A wartime lexicon.

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• Qaddafi Does a Deal Handle things right, and this could be just the start of welcome fallout from Operation Iraqi Freedom.
  Christopher Hitchens Dec. 22, 2003
  
• The Literal Left Have opponents of the war been vindicated? Not so fast.
  Christopher Hitchens Dec. 4, 2003
  
• Al-Qaida's Latest Target Understanding the Istanbul synagogue bombings.
  Christopher Hitchens Nov. 18, 2003
  
• Final Offer Why Iraq's last-minute peace overture was a sham.
  Christopher Hitchens Nov. 10, 2003
  
• Restating the Case for War Waiting for Saddam to change is what got us into this mess in the first place.
  Christopher Hitchens Nov. 5, 2003
  
• Mommie Dearest The pope beatifies Mother Teresa, a fanatic, a fundamentalist, and a fraud.
  Christopher Hitchens Oct. 20, 2003
  
• Conversation With Khomeini The ayatollah's grandson calls for a U.S. invasion of Iran.
  Christopher Hitchens Oct. 6, 2003
  
• Inside the Islamic Mafia Bernard-Henri Lévy exposes Daniel Pearl's killers.
  Christopher Hitchens Sept. 25, 2003
  
• Don't Commemorate Sept. 11 Fewer flags, please, and more grit.
  Christopher Hitchens Sept. 8, 2003
  
• Moore's Law The immorality of the Ten Commandments.
  Christopher Hitchens Aug. 27, 2003
  
• Pipes the Propagandist Bush's nominee doesn't belong at the U.S. Institute for Peace.
  Christopher Hitchens Aug. 11, 2003
  
• Hopeless Did Bob Hope ever say anything funny?
  Christopher Hitchens Aug. 1, 2003
  
• Saddahmer Hussein Forget Hitler and Stalin; Saddam's role model was the cannibal from Milwaukee.
  Christopher Hitchens July 7, 2003
  
• The Gullible Mr. Kerry The senator gets fooled again.
  Christopher Hitchens June 24, 2003
  
• The Boy Who Cried Wolfowitz A mispronunciation with undertones.
  Christopher Hitchens June 9, 2003
  
• The Cult of ID Our strange obsession with driver's license photos.
  Christopher Hitchens June 2, 2003
  
• Provisional Government The disturbing extension of U.S. rule in Iraq.
  Christopher Hitchens May 28, 2003
  
• Weapons and Terror Did the Iraq war really boost al-Qaida?
  Christopher Hitchens May 20, 2003
  
• Catharsis Justice vs. reconciliation in post-Saddam Iraq.
  Christopher Hitchens May 13, 2003
  
• Another Wall Falls Turkey lifts the barrier that cuts Cyprus in two.
  Christopher Hitchens April 28, 2003
  
• Lay Off Chalabi Iraq could do much worse.
  Christopher Hitchens April 24, 2003
  
• Oleaginous People who prefer Saddam Hussein to Halliburton.
  Christopher Hitchens April 18, 2003
  
• Giving Peace a Chance The war critics were right—not in the way they expected.
  Christopher Hitchens April 9, 2003
  
• (Un)Intended Consequences What's the future if we don't act?
  Christopher Hitchens March 17, 2003
  
• Pious Nonsense The unholy "Christian" case against war.
  Christopher Hitchens March 10, 2003
  
• Talking Turkey An ally we're better off without.
  Christopher Hitchens March 4, 2003
  
• "Drumbeat" Bush rushing to war? Nonsense.
  Christopher Hitchens Feb. 24, 2003
  
• Inspecting "Inspections" The U.N. is still playing Saddam's game.
  Christopher Hitchens Feb. 13, 2003
  
• "Recruitment" Will an Iraq war make our al-Qaida problem worse? Not likely.
  Christopher Hitchens Feb. 5, 2003
  
• Race and Rescue Nelson Mandela's odious views on Iraq.
  Feb. 1, 2003
  
• "Cowboy" Bush challenged by bovines.
  Christopher Hitchens Jan. 27, 2003
  
• Exile and the Kingdoms Iraq's neighbors want Saddam to flee. Should we?
  Christopher Hitchens Jan. 21, 2003
  
• "Regime Change" From evasion to invasion.
  Christopher Hitchens Jan. 14, 2003
  
• Prevention and Pre-Emption When is starting a war not aggression?
  Christopher Hitchens Jan. 8, 2003