Subject:

Iraq

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2012

    A One-Man Kill Team: Lewis-McChord Sergeant Massacres at Least 16 Civilians in Afghan Village

    While it is still dealing with a sergeant who slaughtered his fellow troops in Iraq, and only months after completing the prosecution of a sergeant who led his "kill team" on missions to murder Afghan civilians, Joint Base Lewis McChord is now preparing to handle its most tragic case of a sergeant o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2011

    New Gulf War Illness Findings Reflect Difficulty Troops Have Proving Injuries Aren't Imaginary

    ​As this week's 393-obituaries-long print edition underscores, death is one of the ways of keeping score in America's wars. But as we reported in 2004 and detailed in a book, Home Front: The Government's War on Soldiers, it's the lesser-noticed post-war toll that truly determines the country' ... More >>

  • News

    September 21, 2011

    Iraq 2007-2011

    ​As this week's 393-obituaries-long print edition underscores, death is one of the ways of keeping score in America's wars. But as we reported in 2004 and detailed in a book, Home Front: The Government's War on Soldiers, it's the lesser-noticed post-war toll that truly determines the country' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2009

    Blackwater: Pulp Non-Fiction

    ​Exploding bullets, serial murders, a plot to wipe out Muslims. What does it say about Blackwater today when the weirdest part isn't that Mary Kay Letournau is a sister of one of the mercenary corporation's top executives? (And that her south King County home is just a few miles from that of a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 20, 2009

    The War Milestone No One Noticed

    The 5,000th death of a U.S. service member in Iraq and Afghanistan was barely noticed two weeks ago. Military Families Speak Out dispatched a press release on the June 2 milestone but it got little play. Today, the U.S. body count is up to 5,024 for Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan and relate ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2009

    Seattle Oscar Nominee in Trouble in Iran

    Northwest filmmaker James Longley received an Academy Award nomination for his 2006 documentary Iraq in Fragments, which he rather courageously filmed during the early stages of the Iraq War. Now he's turned his camera to Iran, as he reports in the Huffington Post. Longley was detained by police in ... More >>

  • News

    September 24, 2008

    Go to War, Get Traumatized, Get the Boot

    Like many Iraq combat vets, Mark Siegel had trouble coping back home. So the Army kicked him out.

  • Diversions

    August 20, 2008

    What About Latinos in the Military?

    Like many Iraq combat vets, Mark Siegel had trouble coping back home. So the Army kicked him out.

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2008

    Murders on the Home Front Involve 9 WA Military

    Like many Iraq combat vets, Mark Siegel had trouble coping back home. So the Army kicked him out.

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2007

    War 101

    Like many Iraq combat vets, Mark Siegel had trouble coping back home. So the Army kicked him out.

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2006

    State of Denial: Our New Dead

    Like many Iraq combat vets, Mark Siegel had trouble coping back home. So the Army kicked him out.

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2006

    Court Rules For P-I Journalist-'Spy'

    Like many Iraq combat vets, Mark Siegel had trouble coping back home. So the Army kicked him out.

  • News

    December 28, 2005

    2005 Media Follies!

    Like many Iraq combat vets, Mark Siegel had trouble coping back home. So the Army kicked him out.

  • News

    December 14, 2005

    Heroism With a Difference

    Like many Iraq combat vets, Mark Siegel had trouble coping back home. So the Army kicked him out.

  • News

    October 5, 2005

    They Protest Too Much

    Like many Iraq combat vets, Mark Siegel had trouble coping back home. So the Army kicked him out.

  • News

    July 13, 2005

    How to End the Cycle

    Like many Iraq combat vets, Mark Siegel had trouble coping back home. So the Army kicked him out.

  • News

    June 15, 2005

    The Few, the Recruits

    Like many Iraq combat vets, Mark Siegel had trouble coping back home. So the Army kicked him out.

  • News

    March 23, 2005

    Closing the Credibility Gap

    Like many Iraq combat vets, Mark Siegel had trouble coping back home. So the Army kicked him out.

  • News

    February 2, 2005

    Next Stop: Tehran

    Like many Iraq combat vets, Mark Siegel had trouble coping back home. So the Army kicked him out.

  • News

    December 1, 2004

    On the Brink of Civil War

    Like many Iraq combat vets, Mark Siegel had trouble coping back home. So the Army kicked him out.

  • Film

    October 20, 2004

    The Battle of Algiers

    Criterion Collection, $49.95

  • News

    September 22, 2004

    A Lost Cause

    Criterion Collection, $49.95

  • News

    July 14, 2004

    Missing in Action: $20 Billion

    Criterion Collection, $49.95

  • News

    April 21, 2004

    Bad Days Ahead

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

  • News

    December 17, 2003

    Facing Our Losses - Iraq 2009

    Washington's toll in Iraq in 2009.

  • News

    December 17, 2003

    Facing Our Losses - Iraq 2008

    Washington's toll in Iraq in 2008.

  • News

    December 17, 2003

    Facing Our Losses - Iraq 2007

    Washington's toll in Iraq in 2007.

  • News

    December 17, 2003

    Facing Our Losses - Iraq 2006

    Washington's toll in Iraq in 2006.

  • News

    December 17, 2003

    Facing Our Losses - Iraq 2005

    Washington's toll in Iraq in 2005.

  • News

    December 17, 2003

    Facing Our Losses - Iraq 2004

    Washington's toll in Iraq in 2004.

  • News

    December 17, 2003

    Facing Our Losses - Iraq 2003

    Washington's toll in Iraq in 2003.

  • News

    December 17, 2003

    Facing Our Losses - Afghanistan

    Washington's toll in Afghanistan and elsewhere in the War on Terror.

  • News

    October 15, 2003

    We Told Them So. Now What?

    Washington's toll in Afghanistan and elsewhere in the War on Terror.

  • News

    October 8, 2003

    Wilsongate

    The ambassador minced no words in Shoreline in August.

  • News

    September 10, 2003

    Two Years, No Answers

    Meanwhile, Bush has exploited the memory of 9/11 victims at every turn.

  • News

    July 9, 2003

    Iraq Nam

    A new kind of quagmire.

  • News

    April 9, 2003

    Crippled Home Front

    The Department of Veterans Affairs is being targeted for billions in cuts. Evidently, President Bush's support for the troops doesn't include their health care.

  • News

    March 26, 2003

    Never Enough Peace

    The politics of keeping a movement alive after the war.

  • News

    March 26, 2003

    Puget Sound's Conflict

    Our dovish region depends on military spending.

  • News

    March 19, 2003

    The War After the War

    U.S. Army documents warn of occupation hazards.

  • News

    March 19, 2003

    The Official War Glossary

    Doublespeak edition.

  • Arts

    March 5, 2003

    Dubya Is for War

    A survey of the current literature of global conflict.

  • Arts

    February 5, 2003

    Peace Talk

    A survey of the current literature of global conflict.

  • Film

    January 29, 2003

    Oppressive

    Kurdish refugee drama only succeeds at being topical.

  • News

    December 25, 2002

    The List

    Kurdish refugee drama only succeeds at being topical.

  • News

    October 2, 2002

    How to Wage Peace

    Kurdish refugee drama only succeeds at being topical.

  • 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

    September 11, 2002

    The Fire Last Time

    As weapons and tactics evolve, war's toll on the environment is of increasing concern.

  • News

    September 11, 2002

    Is the Peace Movement Dead?

    Looking for the left after 9/11.

  • Diversions

    August 28, 2002

    Sports Guy

    Labor Lessons

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