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    The Fallujah tragedy: A war crime by any other name...

    JANUARY 12, 2012 7:11AM

    By Judy Mandelbaum


    Topics: iraq, fallujah, iraq war, depleted uranium, war crimes, human rights

    • Editor's Pick
    • 15 Ratings
    • 2783 Views
    • 30 Comments
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    Iraq war commemorations ignore ongoing humanitarian disaster

    DECEMBER 16, 2011 10:42AM

    By Judy Mandelbaum


    Topics: unhcr, refugees, human rights, iraq war

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 1587 Views
    • 25 Comments
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    The Quiet Ending to an Awful War

    DECEMBER 15, 2011 12:09PM

    By The Flylooper


    Topics: the middle east, iraq war, flylooper, military, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 2392 Views
    • 20 Comments
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    Declaring victory at the Hotel Baghdad

    AUGUST 23, 2010 9:07AM

    By Judy Mandelbaum


    Topics: tacitus, victory, george aiken, vietnam, barack obama, george santayana, ray odierno, baghdad, iraq war, iraq

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    • 10 Ratings
    • 2947 Views
    • 66 Comments
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    Seven Years' War: Our Iraq Anniversary

    MARCH 23, 2010 2:26PM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: military, politics, iraq invasion, the pottery barn wars, iraq anniversary, iraq, iraq war

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 1980 Views
    • 14 Comments
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    Iraq notably absent from the Nobel speech

    DECEMBER 10, 2009 5:16PM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: nobel speech, nobel peace prize, politics, war, american wars, american military, afghanistan, just peace, just war, nobel prize, president obama, obama, the pottery barn wars, iraq war, iraq

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 2526 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    Iraq: 10 Lessons Learned During My Brother’s Deployment

    NOVEMBER 11, 2009 9:56AM

    By Constantine von Hoffman


    Topics: irag, veterans, iraq war, reaction, deployment, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 16 Ratings
    • 1982 Views
    • 55 Comments
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    Ft Hood shooting: I'm surprised it doesn't happen more often

    NOVEMBER 5, 2009 7:43PM

    By booklover555


    Topics: army, iraq war, politics, news

    • Editor's Pick
    • 27 Ratings
    • 4684 Views
    • 29 Comments
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    No Surprise, Just Shock: Blackwater CEO Implicated In Murder

    AUGUST 5, 2009 5:46PM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: murder, the nation, jeremy scahill, marines, military, george w. bush, the pottery barn wars, iraq war, mercenaries, xe, blackwater, erik prince

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 982 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    U.S. Out of Iraqi Cities -- Big Deal?

    JULY 1, 2009 6:09PM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: status of forces agreement, obama, bush, department of defense, war, iraq parliamentary elections, iraq provincial elections, iraq war, u.s. withdraw from iraq, baghdad, u.s. armed forces, sofa, iraq, the pottery barn wars

    • Editor's Pick
    • 45 Ratings
    • 2970 Views
    • 77 Comments
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    Military Leaders: Grow Up and Let Them Tell

    JUNE 27, 2009 1:21PM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: gay, dont ask dont tell, don't ask don't tell, don't tell, dont tell, don't ask, dont ask, politics, code of honor, ethics, religion, belief, belief and religion, panel, courage campaign, hearing, support, letter of support, letter, petition, choi, dan choi, lt. dan choi, army, boyfriend, who one loves, who he loves, partner, lover, soldier, tribunal, honesty, honor, duty, national security, fluent in arabic, arabic, iraq war veteran, veteran, iraq war, military academy, west point, transaltor, moral and professional dereliction, professional dereliction, moral dereliction, dereliction, unconscionable, civil rights, lesbian rights, gay and lesbian rights, gay rights, lesbian, dishonorable, honorable, fire, trial, discharged, discharge, our country, serve our country, service, serving, serve

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 951 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    The media's deadly herd mentality

    JUNE 17, 2009 3:32PM

    By King Kaufman


    Topics: newsweek, media, king kaufman, michael hastings, future of journalism, journalism, iraq war, iraq

    • Editor's Pick
    • 2 Ratings
    • 827 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Odds look long for IMF funding in supplemental bill

    JUNE 10, 2009 7:28AM

    By Steve Valk


    Topics: john lewis, iraq war, house, senate, congress, politics, health, poverty, imf

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 3154 Views
    • 14 Comments
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    Lost Weapons, Found Oversight

    FEBRUARY 14, 2009 8:07PM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: politics, congress, pentagon, iraq, afghanistan, foreign affairs, iraq war, john tierney, iraq bribery, iraq graft, the pottery barn wars

    • Editor's Pick
    • 3 Ratings
    • 913 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    The Pop Icons of the Bush II Era

    JANUARY 14, 2009 2:17PM

    By Dan Schreiber


    Topics: politics, music, dixie chicks, george w. bush, iraq war

    • Editor's Pick
    • 0 Ratings
    • 526 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Brits To Bid Iraq Adieu

    DECEMBER 17, 2008 10:27AM

    By GaryBaumgarten


    Topics: british troops, iraq war, u.s. military, uk

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 3141 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    AMC hires injured Iraq vet to tell story of injured vets

    NOVEMBER 9, 2008 1:59AM

    By thorswitch


    Topics: iraq war, veterans, vets, injuries, all my children, tv, amc, jr martinez, television

    • Editor's Pick
    • 6 Ratings
    • 1129 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Poem of the Week

    AUGUST 1, 2008 9:08PM

    By Heather Ryan


    Topics: poem of the week, dorriane laux, iraq war

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