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A Red Line for Syria - Obama Is Trapped by His Own Rhetoric

How perversely ironic it was, last Thursday, when Obama had to pay public homage to his predecessor—a guy whose invasion of Iraq was based on faulty intel about nonexistent weapons of mass destruction—at the same time he was weighing intel about possible chemical weaponry in Syria? Full story

'Magic Wand' Bomb Detector Creator Found Guilty of Fraud

The bomb detector that 56-year-old British millionaire James McCormick peddled sounded too good to be true. It could sense C4 at a range of 600 yards. And it could be programmed to root out other contraband, too. The pistol-sized device’s simple metal antenna would magically poin… Full story

The VICE Podcast Show - Reihan Salam on Uranium in Iraq and the Second Amendment

'The VICE Podcast Show' is a weekly unedited discussion in which we go inside the minds of some of the most interesting, creative, and bizarre people we come across. This week, host Eddy Moretti talks to political commentator Reihan Salam about uranium in Iraq as well as the Seco… Full story

VICE on HBO: Congressman Jim McDermott on Depleted Uranium in Iraq

For VICE's upcoming piece on post-war Iraq, premiering on HBO tomorrow at 11 PM, we interviewed Congressman Jim McDermott of the Seventh District of Washington State. Congressman McDermott has been one of the only experts and advocates in the US government on the issue of deplete… Full story

Sawdust Stories

Sitting Down in the Deep End

It was an oppressively cold day in New York. The wind was particularly icy. I was huddled between my girlfriend and a posse of union organizers. By nightfall over 14 million people would have marched against the US invasion of Iraq all over the world. In New York City, it felt li… Full story

What the Hell Was That: Happy Tenth Birthday, Operation Iraqi Freedom

I got an @reply the other day from a guy I met ten years ago in Fallujah, where I was working as a reporter for MTV: a young captain in the 82nd Airborne who was part of the moveable feast of infantry interviews that made up my life at the dawn of the Iraq War. It was a welcome p… Full story

VICE News

In Saddam's Shadow

Ten years after the US invasion of Iraq, we return to Baghdad to see how the city is doing. VICE founder Suroosh Alvi gets a tour of a city that used to be covered nonstop in the American media, but now seems to be somewhat forgotten. Full story

Bradley Manning's Court Testimony—Leaked

I was not the only one weighing whether or not it was worth risking my career, my reputation, and a possible military reprimand by recording the Bradley Manning's testimony: this morning, audio of his guilty plea was leaked to the web by an anonymous source. Full story

Bradley Manning Pleaded Guilty Yesterday: 'I Did It'

For voluntarily admitting his crimes yesterday, Bradley Manning stands to face up to 20 years in prison. After his case is formally court-martialed beginning in June, though, he could be sent away for life. The government says he helped aid anti-American terrorists, and they coul… Full story

Killing Up Close

The Death of William Wold

William Wold seemed fine when he came home from Iraq. Wold had begged his mother to sign a parental-approval form when he wanted to join the Marines at 17, taking extra online classes to graduate a year early in order to do so. But after four years of service, he had had enough. Full story