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Petraeus apologizes for infidelity, but not Iraq death squads

March 27, 2013 By Don Washington

The beginning of Petraeus' comeback accompanies more evidence of the dirty war in Iraq. If truth is the first casualty of war, one of the last is trust.

10 years later, Iraq war holds big lessons

March 19, 2013 By PW Editorial

President Bush launched a war that directly killed nearly 4,500 U.S. troops and at least 121,000 Iraqis, and wounded over 33,000 U.S. soldiers and countless Iraqis.

Senate hearings on Hagel were a disgrace

February 1, 2013 By John Wojcik

After the Senate hearingson President Obama's nomination of former Sen. Chuck Hagel for Secretary of Defense, several important points need to be made.

UN to investigate U.S. drone strikes

February 1, 2013 By Marilyn Bechtel

The announcement comes as several related aspects of U.S. military policy are intersecting early in President Obama's second term.

Mali and chickens

January 24, 2013 By Conn Hallinan

The vision that Conrad's character Marlow describes is of a French frigate firing broadsides into a vast African jungle, in essence, bombarding a continent.