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Letter to My Dead Colonelnew

I'm hurting that this war cost you your life. I really am. Which is why I'm writing to let you know how sorry I am over what happened to you over there. And to say I respect and stand with you, Colonel.
Weekly Alibi  |  Alex E. Limkin  |  03-25-2008  |  War

Five Years in Iraq: Looking Back, the Left Was Rightnew

They take no satisfaction in knowing that they were right in opposing this ill-fated Iraq war from the outset. All they want is for people to listen to them now.
Metro Times  |  Curt Guyette  |  03-25-2008  |  War

Walking in Baghdadnew

Cautiously exploring a worn-torn city.
New Haven Advocate  |  Daniel Smith  |  03-25-2008  |  War

Five Years in Iraq: The Cost, So Farnew

When it comes to taking a tally of Iraq war costs, a few numbers are beyond dispute while others are more ephemeral.
Metro Times  |  Curt Guyette  |  03-25-2008  |  War

Iraq Five Years Laternew

As the war turns five, New Haven photojournalist Daniel Smith travels unembedded from East Rock to Iraq to assess war-weary Baghdad, and finds a fragile calm.
New Haven Advocate  |  Daniel Smith  |  03-25-2008  |  War

Iraq and the Will of the Peoplenew

Antiwar efforts may seem futile, but there is reason for hope.
Isthmus  |  Bill Christofferson  |  03-24-2008  |  War

The Good Soldiernew

When the Army tried to take down Andrew Pogany, it messed with the wrong coward.
Westword  |  Joel Warner  |  03-24-2008  |  War

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

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