Peter Maass
Editor and writer. Author of “Love Thy Neighbor” and “Crude World.” Done time at the NYT, Wash Post, and Intercept.
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184) Everything that was doomed, tragic, wrong about the U.S. invasion of Iraq became apparent in the days before the statue of Saddam Hussein was toppled in Firdos Square. On Apri...
1) I'm not sure how to make people remember or care that 15 years ago the United States invaded Iraq, setting off a war that continues to this day, with several hundred thousand Ir...
Twenty years ago today I stood in Baghdad's Firdos Square and watched U.S. Marines tear down a statue of Saddam Hussein. The toppling was portrayed by the American media as a symbo...
The Iraq war is passing from America's memory but not mine. I don't know whether we'll ever accept moral & legal responsibility but until a reckoning comes, the truth must be kept...
I witnessed a gruesome battle outside Baghdad 20 years ago today, in which U.S. Marines killed six Iraqi civilians and maybe more (I wasn't able to count every body). The battle la...
1) I'm not sure how to make people remember or care that on this day 20 years ago, the U.S. invaded Iraq, launching a war that killed at least several hundred thousand Iraqis and t...
I've gone and back and forth in my mind whether or how to resurface the three-week thread I wrote five years ago on the 15th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. That thread g...
In honor of "Top Gun: Maverick" and its 5 Oscar nominations, here are a few stories I've written about Hollywood's pro-military movies. First up: "Zero Dark Thirty" https://t.co/h...
In the year 2023 every story about Fox News should mention its owners, the Murdoch family. They are the Sacklers of news, they should be named *always.* https://t.co/idYpQR9t5G
Don't fuck with @nickturse, chapter 1. https://t.co/E37yl0GYbO
If Fox News is not mendacious enough for you, try this article about the Iraq war from Commentary. https://t.co/cA3J5kOlay
The first rule of the NYT Club is that you never give credit to a news outlet that beats you on a story. That's why this NYT article does not mention or link to my story from last...