AltWeeklies Wire
McCain's Baghdad Spring Breaknew
Several U.S. senators also made a "fact-finding" trip to Iraq this week, but it was McCain who got all the attention, as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee and as a longtime supporter of the invasion, occupation, and surge.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Editorial |
03-21-2008 |
Commentary
The Great Hollywood Peace Paradenew
Antiwar Angelenos mark the fifth year of war by throwing a party.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Ron Garmon |
03-21-2008 |
War
The Iraq War: Five Years Too Longnew
As a veteran, an American and a human being, it's my responsibility to ask why people are dying for a government that has repeatedly lied. We all share this responsibility.
Dig Boston |
Liam Madden |
03-20-2008 |
Commentary
Iraq: The Colossal Blundernew
Five years later, Iraq is still our national nightmare.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
John Grooms |
03-19-2008 |
War
Some Oregon Iranians Have Peace of Mindnew
Local Iranians are now breathing easier about chances of a U.S. invasion of their homeland.
Willamette Week |
Lawrence Maushard |
03-19-2008 |
War
Memories of a Reluctant War Momnew
The hardest thing I've ever done was take my son to the airport the day he deployed to Iraq.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Sarah Phelan |
03-19-2008 |
War
Resistance Is Futile -- Or Is It?new
San Francisco was the epicenter of the failed movement to prevent the Iraq War -- but the movement that emerged here may still change the country.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Steven T. Jones |
03-19-2008 |
War
The Iraq War's Fifth Birthdaynew
Happy Birthday, Iraq War! You are 5 bloody years old today! I hope you, dear reader, have already run out to Party City to get your celebratory decorations for your own Iraq War B-Day blast. I hear they're running out of those cute little I.E.D. goody-bag stuffers.
San Diego CityBeat |
Carl Luna |
03-19-2008 |
War
After Five Years, There's No End in Sight in Iraqnew
The Iraq War has already lasted a year and a half longer than World War II and is beginning to take its toll in the pockets of ordinary Americans, nearly 4,000 of whom have given their lives as soldiers in the conflict.
Charleston City Paper |
Stratton Lawrence |
03-19-2008 |
War
Inside Iraq
At the war's fifth anniversary, Oklahoma soldiers are trying to turn insurgents into allies while fending off attacks at Iraq's largest detainee facility.
Oklahoma Gazette |
Ben Fenwick |
03-19-2008 |
War
Sticking It to PTSDnew
Iraq veterans are beginning to get the point of acupuncture.
Seven Days |
Sarah Tuff |
03-14-2008 |
War
What's Going On?new
Never mind the information age. When it comes to the war, we're still in the dark.
Boston Phoenix |
Vanessa Czarnecki |
03-13-2008 |
War
The Three Trillion Dollar Warnew
Original estimates of between $50 to $60 billion were, at best, optimistic guesses about what the Iraq war would cost. Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz discusses the punishing cost of staying the course any longer.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Kadzis |
03-13-2008 |
War
On Iraq, Hillary Clinton Shoulda Known Betternew
"Nobody Died When Bill Lied." The bumper sticker was right. But thousands of folks died when Bush lied and Hillary bought into it. And if she can't apologize for that, she doesn't deserve to lead.
Fort Worth Weekly |
E.R. Bills |
03-13-2008 |
Commentary
Voices: What People Think Now
Inland Northwesterners discuss the five-year anniversary of the invasion of Iraq.
The Inlander |
Kevin Taylor |
03-12-2008 |
War
Tags: Iraq, war & peace
