AltWeeklies Wire
Meet Katherine Carroll, the Battlefield Professornew

In the summer of 2007, Katherine Carroll heard that the Army was searching for Ph.D.s with specialties in Middle Eastern culture and history to embed with combat brigades, to "help them take into account the social, political and cultural context," she says.
Nashville Scene |
Lyda Phillips |
03-05-2010 |
War
Llewellyn Werner Thinks Skateparks Could Get Iraq's Economy Rollingnew
Werner has many projects in Iraq, everything from the installation of fiber-optics networks to constructing several large power plants to setting up international distribution for Iraq-grown dates.
The Known Soldiernew
Darkly funny, scary, unflinching and deeply personal, Chasing Ghosts rises above the droves of speculative Iraq War analysis already lining the shelves of academia.
Style Weekly |
Valley Haggard |
05-10-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Body Armor Company Has Vested Interest in Warnew
The war has been good to Point Blank Body Armor of Pompano Beach, Fla., but concerns have been raised about the quality of its protective gear.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Trevor Aaronson |
10-03-2005 |
War
Tags: Florida, Iraq, labor, Department of Defense, Baghdad, Broward County, David Goldenberg, David H. Brooks, DHB Industries, medic from upstate New York, New York Public Employee Safety and Health Bureau, Pfc. Stephen Tschiderer, Rep. Alcee Hasting's legislative director, U.S. Marine Corps recall Interceptor vests, union demands
Marine Reservist Feels Aftershocks From Iraqnew
Richard Sandoval still hears ringing in his ears from the rockets that flew overhead in Iraq. "The hardest thing for me was..." he begins again and again, describing so many hard things.
Sacramento News & Review |
Chrisanne Beckner |
12-14-2004 |
War
Jihad! Iraqis' Holy Men Make Bold Declaration Of Warnew
If Sunni clerics are a window into the soul of the violent resistance to U.S. aims in Iraq, the landscape they reveal couldn't be bleaker for U.S.-led forces.
Long Island Press |
Borzou Daragahi |
10-04-2004 |
International
Dominican Sister Mourns Bombing of Cathedral in Iraqnew
Last December, Sister Beth Murphy attended a service in the cathedral that a car bombs reduced to rubble on Aug. 1. She has sent a message pleading for a new approach to the conflict to hundreds of leaders of the Dominican order.
Illinois Times |
Todd Spivak |
08-05-2004 |
International
Ex-Marine Expresses Remorse for Taking of Civilian Lives in Iraqnew

American troops killed a lot of innocent people in Iraq, and that's the cause of the Iraqi revolt against the occupation, the honorably discharged Staff Sergeant Jimmy Massey says.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Paul Rockwell |
06-02-2004 |
International
Memo by U.S. Official in Iraq Says CPA Is Too Isolatednew
The unnamed memo writer begins by emphasizing the positive: the sincere gratitude of the Iraqis and bustling commerce in Baghdad. But he warns that the Coalition Provisional Authority is isolated by its "security bubble" and must be careful not to project weakness to insurgents and corrupt Governing Council members.
Association of Alternative Newsmedia |
Anonymous |
04-28-2004 |
International
Tags: Iraq, Civil War, Kurds, weapons, international, Baghdad, Coalition Provisional Authority, Governing Council, nepotism, L. Paul Bremer, Ahmed Chalabi, Ayhem al-Sammarai, black market, Dan Senor, Iraqi National Congress, memo, Nesreen Berwari, Sam Gardiner, Shias, Sunnis, United Nations Oil-For-Food Program, US AID
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Content of Memo by Adviser in Iraq Revealednew
April 28, 2004: The postwar stabilization of Iraq is not going well enough, a Coalition Provisional Authority official wrote in a memo in early March. The result: "Baghdadis have an uneasy sense that they are heading towards civil war."
Association of Alternative Newsmedia |
Jason Vest |
04-28-2004 |
War
Tags: Iraq, Civil War, Kurds, weapons, Baghdad, Coalition Provisional Authority, Governing Council, nepotism, L. Paul Bremer, Ahmed Chalabi, Ayhem al-Sammarai, black market, Dan Senor, Iraqi National Congress, memo, Nesreen Berwari, Sam Gardiner, Shias, Sunnis, United Nations Oil-For-Food Program, US AID, war & peace