McHenry: Stop Showing Green Zone Video

McClatchy | Lisa Zagaroli | Posted 04.09.2008 | Politics


The Pentagon told a North Carolina lawmaker Tuesday that he couldn't re-air a video he'd shot in Baghdad after accusations surfaced that he breached o...

Ten Questions for General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 04.07.2008 | Politics


Amb. Marc Ginsberg

If we are not principally fighting Al Qaeda, but one Shiite faction against another, isn't this just "mission creep" with no end in sight?

Sunday Roundup

Arianna Huffington | Posted 03.29.2008 | Politics


Arianna Huffington

They say March comes in like a lion, out like a lamb. Tell that to the folks inside the Green Zone who were advised this week to "remain under hard cover at all times" and ordered to wear helmets and body armor anytime they step outside. I wonder if it was these embattled Green Zoners that John McCain had in mind when he said: "We're succeeding. I don't care what anybody says." March Madness was in full effect at Team Clinton as well, with Hillary surrogates opening fire on Bill Richardson (James Carville compared him to Judas) and Nobel Peace Prize winner David Trimble (Jamie Rubin called him a sexist "crankpot" for questioning Hillary's role in the Irish peace process). Meanwhile, Democrats desperate to end a protracted, nominee-wounding battle began a 24/7 stakeout on Paul Begala's butt.

Reading The Pictures: Iraq Civil War - Day 3: Beyond Mickey Mouse

Michael Shaw | Posted 03.29.2008 | Media


Michael Shaw

2008-03-31-shaw0330.jpgThis goes way beyond Mickey Mouse.

Good Morning, Vietnam!

Stan Goff | Posted 03.27.2008 | Politics


Stan Goff

Nouri al Maliki, at the behest of his American masters, has thrown the new Army of the Republic of Vietnam against the militias of the most powerful a...

The Oracle of the Green Zone

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 03.19.2008 | Politics


Amb. Marc Ginsberg

Aside from Bush, Cheney, Condi and the Congressional amen choir visiting Baghdad, the now largely disbanded "Coalition of the Willing" will be marking the day with a lot of mourning and soul searching.

Where Will Iraq Be In November?

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.27.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

While everyone else is having fun determining who "won" or "lost" the Democratic debate last night, I would like to revisit an important topic: Iraq. ...

Low Expecations Have Supplanted High Ideals Inside Baghdad Green Zone

Washington Post | Karen DeYoung | Posted 01.05.2008 | Politics


Several dozen soldiers and embassy staff members relaxed on the patio around Saddam Hussein's old swimming pool, shivering in the desert chill, as a b...

PM: Release Iraq Insurgents To Promote National "Unity"

Washington Post | Joshua Partlow and Amit R. Paley | Posted 11.11.2007 | Home


During an optimistic address in which he described the changes in Iraqi security as "remarkable" and pronounced the country "revived," Prime Minister ...


 

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