Iraqi War

You Won't Believe What This Solider Did Upon Returning From Iraq

Benjamin Buchholz | Posted 01.30.2012

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Benjamin Buchholz

The impulse to write catalyzed on the second day of my military service in Iraq, when I responded to the death of a six-year-old girl.

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The Business of al Qaeda

Renny McPherson | Posted 07.18.2011

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Renny McPherson

Based on data that we seized from al Qaeda in 2007, we were able to build a portrait of al Qaeda in Iraq as a business -- and a business that ran quite differently than conventional wisdom would suggest.

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Sacha Baron Cohen To Play Character Based On Novel Written By Saddam Hussein

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOS ANGELES — As if his portrayals of Borat and Bruno weren't outrageous enough, Sacha Baron Cohen's next role will be playing Saddam Hussein. ...

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Exhibition Spotlight: Dan Bayles' Paintings Are A Comment On America's Foreign Policy

Posted 05.25.2011

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WHO: Dan Bayles WHAT: CONTRACT-W914NS-04-D-0009 WHEN: December 18 - February 5 2011 WHERE: François Ghebaly Gallery 2600 S. La Cienega Blvd., Los...

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INTERNATIONAL ART: Iraqi Contemporary Art: The Effects of War and Exile

Posted 05.25.2011

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Source: Mutual Art Driven out of war-torn Iraq and dispersed around the globe, Iraqi contemporary artists - struggling to maintain a unique presenc...

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Afghanistan: We Can't Win on the Cheap, but We Can't Afford to Lose

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 05.25.2011

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Reese Schonfeld

Looking at the cost in lives and dollars in Afghanistan, I'd like to ask how many lives, how much money, and how long will it take us to reach our goal.

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15 Iraqi Soldiers 'Killed In Accidental Blasts'

AFP | Posted 05.25.2011

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MOSUL, Iraq (AFP) �" Fifteen Iraqi soldiers were killed accidentally during what were meant to be controlled explosions in a town outside the northe...

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Have We Become Numb to War?

Joan E. Dowlin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joan E. Dowlin

What has happened to the anti-war movement of old? Why have we as a nation allowed two simultaneous wars to be waged in our name?

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Democracy in a Size 10

Giles Slade | Posted 05.25.2011

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Giles Slade

The point of throwing or even showing the underside of a shoe to an enemy is a not-so-subtle Arabism: shoes are attached to the lowest part of a man, they trail in the dirt.

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