Growing Up in War Zones

The magic of cinema inspires kids in a Kurdish village to take camera in hand

"...monotony is that kids whose families were gassed by Saddam Hussein in the late Eighties' al-Anfal campaign today laugh..."

July 8, 2011 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Page Two: A Higher Court

Rash judgment and vitriol don't validate simplistic morality

"...father's failings." "Iraq did have weapons of mass desctruction." "Saddam Hussein was such an evil force, he had to..."

June 5, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: Righting Wrongs

A position checklist of pragmatic politics

"...any kind of strong relationship between al Qaeda and Saddam Hussein, and it seemed likely that the sanctions on..."

April 11, 2008 Column by Louis Black

Outsider Art

Music on the margins

"...is everyday and immediate and unrelenting. Sunnis, Shiites, Kurds, Hussein, Bush, the West, the Middle East: It all ties..."

March 7, 2008 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Page Two: Immigration by the Numbers

As our focus shifts from Iraq failures, an untenable and disheartening argument arises

"...According to authoritative proponents, Saddam Hussein not only had weapons of mass destruction; this..."

Oct. 26, 2007 Column by Louis Black

McDonald Is Back: Intellectual Dishonesty, Shame, and Stupidity

"...credibility to the insane notion that the defeat of Saddam Hussein and his Iraqi tyranny was disconnected from the..."

Jan. 28, 2007 Postmarks

Page Two: Gutbucket Politics

The deadly consequences of following Bush's instincts

"...agencies, as well as many foreign governments, were convinced Hussein had WMD – there not being any indication otherwise...."

Jan. 26, 2007 Column by Louis Black

What Is a Victory in Iraq?

"...supporters of the other (wrong) side, they bring up Saddam Hussein. OK I got that, but, guys, hey ......"

Jan. 14, 2007 Postmarks

Eve of Destruction

Lawrence Wright on 'The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9 / 11'

"...natural resources and global hegemony while using bin Laden, Hussein, and the Islamic world in general as the erstwhile..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Books Feature by Taylor Holland

Knows Which Country Is More Dangerous

"...talk about before we launch a "pre-emptive" strike? Does Saddam Hussein's possession of enough mustard gas to kill 5000..."

April 28, 2006 Postmarks

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Our readers talk back.

"...should have stayed. Fact of the matter is that Saddam Hussein was bad for business. All of that nonsense..."

Feb. 24, 2006 Column

Stop Being Blinded by Partisan Ideology

"...should have stayed. Fact of the matter is that Saddam Hussein was bad for business. All of that nonsense..."

Feb. 16, 2006 Postmarks

Black Not a Coward But Still an Addict, Hypocrite, Liar, Moral Incompetent!

"...contempt. However, your malicious statements regarding the defeat of Saddam Hussein and the liberation of Iraq are the most..."

Feb. 13, 2006 Postmarks

The Hightower Report

U.S. media establishment yawned at damming Downing Street Memo; and Merck launches advertising blitz to portray itself as 'huggable teddy bear of a corporation'

"...in Iraq and that there was no evidence that Saddam had an al Qaeda connection. The British media covered..."

July 1, 2005 News Column by Jim Hightower

Page Two

The vision of a healthy, dynamic, impressively powerful country having a tortured, ongoing internal dialogue about its actions serves to inspire rather than discourage dreams

"...the far reaches of the world. We were reassuring Hussein that we would not invade and empowering our enemies..."

Jan. 28, 2005 Column by Louis Black

The Bad American

Bill Maher comes out on drink, drugs, and God

"...triumph of marketing, before they turned bin Laden into Hussein. It's a situation of using fear to convince people..."

Nov. 12, 2004 Arts Feature by Steve Birmingham

Manipulation?

"...troops showing off the "spider hole" where they caught Saddam Hussein, supposedly in December. The palm trees in the..."

Jan. 12, 2004 Postmarks

Page Two

History is speed-racing through this decade; we're queasy and anxious to get to the finish line.

"..."Look at Iraq," they continue. "Again, you were wrong: Hussein is gone, the current violence only temporary, and then..."

Jan. 2, 2004 Column by Louis Black

Letters @ 3AM

Europe, Russia, and China can help install a new administration in the White House in 2008 by refusing to bail out Bush on his Iraq misadventure now.

"...House propaganda. You know there are no links between Saddam Hussein and 9/11, and barely any between Hussein and..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

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Our readers talk back.

"...there is a link between the 9/11 bombers and Saddam. (!!!!)..."

May 9, 2003 Column

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"...there is a link between the 9/11 bombers and Saddam. (!!!!)..."

May 2, 2003 Column

Naked City

Beyond City Limits

"...filling Iraqi airwaves with a rap parody that links Saddam Hussein's woes to smoking marijuana. Rapped to the tune..."

April 25, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Letters at 3AM

Winning the war in Iraq is not a measure of our country's morality.

"...of his team have privately described the confrontation with Saddam Hussein as something of a demonstration conflict ... 'Iraq..."

April 18, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

Page Two

If we want to make sure this country remembers its commitment to Iraq and does not get into other military misadventures, a new kind of political activism must evolve.

"...and wish we hadn't invaded (though the end of Hussein's dictatorship has to be regarded as a positive, except..."

April 11, 2003 Column by Louis Black

Page Two

The war in Iraq has diverted our attention from other important matters, including a truly destructive proposed federal budget, mirrored by Texas' very own fiscal abyss.

"...you could stop this war tomorrow, would you? Leaving Hussein and/or his government in power with the oil resources..."

April 4, 2003 Column by Louis Black

Letters at 3AM

Thoughts on the war's explosions of bombs, dreams, and preconceptions.

"...officer at the Pentagon": "We underestimated the capacity of [Saddam's] paramilitary forces. They have turned up where we didn't..."

April 4, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

Beyond Limits Otherwise Prescribed

George W. Bush refuses to put our money where his mouth is in matters of domestic defense, even though all the experts testify that America is as vulnerable to major terrorist attacks today as it was on 9 / 11.

"...a significant effect on the battlefield. We don't suspect [Saddam] has the stockpile."..."

March 21, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

Lethal Weapon

FBI's use of tear gas questioned at Branch Davidian trial.

"...After Vietnam, CS became popular among other militaries. Saddam Hussein's troops used it during Iraq's war against Iran...."

July 7, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Dancing About Architecture

Elephant Parts

"...a reminder that, according to artist/egotist Ron English, dictator Saddam Hussein has 110 songs written about him and holds..."

March 20, 1998 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...Saddam Hussein once had a copy of the Quran written..."

June 30, 2023 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

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