The Green Zone

The Green Zone: When Right vs. Wrong Becomes "Liberal Propaganda"

Scott Mendelson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Scott Mendelson

Is The Green Zone a true liberal screed? Not really. Like a lot of recent films that are tagged as liberal, the film deals with moral absolutes and is tagged as left-wing by those who would disagree with the scenarios at play.

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The 'Green Zone' Debacle: Universal Seeing Red

Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's no secret that Universal is going to take a bath on "Green Zone," which cost upwards of $100 million to make -- Time's Richard Corliss has it at ...

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Ross Douthat Is Mature and You're Not

Ellis Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ellis Weiner

When right-wingers have nothing substantive to say, they play the Vice-Principal card and call you "immature." Such, we are told, is the new Paul Greengrass/Matt Damon action film The Green Zone.

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Matt Damon's Moustache: Love It Or Leave It? (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Matt Damon has grown a new moustache. Damon was out in New York Thursday night at the premiere of his Bourne-esque film "The Green Zone." Unlike the...

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Five Reasons For Hope In Iraq

Time | BOBBY GHOSH / BAGHDAD | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bombings and casualties are way down; arrests of militants and the number and confidence of the Iraqi security forces are way up. Most of the addition...

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Safer Baghdad Becomes A City Of Green Zones

Christian Science Monitor | Sam Dagher | Posted 05.25.2011

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Abu Nawas, Baghdad's storied riverbank thoroughfare, reopened amid much official fanfare two weeks ago. But three years since they last saw business, ...

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Employee Accuses Halliburton Of Covering Up Rape In Iraq

ABC's The Blotter | BRIAN ROSS, MADDY SAUER & JUSTIN ROOD | Posted 05.25.2011

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A Houston, Texas woman says she was gang-raped by Halliburton/KBR coworkers in Baghdad, and the company and the U.S. government are covering up the in...

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Iraqi Lawmakers Walk Out to Protest 'Humiliating' Green Zone Treatment

Los Angeles Times | Ann M. Simmons | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dozens of Iraqi lawmakers walked out of parliament Wednesday to protest what they view as overly aggressive and humiliating treatment by U.S. soldiers...

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US Embassy In Iraq $144 Million Overbudget And Unfinished

Washington Post | Glenn Kessler | Posted 05.25.2011

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The massive U.S. embassy under construction in Baghdad could cost $144 million more than projected and will open months behind schedule because of poo...

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