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Five years later, we told you so about Iraq
Orange County Register by Steven Greenhut 03/30/08 The U.S. war in Iraq recently passed its five-year milestone, having now lasted longer than American involvement in World War II. The surge has brought... ...
Iraq: Violence spreads as army, militias clash
Telegraph [UK] 03/25/08 Iraq was facing the prospect of nationwide revolt after followers of Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr rose up in anger against a government-led strike on militia strongholds in Basra.... ...
The Myth of the Surge
Nir Rosen reports for Rolling Stone: "It's a cold, gray day in December, and I'm walking down Sixtieth Street in the Dora district of Baghdad, one of the most violent and fearsome of the city's no-go zones.... ...
Nonstop Theft and Bribery Are Staggering Iraq
Damien Cave reports in Sunday's New York Times that there is a growing sense that Iraq has slipped to new depths of lawlessness as "Some American officials estimate that as much as a third of what they... ...
US Officials: Militias Are Main Threat to Iraq
Mark Seibel and Leila Fadel of McClatchy Newspapers report, "Despite President Bush's recent insistence that al Qaida in Iraq is the principal cause of this country's violence, senior American military... ...
Manufacturing Consent For War With Iran
U.S. troops detain four insurgents smuggling Iranian weapons in Baghdad The detainees are believed to be members of a "secret cell terrorist network known for facilitating the transport of weapons and... ...
Baghdad Becomes Deadlier Battleground for US Troops
There is no sign that the new US security push in Baghdad is accomplishing its main purpose: to create an island of stability in which Sunni Arabs, Shiite Arabs and Kurds can learn to run the country together.... ...
US Long Worried That Iran Supplied Arms in Iraq
Flynt Leverett, a senior fellow at the New American Foundation, and a Middle East specialist who worked for the Central Intelligence Agency and on the staff of the National Security Council, said he believed... ...
Justifications for Attacking Iran on Shaky Ground
The Bush administration is stepping up its confrontation with Iran, accusing the Islamic regime in Tehran of supplying arms to Shiite Muslim militias in Iraq for attacks on US forces. But the White House's... ...
How America's Conflict with Iran Will Begin
Translated By Mutasem Sinnokrot “The first open signs of an American collision with Iran will occur in Iraq, after the liquidation of the major [Shiite] militias and paramilitaries allied with them.” http://www.ichblog .eu/content/view/152/2/ ...