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The Smoking Gun

[GRAPHIC] In a recent raid on an al-Qaeda safe house in Iraq, U.S. military officials recovered an assortment of crude drawings depicting torture methods like "blowtorch to the skin" and "eye removal." Along with the images, which

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Washington Monthly

In 2003, an optimist could hope that the US would establish a liberal democracy in Iraq. Four years into the war in Iraq, an optimist can hope that a "surge" of 30,000 troops will help stablize an illiberal, Iran-aligned Shiite government.