Category: Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan

The New York Times Magazine
To get to Baghdad, the marines of the Third Battalion fought the old-fashioned way–by shooting as many of the enemy as they could. Their victims weren’t all soldiers.
April 20, 2003
As the war in Iraq is debated and turned into history, the emphasis ...  (Read more)

The New York Times Magazine
April 13, 2003
The following is an interview I conducted with Lance Corporal Derrick Jensen, published in the April 13 issue of The New York Times Magazine.

First off I want people to understand that there is more than just combat. We’re not seeing fighting at all times. ...  (Read more)

The New York Times
Food, Too, Can Be a Weapon of the War In Iraq.
April 6, 2003
AL KUT, Iraq–A few days ago I drove with a Marine convoy into the desert north of Nasiriya, heading toward Baghdad. The landscape was as unforgiving as it comes–parched and barren, like the ...  (Read more)

The New York Times
Security and retribution in a murky world.
March 8, 2003
KUWAIT — The Philippine police knew they had an unusual case when they arrested Abdul Hakim Murad on Jan. 6, 1995. After Mr. Murad accidentally set a small fire in his Manila apartment, the police reportedly ...  (Read more)

The New York Times Magazine
An Arab journalist’s close encounter with terrorists.
February 2, 2003
On an April day in London last year, Yosri Fouda’s cellphone rang, and a stranger introduced himself by saying, “I’m a viewer of your show.” He claimed to ...  (Read more)

The New York Times Magazine
The Special Forces are being engineered not only for the traumas of battle but also for its aftermath.
November 10, 2002
Major Christopher Miller lay awake on a cot in a filthy room, no larger than a prison cell and cluttered with weapons and ammunition. ...  (Read more)

The New York Times
July 5, 2002
The war-crimes tribunal in The Hague is supposed to put the bad guys behind bars. I never thought it would go after an American journalist. But last month the tribunal upheld a subpoena against Jonathan Randal, requiring him to testify about events he covered ...  (Read more)