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Muqtada al-Sadr and the American Dilemma in Iraq
http://www.lewrockwell.com /engelhardt/engelhardt325. html -------- Iraqi Cleric Sadr Threatens 'Open War' Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al Sadr has threatened "open war" if the crackdown by Iraqi and... ...
Cashing in on the War on Terror
http://www.huffingtonpost. com/william-fisher/cashing -in-on-the-war-on_b_95560. html Informant: Dorothee Krien -------- Petraeus, Crocker Testify Before Impatient Lawmakers Karen DeYoung of The Washington... ...
U.S. Forces Battle Mahdi Army in Sadr City, Aircraft Target Basra
U.S. Appears to Take Lead in Fighting in Baghdad By Sudarsan Raghavan and Sholnn Freeman U.S. forces in armored vehicles battled Mahdi Army fighters Thursday in the vast Shiite stronghold of Sadr City,... ...
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... ...
U.S. and Iran: Basra Team-Up?
The U.S. now finds itself on the same "team" with the Iranian government. http://tinyurl .com/2nnkn4 Iraq implodes as Shia fights Shia Mr Sadr's followers believe the government is trying to eliminate... ...
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.... ...
Sunni Insurgents Exploit U.S.-Sponsored Militias
The mainstream Sunni insurgents who have been fighting al Qaeda appear to have outmaneuvered U.S. strategists by using Awakening Councils to pursue their interests in weakening their most immediate enemy,... ...
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... ...
If Iran’s Guards strike back
Asia Times by Hussain Mousavi 11/29/07 In the event of a US attack on Iran, it’s a cinch that the ‘terrorist’ Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps will fiercely retaliate with a volatile mix of sophisticated... ...