Patrick Cockburn on Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines http://www.truthdig.com/about/staff/4517/ Truthdig, a Web magazine that provides expert in-depth coverage of current affairs as well as a variety of thoughtful, provocative content assembled from a progressive point of view. Editor, Robert Scheer. Publisher, Zuade Kaufman. en editor@truthdig.com Copyright 2009 2009-08-17T10:03:53+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/ http://www.truthdig.com/images/rss_feed_promo.gif Truthdig logo Only Time Can Heal Some Iraqi Wounds http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090817_only_time_can_heal_some_iraqi_wounds/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090817_only_time_can_heal_some_iraqi_wounds/ baghdad, civil war, election, government, iraq, media, military, patrick cockburn, security, surge, war,

Don’t let the bombings fool you: The American military withdrawal stabilizes Iraq to a degree never admitted by protagonists of the original invasion.

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]]> 2009-08-17T10:03:53+00:00 Farewell, General—but Did You Bring Iraq Hope? http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080918_farewell_general_but_did_you_bring_iraq_hope/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080918_farewell_general_but_did_you_bring_iraq_hope/ bush, civil war, insurgency, iran, iraq, military, militia, occupation, petraeus, war,

Gen. Petraeus’ oft-declared uncertainty about the future stability of Iraq is genuine. It is the Shiites and their Iranian backers, not the Americans, who are the true victors in the Iraqi war.

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]]> 2008-09-18T07:31:00+00:00 Military Action Against Iran ‘Would Destabilize Iraq’ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080708_military_action_against_iran_would_destabilize_iraq/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080708_military_action_against_iran_would_destabilize_iraq/ baghdad, embassy, gulf war, independent, iran, iraq, kurds, mek, mp, othman, patrick cockburn, saddam, tehran, Maliki and Ahmadinejad

Iraq will be plunged into a new war if Israel or the U.S. launches an attack on Iran, Iraqi leaders have warned. Iranian retaliation would take place in Iraq, said Dr. Mahmoud Othman, the influential Iraqi MP.

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]]> 2008-07-08T22:52:00+00:00 Iraq’s Mosul a ‘Ghost City’ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080514_iraqs_mosul_a_ghost_city/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080514_iraqs_mosul_a_ghost_city/ army, baghdad, ceasefire, civilian, insurgents, iraq, military, mosul, security, sunni, Mosul looks like a city of the dead. American and Iraqi troops have launched an attack aimed at crushing the last bastion of al-Qa’ida in Iraq and in doing so have turned the country’s northern capital into a ghost town.

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]]> 2008-05-14T16:54:00+00:00 Sadr’s Dark Warning http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080421_sadrs_dark_warning/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080421_sadrs_dark_warning/ baghdad, basra, independent, iraq, kurds, mehdi army, militia, muqtada al-sadr, nouri al-maliki, open war, patrick cockburn, shiite, Sadr

The militia leader’s threat of an “open war” between his supporters and the U.S.-backed Iraqi government has ratcheted up tensions in Basra and Baghdad. [In this analysis, columnist Patrick Cockburn of The Independent looks into the current situation in light of Sadr’s history with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.]

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]]> 2008-04-22T01:21:00+00:00 Iraq Exploding as Shiite Fights Shiite http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080327_iraq_implodes_as_shiite_fights_shiite/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080327_iraq_implodes_as_shiite_fights_shiite/ al-sadr, baghdad, basra, civil war, cockburn, green zone, independent, iraq war, jordan, mehdi army, nouri al-maliki, shia, shiite, sunni, syria, Protest in Sadr City

A new civil war may be looming in Iraq as American-backed Iraqi government forces battle Shiite militiamen for control of Basra and parts of Baghdad.

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]]> 2008-03-27T19:19:00+00:00 War Started With Lies, Continues With Lies http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080319_this_is_the_war_that_started_with_lies_and_continues_with_lie_afte/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080319_this_is_the_war_that_started_with_lies_and_continues_with_lie_afte/ baghdad, bomb, bush, business, casualties, civilians, government, house, hussein, iraq, killed, market, media, military, president, saddam, security, television, war, weapons, wmd, Saddam Statue

All governments lie in wartime, but American and British propaganda in Iraq over the past five years has been more untruthful than in any other conflict since the First World War.

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]]> 2008-03-19T19:53:00+00:00 Visit Trumpets Iran’s Power in Iraq http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080303_ahmadinejad_iraq_is_happier/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080303_ahmadinejad_iraq_is_happier/ ahmadinejad, baghdad, britain, bush, cockburn, elections, government, hussein, intelligence, iran, iraq, military, nuclear, religious, sanctions, war, Ahmadinejad and Talibani

Ahmadinejad’s unprecedented trip to Baghdad demonstrates his nation’s influence on its neighbor since the fall of Saddam.

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