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The storm of airplanes

by Michael Griffin

[ november 02 ]

"It was a total goat fuck," said one disgruntled member of Delta Force. The military campaign against Al Qa'ida and the Taliban was confusing and confused.

Citizens not soldiers

by Robert Jensen

[ october 02 ]

In John Ashcroft's hypermilitarised formulation, words become bullets and critics "give ammunition to America's enemies."

The future for the Kurds in Turkey

by James Badcock

[ october 02 ]

Turkey has a stark choice in its dealings with its Kurdish population: the way of force or democratic principles.

September 11 and the collapse of US Democracy

by Daniel Lazare

[ september 02 ]

The collapse of the Twin Towers in a hurricane of smoke and debris is an apt metaphor for the decline of American democracy.

Why war with Iraq? (It's really about Saudi Arabia)

by Robert Bowman

[ september 02 ]

The pre-emptive war against Iraq is unconstitutional, in violation of international law... and as phony as a three-dollar bill.

The inspections sham: Why the US won't take 'yes' for an answer

by Maria Ryan

[ september 02 ]

For the US, the most important issue is not whether Saddam has weapons of mass destruction, but simply that it has a pretext to enter Iraq.

The first circle

by Michael Griffin

[ september 02 ]

Bush's thinking on terrorism was to "focus on the first circle, then expand to the next circle and the next circle." Michael Griffin traces the events leading to the US invasion of Afghanistan.