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Dexter Filkins

• July 2 -- Iraqi Ambivalence Over "Former President" Hussein
Dexter Filkins' front-page story on Iraqi reaction to Hussein on trial focuses on Iraqi ambivalence over their "former president": "In that way, they said, Mr. Hussein looms like a father over an abused son. He may be a brutal man, the Iraqis said, but he is a father still."

• June 29 -- Iraqi Sovereignty and…U.S. Fatalities
Dexter Filkins’ lead story on the transfer of Iraqi sovereignty makes sure to include the U.S. death toll.

• June 3 -- Dexter Filkins' "Heavy Hand" in Iraq
Filkins finds an adjective he likes.

• May 6 -- Abu Ghraib Word Games
Reporter Dexter Filkins suggested that now that the Americans run the prison at Abu Ghraib, it is “now a byword for inmate abuse.” Three days before, the Times editorial board found it was a “byword for torture under Saddam Hussein.”

• March 8 -- Muting the Good News In Iraq?
A weekend story on the initial botched attempt to sign a constitution in Iraq called it a blow to the U.S. and "a major embarrassment." Come Monday, the constitution was on its way to passage. How did the Times treat the turnaround?

• July 28 -- Late Burial Deprives Hussein Brothers of Dignity
Reporter Dexter Filkins finds Arabs enraged that the bodies of murderous thugs Uday and Qusay Hussein haven’t been buried: “Scholars and commentators also denounced the public display of the corpses, saying the men's dignity had come at the expense of an American propaganda victory.”