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State Department Preparing To Cut Iraq Embassy Staff By Half

...and the Splenda and chicken wings are running low!!

By Asawin Suebsaeng

 | Tue Feb. 7, 2012 2:10 PM PST

The Crash and Burn Future of War Drones

America's killer robots keep falling from the sky. So much for being the future of warfare.

By Nick Turse

 | Fri Jan. 20, 2012 3:00 AM PST

Bradley Manning: Criminal or Whistleblower?

Military officials never want to talk about civilian casualties—unless they can pin them on someone like Bradley Manning.

By Chase Madar

 | Thu Jan. 19, 2012 11:32 AM PST

Love Letters for Veterans

Reading families' insanely moving letters to their soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.

By Mac McClelland

 | Fri Jan. 6, 2012 8:20 AM PST

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Did We Learn Anything in Iraq?

What our lost war in Iraq means for our troops in Afghanistan.

By Tom Engelhardt

 | Tue Jan. 3, 2012 11:36 AM PST

We're Still at War: 2011 in Photos

US combat troops have left Iraq, but the global war on terror is far from over.

By Samantha Oltman

 | Fri Dec. 30, 2011 3:00 AM PST
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Minor Charges For Alleged Hezbollah Agent In Iraq

Ali Mussa Daqduq allegedly helped kill five US servicemembers in Iraq.

By Adam Serwer

 | Tue Dec. 20, 2011 11:51 AM PST
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Lie by Lie: A Timeline of How We Got Into Iraq

Mushroom clouds, duct tape, Judy Miller, Curveball. Recalling how Americans were sold a bogus case for invasion.

By Jonathan Stein and Tim Dickinson

 | September/October 2006 Issue
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WATCH: Last US Convoy Leaves Iraq

The last truck pulls over the border, and the gate closes. But already, the country's free factions are quarreling.

By Adam Weinstein

 | Mon Dec. 19, 2011 3:00 AM PST
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The Iraq War Is Over! (But at What Cost?)

Since 2003 we've investigated Bush's lie factory, the real WMD, shady contractors, war resisters, KBR fraudsters, wounded heroes, and much more.

By Adam Weinstein

 | Fri Dec. 16, 2011 3:00 AM PST

WATCH: Mission Accomplished-ish [Fiore Cartoon]

By Mark Fiore

 | Thu Dec. 15, 2011 10:59 AM PST

Our Remote Wars Are Hitting Home

America's wars may be fought in distant countries, but they've weakened our military, drained our treasury, and eroded our freedoms.

By William Astore

 | Thu Dec. 8, 2011 12:01 PM PST

Counting the Dead on Both Sides of Our War

Soldiers and civilians are still dying in a war opposed by 63 percent of Americans.

By Tom Engelhardt

 | Thu Dec. 1, 2011 11:34 AM PST
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Scenes from the GOP's "Commander in Chief" Debate

Michele Bachmann's CIA-ACLU whopper, and other CliffsNotes from Saturday's CBS News/National Journal foreign policy debate.

—By the Mother Jones news team

 | Sun Nov. 13, 2011 9:11 AM PST
Tom Cotton

The GOP Candidate Who Wants Journos Jailed

As an Army lieutenant in Iraq, Tom Cotton called for three journalists to be imprisoned for espionage. Now he's running for Congress.

By Nick Baumann

 | Thu Nov. 10, 2011 3:00 AM PST

So Long, American Imperial Dream

Our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan haven't turned out the way the Bush administration expected. Is it time to admit defeat?

By Tom Engelhardt

 | Tue Nov. 8, 2011 11:52 AM PST
Army Sergeant First Class Kris Domeij

Army Ranger Dies on 14th War Deployment

As right-wingers decry the end of one war and the conduct of another, they should consider Sgt. 1st Class Kristoffer Domeij.

By Adam Weinstein

 | Tue Oct. 25, 2011 7:00 AM PDT

Iraq On $256 Million a Day

A quick reminder of the true cost of more than eight years of war.

By Dave Gilson

 | Mon Oct. 24, 2011 12:04 PM PDT
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Obama Announces Iraq Withdrawal—and GOPers Pounce

A significant moment in American history doesn't last long as critics line up on the right. But is anyone really listening?

By Adam Weinstein

 | Fri Oct. 21, 2011 12:19 PM PDT

How US Taxpayers Got Plucked in Iraq

The tale of a failed $2.5 million chicken processing plant, just one example of US reconstruction madness in the Middle East.

By Peter Van Buren

 | Tue Oct. 4, 2011 2:00 AM PDT