By Richard Brookhiser 5/03/04 12:00am

War’s Critics Display Low Opinions of Iraqis

Najaf

and Falluja are the open sores on the body of

Iraq. Najaf is the base of radical

Shiites, Falluja of former Baathists; one is the hotbed of aspiring tyrants,

the other of unemployed tyrants. Tyranny on its way up or down is a volatile

state, and we have the task, unlovely and unloved, of Read More

By Tish Durkin 5/12/03 12:00am

Baghdad, American-Style, or How the Chicken Got Its Own Funeral

MOSUL, Iraq-”She’s lucky I didn’t shoot her,” said Sgt. First Class James Johnson, 43, of Queens, N.Y., via England and Jamaica. “We will shoot a woman in a heartbeat.”

Sergeant Johnson was recalling an encounter with a covered Muslim woman at a U.S. military checkpoint. Asked to be checked for weapons under her robes, the Read More