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Baghdad

  • Arts

    February 15, 2012

    Spring Arts: Matt Ruff's Alternative History of 9/11

    In his new thriller, Matt Ruff imagines the Arab world under siege by American terrorists.

  • News

    September 21, 2011

    More Detailed Stories on the Lives and Deaths of These and Other Soldiers

    In his new thriller, Matt Ruff imagines the Arab world under siege by American terrorists.

  • Blogs

    September 6, 2011

    A Letter to Big Boi and Andre 3000 Regarding the State of OutKast From a Monday Bumbershoot Visitor

    Image Source​Dear Big Boi and Andre 3000, The two of you had such a good thing going. Can we please get another collaboration, and sooner rather than later? Big Boi, your set at Bumbershoot yesterday was dope. Scratch that, it was super dope. It was as dope as a Boeing 747 packed full of Pab ... More >>

  • Arts

    August 31, 2011

    Every Day Is Veterans Day

    An Eastside author argues for holistic soldiering and homecoming.

  • Film

    August 3, 2011

    The Devil's Double: News Flash: Saddam Hussein's Family Was Messed Up

    An Eastside author argues for holistic soldiering and homecoming.

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2011

    The 10 Best Video Game Songs of All Time (Other Than Your 10 Favorite)

    ​As much as we love simulated drive-by shootings, building amusement parks from scratch, or trying endless button combinations to see if the "nude glitch" in Tomb Raider 3 is real ( . . . it isn't), video games just aren't as memorable without a solid soundtrack to amp up the fun. Two weeks ag ... More >>

  • Diversions

    March 16, 2011

    ¡Ask a Mexican!

    ​As much as we love simulated drive-by shootings, building amusement parks from scratch, or trying endless button combinations to see if the "nude glitch" in Tomb Raider 3 is real ( . . . it isn't), video games just aren't as memorable without a solid soundtrack to amp up the fun. Two weeks ag ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2010

    If Elections Were Decided By Facebook ...

    ​ ... there'd be a lot more Republicans in office. As candidates continue to cajole voters to turn out at the polls, a different popularity contest is just winding up. With the advent of Facebook and similar social networks, campaigns have tried to tap into American's use of the Internet to s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2010

    Jim McDermott v. Rush Limbaugh - Brawl of the Week

    ​When he isn't getting hitched for the fourth time by the anti-gay-rights crusading preacher Ken Hutcherson, Rush Limbaugh spends his time telling his listeners that Obama is the commie puppet of nefarious America-haters. Last week AOL reported that a record number of kids now depend on school ... More >>

  • Film

    March 10, 2010

    Green Zone: No WMDs for Matt Damon

    ​When he isn't getting hitched for the fourth time by the anti-gay-rights crusading preacher Ken Hutcherson, Rush Limbaugh spends his time telling his listeners that Obama is the commie puppet of nefarious America-haters. Last week AOL reported that a record number of kids now depend on school ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2010

    Revisiting the So-Called Sabotage of the Seattle Supersonics

    "Man, our new teams are great, but we aren't so good anymore, are we?"​In Jason Reid's astute documentary, Sonicsgate, which will screen at Portland's Baghdad Theater on Feb. 20 as part of the Beer & Movie Fest, a common refrain among Seattle Supersonic fans irate with Clay Bennett was that th ... More >>

  • News

    December 2, 2009

    Cover Story: Buddy Count

    A Fort Lewis court-martial will determine the fate of an allegedly murderous Army sergeant, whose case may help explain the surge in non-combat deaths.

  • Film

    July 8, 2009

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

    A Fort Lewis court-martial will determine the fate of an allegedly murderous Army sergeant, whose case may help explain the surge in non-combat deaths.

  • Blogs

    May 29, 2009

    Kathryn Bigelow at SIFF for The Hurt Locker

    Kathryn Bigelow was at SIFF on Thursday, May 28 for the first screening of her remarkable new film The Hurt Locker. It's the first dramatic film of the Iraq war to really impact me perhaps because it doesn't take a political stance. Instead, it immerses us in the experience of a bomb disposal techni ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2008

    Blackwater Lawsuit

      Harley Miller The indictment of five Blackwater guards for allegedly killing 17 Iraqis in 2007 - including one with his hands up - begs the question of whether ex-Seattle Blackwater guard Andrew Mullen will separately be indicted. The Justice Department is not yet saying whether its ... More >>

  • Film

    May 21, 2008

    Week 1 Picks & Pans

      Harley Miller The indictment of five Blackwater guards for allegedly killing 17 Iraqis in 2007 - including one with his hands up - begs the question of whether ex-Seattle Blackwater guard Andrew Mullen will separately be indicted. The Justice Department is not yet saying whether its ... More >>

  • Film

    April 16, 2008

    Seattle Weekly Pick Body of War: Yes, You Should Still Care About the Iraq War

      Harley Miller The indictment of five Blackwater guards for allegedly killing 17 Iraqis in 2007 - including one with his hands up - begs the question of whether ex-Seattle Blackwater guard Andrew Mullen will separately be indicted. The Justice Department is not yet saying whether its ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2008

    Happy Fifth Anniversary: 286 Obits and Counting

      Harley Miller The indictment of five Blackwater guards for allegedly killing 17 Iraqis in 2007 - including one with his hands up - begs the question of whether ex-Seattle Blackwater guard Andrew Mullen will separately be indicted. The Justice Department is not yet saying whether its ... More >>

  • Film

    November 14, 2007

    New on DVD: Jack Nicholson Has Never Looked better.

      Harley Miller The indictment of five Blackwater guards for allegedly killing 17 Iraqis in 2007 - including one with his hands up - begs the question of whether ex-Seattle Blackwater guard Andrew Mullen will separately be indicted. The Justice Department is not yet saying whether its ... More >>

  • Film

    August 8, 2007

    No End in Sight: Or, Military Quagmires 101

    Never mind the latest troop surge. The latest Iraq war doc damningly indicts its original architects.

  • Blogs

    February 5, 2007

    Watada: Guilty

    Never mind the latest troop surge. The latest Iraq war doc damningly indicts its original architects.

  • Film

    August 30, 2006

    The Cult of the Suicide Bomber plus reissues of Double Indemnity and Kicking & Screaming.

    The dangers of foreign oil dependency the dangers of Barbara Stanwyck are compared.

  • Music

    August 16, 2006

    In Oregon

    Sleater-Kinney go out with a bang.

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2006

    Thursday Telegraph Room

    Sleater-Kinney go out with a bang.

  • News

    May 24, 2006

    Sunny Jim's Gravitas

    Also: Appeals in the wine case, and commercial TV puts on gay pride.

  • Film

    January 25, 2006

    Good Film Hunting

    Our intrepid reporter seeks news, booze, and schmooze at Sundance.

  • News

    December 14, 2005

    Heroism With a Difference

    Our intrepid reporter seeks news, booze, and schmooze at Sundance.

  • Arts

    December 7, 2005

    Can Do! And Did.

    Action-hero Marine plays archaeological detective in Iraq.

  • Film

    November 2, 2005

    Anthony Swofford

    The author of Jarhead discusses its movie adaptation.

  • Film

    August 17, 2005

    Gunner Palace

    Palm Pictures, $24.99.

  • News

    July 27, 2005

    Out of Iraq

    A conservative's case for ending the war. Now.

  • Arts

    April 20, 2005

    This Week's Reads

    Jonathan Safran Foer, Åsne Seierstad, Jonathan Wilson, and Mary Guterson.

  • News

    April 20, 2005

    Our Toll Reaches 100

    That's the total of soldiers with Washington state connections killed in Afghanistan and Iraq.

  • News

    March 9, 2005

    Reality Show

    Balancing boredom and tragedy in portraying the troops.

  • News

    January 26, 2005

    The Next Bobby Kennedy . . .

    . . . Could be Bobby Kennedy Jr.

  • News

    October 6, 2004

    Lionesses of Iraq

    In the dangerous Sunni Triangle, female GIs are volunteering for dangerous duty. As one reporter discovers, it's work no man can do.

  • Arts

    August 11, 2004

    Arts Picks

    In the dangerous Sunni Triangle, female GIs are volunteering for dangerous duty. As one reporter discovers, it's work no man can do.

  • Film

    May 19, 2004

    SIFF Picks and Pans

    In the dangerous Sunni Triangle, female GIs are volunteering for dangerous duty. As one reporter discovers, it's work no man can do.

  • News

    February 4, 2004

    Culture Shocks

    A dangerous world visits Seattle to market its love of American tourists.

  • News

    December 17, 2003

    Facing Our Losses - Iraq 2008

    Washington's toll in Iraq in 2008.

  • Diversions

    October 15, 2003

    People & Politics

    READERS' PICKS

  • Food

    September 3, 2003

    Food & Beverage News

    READERS' PICKS

  • Music

    June 18, 2003

    The Great Escape

    Blur's musical diaspora: beyond the Waterloo sunset, Africa!

  • Arts

    May 21, 2003

    Summer Reads and Beyond

    Blur's musical diaspora: beyond the Waterloo sunset, Africa!

  • News

    April 9, 2003

    Shock and Aw, Crap

    The Senate GOP is advancing its draconian no-new-taxes budget, and the Dems are fighting with divided ranks.

  • Music

    March 26, 2003

    Weather Woes Cause Concert Chaos

    Plus the latest on Hot Hot Heat, Vendetta Red, and more.

  • News

    March 5, 2003

    War or Peace?

    Local notables take their stands.

  • News

    October 2, 2002

    Baghdad Jimmy

    Local notables take their stands.

  • News

    September 11, 2002

    An Anti-War Movement of One

    A conservative breaks ranks with both the right and left to oppose an Iraq attack.

  • News

    December 30, 1998

    Lists of the '90s

    Instant Nostalgia issue

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