As we write, the war in Iraq has moved into its third week. Coalition forces have reached “the
gates of Baghdad” and are sending strategic “probes” into this city of 5 million. The …

Along with climate change, HIV/AIDS, smoking and the population explosion, war is one of
the major threats to public health. 1, 2 For all of these, accurate estimates of mortality and …

The human and environmental costs of war are so far-reaching that a full examination of
them would produce countless volumes. Humanitarian disasters, enormous loss of life, far …

Summary At a minimum, 134,000 civilians have been killed by war's violence since 2003 in
Iraq. But, as described below, many deaths in Iraq were unreported or unrecorded: thus, this …

The Iraq war has turned into a sucking chest wound for our country—infecting its unity at
home and its standing abroad. No one can predict what Iraq will look like 10 years from now …

This applies to science, to politics in general, and to world politics and the UN community in
particular. The total human condition has many facets and they all have a justified claim on …

On April 9, 2003, US tanks rolled into Central Baghdad, punctuating the short but bloody
conflict the United States labeled" Operation Iraqi Freedom." The United States, Great …

If what is shaping up to be the worst foreign policy disaster in US history has an upside, it is
that the current war in Iraq should definitively, permanently settle a handful of critical …

“US military officials are expecting that Iraq will use chemical and biological weapons
against US and allied forces in the event of war”, wrote our American correspondent …

The US-led invasion and occupation of Iraq led to more than a million people being killed,
displaced five million from their homes and shattered countless more lives. It was a colossal …