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Washington Post Pentagon correspondent Thomas E. Ricks explains why he believes the war in Iraq will go down in history as a military fiasco. Then, two nature writers describe their search for the long lost Tasmanian Tiger. And we’ll ask why videocommunication never caught on. Plus: Ken Silverstein, Washington editor for Harper’s, examines the role Iraq’s Interior Minister may have played in the rise of death squads.
Military Accounts
In Fiasco, Washington Post Pentagon correspondent Thomas E. Ricks describes the frustrations of the senior military officers who went on-the-record with him to criticize the war in Iraq.
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In Search of the Tasmanian Tiger
Nature writers Margaret Mittelbach and Michael Crewdson describe their search for the Tasmanian Tiger—which may have gone extinct in the early 20th century—in Carnivorous Nights.
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Why Videocommunication Didn't Catch On
Computer scientist Jaron Lanier looks at why—despite all the predictions—videocommunication never caught on.
The Rise of Iraqi Death Squads
Ken Silverstein, the Washington editor of Harper's, examines the role Iraq’s Interior Minister Bayan Jabr may have played in the rise of death squads.
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