Baghdad

Live Music Tonight: Dilated Peoples

Friendly Fire, AKA Murder

Feds Raid Baghdad Jim's Backers

Duff McKagan: Faith in Rock

"McDermott is no moral force or human shield; he's just a partisan political hack who blames America first."

Kinsley to Newspapers: Drop Dead

Seattle resident Michael Kinsley, writing in The New York Times, now also weighs in on the fate of the newspaper biz. He doesn't like the idea of micropayments, floated by his old Time magazine colleague Walter Isaacson. He loves the UK's Guardian Web site, which charges readers nothing. And he love ... More >>

Lawsuit: Blackwater Shooting 'Senseless'

When a drunken Andrew Moonen of Seattle pulled out his Blackwater-issued Glock on Christmas Eve 2006 and shot an Iraqi vice presidential guard to death in Baghdad, it was for no reason, claims a lawsuit filed yesterday in California. Blackwater, the quasi-military/mercenary force now going by the na ... More >>

Guardian-NYRB Author Tour

When a drunken Andrew Moonen of Seattle pulled out his Blackwater-issued Glock on Christmas Eve 2006 and shot an Iraqi vice presidential guard to death in Baghdad, it was for no reason, claims a lawsuit filed yesterday in California. Blackwater, the quasi-military/mercenary force now going by the na ... More >>

Kael Alford and Thorne Anderson

When a drunken Andrew Moonen of Seattle pulled out his Blackwater-issued Glock on Christmas Eve 2006 and shot an Iraqi vice presidential guard to death in Baghdad, it was for no reason, claims a lawsuit filed yesterday in California. Blackwater, the quasi-military/mercenary force now going by the na ... More >>

Operation Filmmaker: Liev Schreiber tries to do a good deed

When a drunken Andrew Moonen of Seattle pulled out his Blackwater-issued Glock on Christmas Eve 2006 and shot an Iraqi vice presidential guard to death in Baghdad, it was for no reason, claims a lawsuit filed yesterday in California. Blackwater, the quasi-military/mercenary force now going by the na ... More >>

Dilated Peoples

Monday, June 2

The Brutal Reality of Heavy Metal in Baghdad

Few things could be deemed as authentically metal as the act of carrying cans of gasoline to band practice to power the generators you plug your amp into.

Facing Our Losses - Iraq 2007

Washington's toll in Iraq in 2007.

Midterm Muddle

How can we feel good about the election results when all our old certainties have suddenly been cast into doubt?

Iraq in Fragments

Runs at Varsity, Fri., Nov. 10–Thurs., Nov. 16. Not rated. 94 minutes.

Chasing Ghosts: A Soldier's Fight for America From Baghdad to Washington

The Iraq War memoirs just keep on coming.

It's a Smash

The shards of a shattered nation are collected in Heather Raffo's messy but moving 9 Parts of Desire.

Facing Our Losses - Iraq 2006

Washington's toll in Iraq in 2006.

Gunner Palace

Palm Pictures, $24.99.

One Billion per Mile

Palm Pictures, $24.99.

Unveiling the Middle East

Underrepresented writers reclaim the language of their homelands, even if some of them no longer live on their home soil.

A Rap on War

Gunner Palace, a new documentary, beholds U.S. soldiers in Iraq. It's TV's M*A*S*H. It's also Apocalypse Now.

The Alternative War

Gunner Palace, a new documentary, beholds U.S. soldiers in Iraq. It's TV's M*A*S*H. It's also Apocalypse Now.

Facing Our Losses - Iraq 2005

Washington's toll in Iraq in 2005.

Facing Our Losses - Iraq 2004

Washington's toll in Iraq in 2004.

Facing Our Losses - Iraq 2003

Washington's toll in Iraq in 2003.

On the Brink of Civil War

Washington's toll in Iraq in 2003.

The Battle of Algiers

Criterion Collection, $49.95

Before the Bombs

A war correspondent correctly predicts the fallout to our 'success' in Iraq.

Dead Woman Home

Also: Big Red Dance Company.

This Week's Reads

Peter Donahue and John Trombold; Robert S. Devine, Richard Engel, and Barry Lopez.

CD Reviews

Peter Donahue and John Trombold; Robert S. Devine, Richard Engel, and Barry Lopez.

Bad Days Ahead

A leaked coalition memo reveals that even true believers see the seeds of civil war in the occupation of Iraq.

Arts Picks

A leaked coalition memo reveals that even true believers see the seeds of civil war in the occupation of Iraq.

This Week's Reads

Michael Moore, Victor LaValle, Anne Garrels, and Susanna Moore.

PARTY OF ONE, CHINGY, AND MORE

Michael Moore, Victor LaValle, Anne Garrels, and Susanna Moore.

Iraq Nam

A new kind of quagmire.

This Week's Reads

Ian Jack, Simon Winchester, and Diana Abu-Jaber.

Call It 'Baghdad Lament'

Struggling to be political with instrumental music.

Iraq War: The Movie

You dont have to wait for the film version.

The Empire Falls Down

Eventually. The lessons of Rome in the deserts of Iraq.

Letter from Seattle

A British author writes home about a chastened city that belies America's cowboy image.

Please Bomb Seattle

A British author writes home about a chastened city that belies America's cowboy image.

Encyclopaedia of Evil

A British author writes home about a chastened city that belies America's cowboy image.

CD Reviews

A British author writes home about a chastened city that belies America's cowboy image.

PICK The Hurt Locker: Kathryn Bigelow’s Ticket to the Oscars

A British author writes home about a chastened city that belies America's cowboy image.

Even Politicians Can't Find I-1033 on the Ballot

If faithful lefty McD can accidentally overlook I-1033, then anyone can.​A curtsy to the P-I's Joel Connelly for giving us the line of the day: An energy-efficient light bulb flashed on in the head of U.S. Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash., as he drove to work on Monday morning. Baghdad Jim's epip ... More >>

Reader: Sam Malkandi's Son Asks President Obama to Help Free His Dad

Arvin with his dad after the fall of Baghdad.​Reader Arvin Malkandi, the 12-year-old son of a detained Kurdish immigrant, responds to Sam Malkandi, Detained for Years Due to Al-Qaida Connection, Tells Government to Deport Him or Let Him Go "This is Arvin Malkandi 12 years old. When I came to ... More >>

Iraq 2007-2011

Arvin with his dad after the fall of Baghdad.​Reader Arvin Malkandi, the 12-year-old son of a detained Kurdish immigrant, responds to Sam Malkandi, Detained for Years Due to Al-Qaida Connection, Tells Government to Deport Him or Let Him Go "This is Arvin Malkandi 12 years old. When I came to ... More >>

Iraq 2003-2006

Arvin with his dad after the fall of Baghdad.​Reader Arvin Malkandi, the 12-year-old son of a detained Kurdish immigrant, responds to Sam Malkandi, Detained for Years Due to Al-Qaida Connection, Tells Government to Deport Him or Let Him Go "This is Arvin Malkandi 12 years old. When I came to ... More >>